Tmuxp

Dev tools

terminal multiplexer session manager

SHOW HN2016

40points
9comments
#857of 2,264 in 2016
Top 38%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

0 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.

Idea: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Offers features tmuxinator lacks such as pane focus, freezing layouts, JSON config and attach-if-running

    From 1 comment
    • I haven't used teamocil or tmuxinator in a few years. At the time, both had a few itches to scratch. i was surprised to see how well thought-out and scriptable tmux was. the…
      git-pull on HN

Objections

  • Commenters do not see the need for session managers over simple scripts or tiling window managers

    From 3 comments
    • My approach to tmux session management is the following ``` tm() { if [ -z $1 ]; then tmux list-sessions return fi tmux detach -s $1 2> /dev/null tmux attach-session -t $1 2>…
      michaelmior on HN
    • I'm the same. I use tmux generally in one window, and may have several sessions within that but I do not do any kind of complex split-screen layouts etc. I find that just starts…
      ams6110 on HN
    • I was in the same boat. I've used tiling WM's full time for maybe the past decade (xmonad, i3, awesome, dwm, scrotwm/spectrwm). Also I use rxvt-unicode with the tabs extension.…
      git-pull on HN
  • Demo animation is unclear

    From 1 comment
    • I have used tmux and vim daily for a few years now and haven't a clue about what's being demonstrated in the linked animation. They seem to load tmux, then some files in vim,…
      AndrewOMartin on HN

Requests

  • Shared community repository of configs with tagging and ratings

    From 1 comment
    • Honestly I think tmux session managers are great, but I usually end up not using them. I want something simple that just works. Give me built in defaults that make sense and…
      lsiebert on HN

Questions

  • What advantages does it have over tmuxinator

    From 1 comment
    • I'm using https://github.com/tmuxinator/tmuxinator for quite some time and find it very convenient. Are there any advantages of Tmuxp?
      igordej on HN
  • How does it compare to byobu

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • tmuxinator

    From 1 comment
    • I'm using https://github.com/tmuxinator/tmuxinator for quite some time and find it very convenient. Are there any advantages of Tmuxp?
      igordej on HN
  • teamocil

    From 1 comment
    • I haven't used teamocil or tmuxinator in a few years. At the time, both had a few itches to scratch. i was surprised to see how well thought-out and scriptable tmux was. the…
      git-pull on HN
  • byobu

    From 1 comment
  • simple shell tm function

    From 1 comment
    • My approach to tmux session management is the following ``` tm() { if [ -z $1 ]; then tmux list-sessions return fi tmux detach -s $1 2> /dev/null tmux attach-session -t $1 2>…
      michaelmior on HN

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