3mux
Dev tools
terminal multiplexer
SHOW HN2020
108points
42comments
#599of 3,028 in 2020
Top 20%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
7 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks awesome and useful for terminal users
From 3 comments
Nice work! This is exactly what I hoped tmux was when I first tried it. Will definitely be following this.
kitotik on HNThis looks awesome! The modifier key seems to be Alt, which is also default on desktop i3 windows manager. I wonder if it's going to interfere - eg. pressing Alt+Enter will…
snidane on HNExcellent!!! I think this is exactly what I have been wishing for (fro quite some time now)! I am not quite ready to make the switch to i3 as a WM, (I'm still fairly 'new' in the…
tveyben on HN
Works well on Linux
From 1 comment
Congratulations! Works pretty good on my Linux machine.
diehunde on HN
Objections
Default Alt modifier may collide with terminal programs and window managers
From 3 comments
This looks awesome! The modifier key seems to be Alt, which is also default on desktop i3 windows manager. I wonder if it's going to interfere - eg. pressing Alt+Enter will…
snidane on HNBe cautious when binding Alt key by default. In some terminal programs they report Alt key differently (use showkey -a) so it may lead confusions.
kbumsik on HNI think the "escape"-design og screen/tmux is likely better for terminal multiplexing - other "hot-keys" is too likely to collide with terminal programs (never mind window…
e12e on HN
Terminal emulation is incomplete and does not follow ECMA-48 correctly
From 1 comment
The quality of a terminal multiplexor is is in part determined by the quality of the terminal emulation. Unfortunately, this one leaves a lot out. * The ECMA-35/ECMA-48 escape…
JdeBP on HN
Requests
Configurable key bindings
From 1 comment
> This looks awesome! Thank you!! > I wonder if it's going to interfere My understanding is that i3 would intercept the keypress, not passing it onto the terminal. While I want…
aaronjanse on HN
Session management or nesting of multiplexers
From 2 comments
How about the memory usage? Can you (easily) nest 3mux like tmux with (auto-)grouped sessions to produce a (max) 9x9 "grid" of windows to organize your remote hosts, and their…
stragies on HNHi again :). I agree that non-i3 users need it the most, but have one use case in mind where you might want to combine i3wm + 3mux: remote work. If you ssh into a remote…
jabirali on HN
Ability to open new commands in split panes
From 1 comment
In my experiments for a good multiplexer to go with nnn https://github.com/jarun/nnn, I have tried dvtm and tmux. dvtm is extremely light but it appears there's no way to open a…
apjana on HN
Questions
How does it differ from byobu
From 1 comment
How is this different than https://www.byobu.org/ ? You can run byobu with screen or tmux.
msis on HN
Does it work inside an Emacs shell
From 1 comment
Does this work inside an Emacs shell?
sys_64738 on HN
Memory usage
From 1 comment
How about the memory usage? Can you (easily) nest 3mux like tmux with (auto-)grouped sessions to produce a (max) 9x9 "grid" of windows to organize your remote hosts, and their…
stragies on HN
Alternatives named
tmux
From 2 comments
Nice work! This is exactly what I hoped tmux was when I first tried it. Will definitely be following this.
kitotik on HNIn my experiments for a good multiplexer to go with nnn https://github.com/jarun/nnn, I have tried dvtm and tmux. dvtm is extremely light but it appears there's no way to open a…
apjana on HN
byobu
From 2 comments
Looks awesome, thanks for sharing! I've been using Byoyu[0] which has a similar goal, but I'm keen on trying out. Even though I've been a long-time tmux user, as a developer I…
krat0sprakhar on HNHow is this different than https://www.byobu.org/ ? You can run byobu with screen or tmux.
msis on HN
dvtm
From 2 comments
My favorite is dvtm. The main reason is how it handles scrolling and selecting content: by opening the buffer in Vim. This is really powerful because it also lets me do anything…
alpaca128 on HNIn my experiments for a good multiplexer to go with nnn https://github.com/jarun/nnn, I have tried dvtm and tmux. dvtm is extremely light but it appears there's no way to open a…
apjana on HN
tmux-tilish
From 1 comment
This https://github.com/jabirali/tmux-tilish is a different solution with a similar goal - to make tmux work more like a tiling WM.
nmarriott on HN
screen
From 1 comment
I think the "escape"-design og screen/tmux is likely better for terminal multiplexing - other "hot-keys" is too likely to collide with terminal programs (never mind window…
e12e on HN