Hacker News Reader

Comment by dbdoskey | Hacker News Reader

If you like tmux, take a look at zellij (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij), it is a modern alternative that has a lot of nice features (either developed, or on the roadmap) that tmux is missing.

Have no relationship to it, just a happy "customer".

View on HN

Wow this is the first time I've ever seen a comment that genuinely made me feel like an old gray beard.

I remember getting into Unix just a little before the time tmux came onto scene as the modern alternative to screen, and being in awe of all the people who had used screen long enough to have a list of things that could be modernised about it.

Now tmux is in that position!

I only started using Tmux when I installed CentOS 8 on my work PC in 2020 and discovered that GNU Screen was no longer the default terminal multiplexer. I figured it was about time that I “get with the programme”. Now, I’m starting to feel increasinglylike Abe Simpson: https://invidious.kavin.rocks/watch?v=5DlTexEXxLQ

tmux is still the "new cool kid" for me :-D it took a while for me to migrate from screen to tmux, it probably going to take a very long time to migrate off tmux (not that i have any reasons to)

> Wow this is the first time I've ever seen a comment that genuinely made me feel like an old gray beard.

Here's a nickel, kid...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DESQView

Interesting, reminds me of dvtm [1]. But I am sure there are more takes out there on “window management” in a terminal as I have not really explored this space much.

[1]: https://github.com/martanne/dvtm

For layout in Tmux you can checkout https://github.com/pallavJha/chaakoo too.

Unless there's something like byobu, I'll stick to tmux for the time being.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com