Ask HN: why use tmux if iterm2 provides tabbed windows

2 points·jethrokuan··4 comments

It's personally more intuitive to navigate tabs using iterm and tmux just makes the screen space so limited. If I don't do pair programming is it recommended to just use iterm?

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I like tmux because I can do everything without my hands leaving the keyboard. I vaguely recall trying iterm2.

Also, tmux is much like GNU screen. I can run a remote tmux session on a server, detach it, then ssh back in and get right back into that same session later (tmux && C-b D then tmux attach)

I guess that makes sense. Been trying to revamp my coding environment, and decided to go with drbunsen's text triumvirate.

http://www.drbunsen.org/text-triumvirate.html

For now since I'm just working on a RoR app as a personal project, I don't really have a server and tmux's capabilities are limited on my end. So I might give tmux a go first and familiarise with it first, so i'd be more up to speed when it's capabilities can come to play fully :D

Thanks (:

tmux really shines for me when starting or switching between projects. I can fire up a rails app with a single command and have all the tabs I like ready to go. Check out prag prog's tmux book for a quick intro: http://pragprog.com/book/bhtmux/tmux

Also, tmuxinator is a nice addition if you do start using tmux. https://github.com/aziz/tmuxinator

Wow tmuxinator seems like real time-saver. Thanks for the tip!

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