[ale] Tmux, where have you been alll my life?

[Chris Fowler]

> From: "DJ-Pfulio" <djpfulio at jdpfu.com>
> To: ale at ale.org
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 8:08:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Tmux, where have you been alll my life?

> Just looked at that tmux cheat sheet. Seems like a bunch of complexity and keys
> just to do something a push of a mouse will handled when using multiple xterms
> with focus-follows-mouse setup in the WM.

> I've got to be missing something. For years people I respect have been crazy for
> screen or tmux, but I just don't see the point.
> * My connections are solid, disconnects just don't happen.
> * I know how to use 'tee' so monitoring running jobs from anywhere isn't hard.
> * My desktop can be accessed from anywhere in the world, so anything running
> there will be seen as it progresses (GUI stuff).
> * I know how to use batch processing (TaskSpooler) and 'at' for long running
> tasks that need to be queued.
> * screen layouts are handled by normal X/Windows resources and WM settings.
> Hadar xterms open upper left. Romulus xterms open lower right. ... have settings
> for those things for decades.

> I've got to be missing something that tmux does. Right? Please convert me.

I do a lot of programming. I also test. I also do support. I create a lot of bugs. 

The last statement sums up why tmux works for me. I need to see as many lines of code on my screen as possible. 

Consider right now I'm going through LFS on 3 pieces of hardware at once. i586, i686, and x86_64. I can see the progress of each on one screen. 

To give you an idea of why I've taken a screen shot. 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2486826/tmux.png 

I can click in any window. If I need more lines and columns I can adjust with my mouse. If I need to really focus I can use 'C-b z' to expand that window to full. Use the same keys to put it back to original size. 

Before tmux I'd click on different tabs to check on progress. In the shot you will notice only 9 tabs in gnome-terminal. I'd normally have many more. 

My goals with the software I create is: "See as much info as possible in as few seconds as possible". Scrolling, clicking links, and digging turns seconds into minutes. "Walk into a NOC, look at the main screen from the door you just went through and see the overall picture." 
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