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Comment 12 for bug 1301605

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Dan Kilman (dank-n) wrote on 2016-09-13: Re: [Bug 1301605] Re: Add support for tmux integration (like iTerm2)

#12

I have stopped working on this branch for some time now. I reached a very
buggy (albeit working) poc of an integration. There are still many things
to address. Anyone is more than welcome to take the work done so far and
move it forward.

On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Jason Al-Mansor <email address hidden>
wrote:

> I am also very interested in this integration, as Terminator is the
> closest terminal Linux has to iTerm2, and would love to help with
> testing once a package is ready.
>
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>
> Title:
> Add support for tmux integration (like iTerm2)
>
> Status in Terminator:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> iTerm 2 (only for mac) has full tmux integration. Meaning that iTerm
> 2 will communicate directly with the tmux server, and then enable
> things like native scollback and windowing that is directed by tmux.
>
> ie. you split screen, rather than rendering by tmux inside the
> terminal window, iterm2 itself renders it as a split screen (or tabs,
> etc) , with full scroll back support, proper mouse copy/paste
> functionality (ie. triple-click selecting a whole line only does so
> within that pane), and essentially does all pane and scrollback
> management in iterm2 - but still being a tmux window. Which means
> one could attach to that session with a standard tmux session and it
> is identical.
>
> This is an amazing feature, and is unparalleled by any other terminal
> app I've seen. Since leaving Mac and returning to Linux, I find
> myself sorely missing this functionality - especially managing
> scrollbacks and mouse copy/paste behavior with 'raw' tmux (ie. tmux
> managing panes by itself in one big window) is just painful.
>
> This is not as big a deal when only working locally, but when you do a
> lot of work via. ssh, and move about - being able to re-attach to your
> tmux window is essential - and being able to have the terminal
> integrate properly while doing so is huge for productivity.
>
> https://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1301605/+subscriptions
>

On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Jason Al-Mansor <jalmansor@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am also very interested in this integration, as Terminator is the
> closest terminal Linux has to iTerm2, and would love to help with
> testing once a package is ready.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1301605
>
> Title:
>   Add support for tmux integration (like iTerm2)
>
> Status in Terminator:
>   In Progress
>
> Bug description:
>   iTerm 2 (only for mac) has full tmux integration.  Meaning that iTerm
>   2 will communicate directly with the tmux server, and then enable
>   things like native scollback and windowing that is directed by tmux.
>
>   ie. you split screen, rather than rendering by tmux inside the
>   terminal window, iterm2 itself renders it as a split screen (or tabs,
>   etc) , with full scroll back support, proper mouse copy/paste
>   functionality (ie. triple-click selecting a whole line only does so
>   within that pane), and essentially does all pane and scrollback
>   management in iterm2 - but still being a tmux window.   Which means
>   one could attach to that session with a standard tmux session and it
>   is identical.
>
>   This is an amazing feature, and is unparalleled by any other terminal
>   app I've seen.  Since leaving Mac and returning to Linux, I find
>   myself sorely missing this functionality - especially managing
>   scrollbacks and mouse copy/paste behavior with 'raw' tmux (ie. tmux
>   managing panes by itself in one big window) is just painful.
>
>   This is not as big a deal when only working locally, but when you do a
>   lot of work via. ssh, and move about - being able to re-attach to your
>   tmux window is essential - and being able to have the terminal
>   integrate properly while doing so is huge for productivity.
>
>   https://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1301605/+subscriptions
>