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authorNicholas Marriott <nicholas.marriott@gmail.com>2009-04-21 20:06:12 +0000
committerNicholas Marriott <nicholas.marriott@gmail.com>2009-04-21 20:06:12 +0000
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@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ tmux consists of a server part and multiple clients. The server is created when
required and runs continuously unless killed by the user. Clients access the
server through a socket in /tmp. Multiple sessions may be created on a single
server and attached to a number of clients. Each session may then have a number
-of windows and windows may be linked to a number of sessions. Commands are
+of windows and windows may be linked to a number of sessions. Commands are
available to create, rename and destroy windows and sessions; to attach and
-detach sessions from client terminals; to set configuration options; and to
-bind and unbind command keys (invoked preceded by a prefix key, by default
-ctrl-b). Please see the tmux(1) man page for further information.
+detach sessions from client terminals; to set configuration options; to split
+windows into several simultaneously displayed panes; and to bind and unbind
+command keys (invoked preceded by a prefix key, by default ctrl-b). Please see
+the tmux(1) man page for further information.
The following is a summary of major features implemented in this version:
@@ -29,17 +30,15 @@ The following is a summary of major features implemented in this version:
- Window listing and renaming.
- Key binding.
- Handling of client terminal resize.
-- Terminal emulation sufficient to handle most curses applications. Without
- known issues are: emacs, irssi, mutt, ncmpc (resize problems are present in
- both tmux and screen), vim and various tools and games in the OpenBSD base
- system.
+- Terminal emulation sufficient to handle most curses applications.
- A optional status line (enabled by default).
- Window history and copy and paste.
- Support for VT100 line drawing characters.
- A large command set.
-- Vertical window splitting.
+- Vertical window splitting and layout.
- Automatic server locking on inactivity.
- A configuration file.
+- UTF-8 support.
And major missing features:
@@ -60,17 +59,17 @@ tmux(1) and the FAQ file. In addition, when starting tmux or attaching to an
existing session from a UTF-8-capable terminal, the -u flag must be specified.
A Vim syntax file is available in the examples directory. To install it:
-- Drop the file in the syntax directory in your runtimepath
- (e.g. ~/.vim/syntax/tmux.vim).
+
+- Drop the file in the syntax directory in your runtimepath (such as
+ ~/.vim/syntax/tmux.vim).
- Make the filetype recognisable by adding the following to filetype.vim
- (again) in your runtimepath (e.g. ~/.vim/filetype.vim):
+ in your runtimepath (~/.vim/filetype.vim):
augroup filetypedetect
au BufNewFile,BufRead .tmux.conf*,tmux.conf* setf tmux
augroup END
-- Switch on syntax highlighting in your vimrc file by adding "syntax enable"
- to it.
+- Switch on syntax highlighting by adding "syntax enable" to your vimrc file.
For debugging, running tmux with -v or -vv will generate server and client log
files in the current directory.
@@ -84,11 +83,15 @@ anonymous CVS from SourceForge:
If running CVS HEAD, please note it is development code and there may be bugs
and undocumented features; please read the CHANGES file for information.
+tmux mailing lists are available; visit:
+
+ https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=200378
+
Bug reports, feature suggestions and especially code contributions are most
-welcome. Please email:
+welcome. Please send by email to:
nicm@users.sf.net
-- Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sf.net>
-$Id: NOTES,v 1.44 2009-03-31 23:16:14 nicm Exp $
+$Id: NOTES,v 1.45 2009-04-21 20:06:12 nicm Exp $