Learn tmux (Part 2) - How to use Splits and Panes for the Ultimate Linux Workflow!

If you want to increase your productivity with the Linux command line, tmux is definitely a great way to do just that! With tmux, you can manage your workflow with sessions, multitask with panes, and it also allows you to easily regain access to existing sessions when your SSH connection drops. In this five part series, you'll learn everything you need to know in order to use tmux daily! In this episode, we'll take a look at splits/panes.
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02:10 - Creating Vertical Splits
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[@kisali777]

this is great

[@rw-xf4cb]

What's a good use case for tmux? - this sort of thing with split panes would have been great in the day and presumably is where tmux is from with dumb terminals where you had limited screens. The VT220 had the ability to flip 4 sessions and buffer them - in those days I could keep track of that activity but these days on laptop (Mac/Windows) you just start new sessions to whatever (now I struggle to keep up with what is what lol). Screen real estate for me is important slicing a window into 4 not seeing the full screen having to scroll for example doesn't seem as good as having a giant or multiple monitors with different sessions. Also not a fan so far have to force myself to use vs-code with a bash session at the bottom been just iterm-ing loads of shells and doing work in all of them and then flipping between them.

[@kaifenjoyer]

It's quite handy for working remotely with a server. Even if your internet connection drops, you won't lose any progress since your tmux session will still be running with all its children. Also, you don't have to retype the SSH command each time you need another pane or window, which certainly makes for a more convenient workflow

[@assurali6822]

What is happening here?

[@RazoBeckett.]

this ain't twitter