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Discussion on: Why I *love* TMUX

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Antonin J. (they/them)

oooh, I like that alt thing! That didn't even occur to me, I got so used to the Ctrl+a mapping that many tutorials suggested when I started early on that I can't imagine doing things any different way.

Yeah copy/paste no matter where is a pain in the ass. I'm thinking of using the tmux-yank plugin that's supposed to handle copy/paste on all platforms including via SSH and WSL.

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Waylon Walker

Two keystrokes is ok for single commands, but multiple in a row is a pain. For instance checking on a server running in an adjacent window and getting back is a simple alt+n+n.

My first post on Dev walks through replicating my alt key setup from tmux to vscode dev.to/waylonwalker/keyboard-drive.... I honestly use vscode mostly for copy and paste. Every time I go to use tmux I end up pairing with a team mate an thier like what is this you cant even paste properly here. I have my hotkeys setup so similarly that I can switch between them comfortably.