#Iterm cheat sheet how to#
#Iterm cheat sheet windows#

Today, let’s see how we can use familiar iTerm keybindings while working in tmux environment. Override iTerm key mappings to trigger tmux action We’ll address these topics in my future posts. Issues with scrollback buffer and integration with OS clipboard are highly vital, that you can even decide to give up adopting tmux. Indeed, right now I’m using iTerm just as a tunnel to tmux ? Personally, I decided to go ahead with tmux and its features, and rely less on iTerm2 specific features.

Instead of single keystroke like ⌘⌥->, you need two keystoke s: prefix followed by another key, mapped to specific tmux action.

If you’re already accustomed to iTerm keybindings, you need to learn and switch to tmux keybindings, which are cumbersome.

Just try to copy text in tmux running in OSX default Terminal, which does not support OSC52 To be 100% correct, sharing with system clipboard works in iTerm2, but just because it supports OSC 52 ANSI escape sequences that let application such as tmux to access and store data in clipboard.

If you copy text in tmux, it’s stored in tmux own buffer, and not shared with your OS clipboard by default.

It’s more difficult to access it and copy text than in iTerm (just scroll and select with mouse)

tmux maintains it’s own scrollback buffer.

This makes it easier to migrate to a different terminal emulator, be it on same OS or another one (Linux)

When you’re using tmux, you rely on iTerm2 unique features much less.

If you’re using tmux both locally and on remote machine, you’d get the same familiar terminal environment.

Ability to switch between several per-project local tmux sessions to easily switch context.

Even-horizontal, even-vertical, main-horizontal, main-vertical and tiled ITerm has something similar, but it’s only about notifying you when execution returns to command prompt, and requires installing extra shell integration When I run a long-running command in one pane, I can switch to another pane and be notified when no more output appears in previous pane for some interval

Monitor window for activity or silence.

These previously were taken by OSX menu bar, iTerm window frame and iTerm tabs row. This which allows me to work in a distraction-free environment and also get extra 3 rows.

#Iterm cheat sheet windows#

Having status line and set of named windows inside it, I can turn iTerm to full-screen mode.Includes CPU, memory, online/offline status, battery, user, host, and date time. A status line with system-wide information.Similar to tabs in iTerm, but you can give them a name iTerm2 vs tmux on local machine: benefits and drawbacks Benefits: So I’ve decided to give it a try, and today I can share benefits and drawbacks with you. When I was learning tmux, I had been returning to same question again and again. “Given iTerm already can create multiple virtual windows inside a single ‘physical’ window, can split, swap and resize panes, do I really need to use tmux on my local machine instead of iTerm?” Google here, Google there, after a while you grasp concepts like terminal multiplexing, windows, pane splitting, and understand tmux usage on remote machines to persist session state and survive abrupt disconnections.Īt some point of time, you might wondering about tmux usage locally. And you’ve heard about tmux, and decided to give it a try. So you’re using iTerm2 terminal emulator on OSX. tmux experience inside full-screen iTerm with 2 remote sessions nested in a local one This is 2nd part of “ tmux in practice” post series.

#Iterm cheat sheet how to#

How to set up iTerm2 profile to override key mappings to trigger analogue tmux actions By Alexey Samoshkin tmux in practice: iTerm2 and tmux Benefits and drawbacks of using iterm2 vs tmux locally.