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diff --git a/gemfeed/atom.xml b/gemfeed/atom.xml index d4743e21..2d582f88 100644 --- a/gemfeed/atom.xml +++ b/gemfeed/atom.xml @@ -1,12 +1,415 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> - <updated>2025-04-19T10:32:39+03:00</updated> + <updated>2025-05-02T00:09:24+03:00</updated> <title>foo.zone feed</title> <subtitle>To be in the .zone!</subtitle> <link href="https://foo.zone/gemfeed/atom.xml" rel="self" /> <link href="https://foo.zone/" /> <id>https://foo.zone/</id> <entry> + <title>Terminal multiplexing with `tmux` - Fish edition</title> + <link href="https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-05-02-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux-fish-edition.html" /> + <id>https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-05-02-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux-fish-edition.html</id> + <updated>2025-05-02T00:09:23+03:00</updated> + <author> + <name>Paul Buetow aka snonux</name> + <email>paul@dev.buetow.org</email> + </author> + <summary>This is the Fish shell edition of the same post of mine from last year:</summary> + <content type="xhtml"> + <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> + <h1 style='display: inline' id='terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux---fish-edition'>Terminal multiplexing with <span class='inlinecode'>tmux</span> - Fish edition</h1><br /> +<br /> +<span>This is the Fish shell edition of the same post of mine from last year:</span><br /> +<br /> +<a class='textlink' href='./2024-06-23-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux.html'>./2024-06-23-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux.html</a><br /> +<br /> +<span>Tmux (Terminal Multiplexer) is a powerful, terminal-based tool that manages multiple terminal sessions within a single window. Here are some of its primary features and functionalities:</span><br /> +<br /> +<ul> +<li>Session management</li> +<li>Window and Pane management</li> +<li>Persistent Workspace</li> +<li>Customization</li> +</ul><br /> +<a class='textlink' href='https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki'>https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki</a><br /> +<br /> +<pre> + _______ + |.-----.| + || Tmux|| + ||_.-._|| + `--)-(--` + __[=== o]___ + |:::::::::::|\ +jgs `-=========-`() + mod. by Paul B. +</pre> +<br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='table-of-contents'>Table of Contents</h2><br /> +<br /> +<ul> +<li><a href='#terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux---fish-edition'>Terminal multiplexing with <span class='inlinecode'>tmux</span> - Fish edition</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#before-continuing'>Before continuing...</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#shell-aliases'>Shell aliases</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#the-tn-alias---creating-a-new-session'>The <span class='inlinecode'>tn</span> alias - Creating a new session</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#cleaning-up-default-sessions-automatically'>Cleaning up default sessions automatically</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#renaming-sessions'>Renaming sessions</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#the-ta-alias---attaching-to-a-session'>The <span class='inlinecode'>ta</span> alias - Attaching to a session</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#the-tr-alias---for-a-nested-remote-session'>The <span class='inlinecode'>tr</span> alias - For a nested remote session</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#change-of-the-tmux-prefix-for-better-nesting'>Change of the Tmux prefix for better nesting</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#the-ts-alias---searching-sessions-with-fuzzy-finder'>The <span class='inlinecode'>ts</span> alias - Searching sessions with fuzzy finder</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#the-tssh-alias---cluster-ssh-replacement'>The <span class='inlinecode'>tssh</span> alias - Cluster SSH replacement</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#the-tmuxtsshfromargument-helper'>The <span class='inlinecode'>tmux::tssh_from_argument</span> helper</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#the-tmuxtsshfromfile-helper'>The <span class='inlinecode'>tmux::tssh_from_file</span> helper</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#tssh-examples'><span class='inlinecode'>tssh</span> examples</a></li> +<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#common-tmux-commands-i-use-in-tssh'>Common Tmux commands I use in <span class='inlinecode'>tssh</span></a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#copy-and-paste-workflow'>Copy and paste workflow</a></li> +<li>⇢ <a href='#tmux-configurations'>Tmux configurations</a></li> +</ul><br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='before-continuing'>Before continuing...</h2><br /> +<br /> +<span>Before continuing to read this post, I encourage you to get familiar with Tmux first (unless you already know the basics). You can go through the official getting started guide:</span><br /> +<br /> +<a class='textlink' href='https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/Getting-Started'>https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/Getting-Started</a><br /> +<br /> +<span>I can also recommend this book (this is the book I got started with with Tmux):</span><br /> +<br /> +<a class='textlink' href='https://pragprog.com/titles/bhtmux2/tmux-2/'>https://pragprog.com/titles/bhtmux2/tmux-2/</a><br /> +<br /> +<span>Over the years, I have built a couple of shell helper functions to optimize my workflows. Tmux is extensively integrated into my daily workflows (personal and work). I had colleagues asking me about my Tmux config and helper scripts for Tmux several times. It would be neat to blog about it so that everyone interested in it can make a copy of my configuration and scripts.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>The configuration and scripts in this blog post are only the non-work-specific parts. There are more helper scripts, which I only use for work (and aren't really useful outside of work due to the way servers and clusters are structured there).</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>Tmux is highly configurable, and I think I am only scratching the surface of what is possible with it. Nevertheless, it may still be useful for you. I also love that Tmux is part of the OpenBSD base system!</span><br /> +<br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='shell-aliases'>Shell aliases</h2><br /> +<br /> +<span>Since last week, I switched to the Fish shell. As a result, I also had to convert all my tmux helper scripts (mentioned in this blog post) to Fish.</span><br /> +<br /> +<a class='textlink' href='https://fishshell.com'>https://fishshell.com</a><br /> +<br /> +<span>For the most common Tmux commands I use, I have created the following shell aliases:</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +alias tn 'tmux::new' +alias ta 'tmux::attach' +alias tx 'tmux::remote' +alias ts 'tmux::search' +alias tssh 'tmux::cluster_ssh' +alias tm tmux +alias tl 'tmux list-sessions' +alias foo 'tmux::new foo' +alias bar 'tmux::new bar' +alias baz 'tmux::new baz' +</pre> +<br /> +<span>Note all <span class='inlinecode'>tmux::...</span>; those are custom shell functions doing certain things, and they aren't part of the Tmux distribution. But let's run through every aliases one by one. </span><br /> +<br /> +<span>The first two are pretty straightforward. <span class='inlinecode'>tm</span> is simply a shorthand for <span class='inlinecode'>tmux</span>, so I have to type less, and <span class='inlinecode'>tl</span> lists all Tmux sessions that are currently open. No magic here.</span><br /> +<br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='the-tn-alias---creating-a-new-session'>The <span class='inlinecode'>tn</span> alias - Creating a new session</h2><br /> +<br /> +<span>The <span class='inlinecode'>tn</span> alias is referencing this function:</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +# Create new session and if alread exists attach to it +function tmux::new + set -l session $argv[1] + _tmux::cleanup_default + if test -z "$session" + tmux::new (string join "" T (date +%s)) + else + tmux new-session -d -s $session + tmux -2 attach-session -t $session || tmux -2 switch-client -t $session + end +end +</pre> +<br /> +<span>There is a lot going on here. Let's have a detailed look at what it is doing. </span><br /> +<br /> +<span>First, a Tmux session name can be passed to the function as a first argument. That session name is only optional. Without it, Tmux will select a session named <span class='inlinecode'>(string join "" T (date +%s))</span> as a default. Which is T followed by the UNIX epoch, e.g. <span class='inlinecode'>T1717133796</span>.</span><br /> +<br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='cleaning-up-default-sessions-automatically'>Cleaning up default sessions automatically</h3><br /> +<br /> +<span>Note also the call to <span class='inlinecode'>_tmux::cleanup_default</span>; it would clean up all already opened default sessions if they aren't attached. Those sessions were only temporary, and I had too many flying around after a while. So, I decided to auto-delete the sessions if they weren't attached. If I want to keep sessions around, I will rename them with the Tmux command <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key $</span>. This is the cleanup function:</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +function _tmux::cleanup_default + tmux list-sessions | string match -r '^T.*: ' | string match -v -r attached | string split ':' | while read -l s + echo "Killing $s" + tmux kill-session -t "$s" + end +end +</pre> +<br /> +<span>The cleanup function kills all open Tmux sessions that haven't been renamed properly yet—but only if they aren't attached (e.g., don't run in the foreground in any terminal). Cleaning them up automatically keeps my Tmux sessions as neat and tidy as possible. </span><br /> +<br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='renaming-sessions'>Renaming sessions</h3><br /> +<br /> +<span>Whenever I am in a temporary session (named <span class='inlinecode'>T....</span>), I may decide that I want to keep this session around. I have to rename the session to prevent the cleanup function from doing its thing. That's, as mentioned already, easily accomplished with the standard <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key $</span> Tmux command.</span><br /> +<br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='the-ta-alias---attaching-to-a-session'>The <span class='inlinecode'>ta</span> alias - Attaching to a session</h2><br /> +<br /> +<span>This alias refers to the following function, which tries to attach to an already-running Tmux session.</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +function tmux::attach + set -l session $argv[1] + if test -z "$session" + tmux attach-session || tmux::new + else + tmux attach-session -t $session || tmux::new $session + end +end +</pre> +<br /> +<span>If no session is specified (as the argument of the function), it will try to attach to the first open session. If no Tmux server is running, it will create a new one with <span class='inlinecode'>tmux::new</span>. Otherwise, with a session name given as the argument, it will attach to it. If unsuccessful (e.g., the session doesn't exist), it will be created and attached to.</span><br /> +<br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='the-tr-alias---for-a-nested-remote-session'>The <span class='inlinecode'>tr</span> alias - For a nested remote session</h2><br /> +<br /> +<span>This SSHs into the remote server specified and then, remotely on the server itself, starts a nested Tmux session. So we have one Tmux session on the local computer and, inside of it, an SSH connection to a remote server with a Tmux session running again. The benefit of this is that, in case my network connection breaks down, the next time I connect, I can continue my work on the remote server exactly where I left off. The session name is the name of the server being SSHed into. If a session like this already exists, it simply attaches to it.</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +function tmux::remote + set -l server $argv[1] + tmux new -s $server "ssh -A -t $server 'tmux attach-session || tmux'" || tmux attach-session -d -t $server +end +</pre> +<br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='change-of-the-tmux-prefix-for-better-nesting'>Change of the Tmux prefix for better nesting</h3><br /> +<br /> +<span>To make nested Tmux sessions work smoothly, one must change the Tmux prefix key locally or remotely. By default, the Tmux prefix key is <span class='inlinecode'>Ctrl-b</span>, so <span class='inlinecode'>Ctrl-b $</span>, for example, renames the current session. To change the prefix key from the standard <span class='inlinecode'>Ctrl-b</span> to, for example, <span class='inlinecode'>Ctrl-g</span>, you must add this to the <span class='inlinecode'>tmux.conf</span>:</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +set-option -g prefix C-g +</pre> +<br /> +<span>This way, when I want to rename the remote Tmux session, I have to use <span class='inlinecode'>Ctrl-g $</span>, and when I want to rename the local Tmux session, I still have to use <span class='inlinecode'>Ctrl-b $</span>. In my case, I have this deployed to all remote servers through a configuration management system (out of scope for this blog post).</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>There might also be another way around this (without reconfiguring the prefix key), but that is cumbersome to use, as far as I remember. </span><br /> +<br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='the-ts-alias---searching-sessions-with-fuzzy-finder'>The <span class='inlinecode'>ts</span> alias - Searching sessions with fuzzy finder</h2><br /> +<br /> +<span>Despite the fact that with <span class='inlinecode'>_tmux::cleanup_default</span>, I don't leave a huge mess with trillions of Tmux sessions flying around all the time, at times, it can become challenging to find exactly the session I am currently interested in. After a busy workday, I often end up with around twenty sessions on my laptop. This is where fuzzy searching for session names comes in handy, as I often don't remember the exact session names.</span><br /> +<br /> +<!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.9 +by Lorenzo Bettini +http://www.lorenzobettini.it +http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> +<pre>function tmux::search + <b><u><font color="#000000">set</font></u></b> -l session (tmux list-sessions | fzf | cut -d: -f<font color="#000000">1</font>) + <b><u><font color="#000000">if</font></u></b> <b><u><font color="#000000">test</font></u></b> -z <font color="#808080">"$TMUX"</font> + tmux attach-session -t $session + <b><u><font color="#000000">else</font></u></b> + tmux switch -t $session + end +end +</pre> +<br /> +<span>All it does is list all currently open sessions in <span class='inlinecode'>fzf</span>, where one of them can be searched and selected through fuzzy find, and then either switch (if already inside a session) to the other session or attach to the other session (if not yet in Tmux).</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>You must install the <span class='inlinecode'>fzf</span> command on your computer for this to work. This is how it looks like:</span><br /> +<br /> +<a href='./terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux/tmux-session-fzf.png'><img alt='Tmux session fuzzy finder' title='Tmux session fuzzy finder' src='./terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux/tmux-session-fzf.png' /></a><br /> +<br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='the-tssh-alias---cluster-ssh-replacement'>The <span class='inlinecode'>tssh</span> alias - Cluster SSH replacement</h2><br /> +<br /> +<span>Before I used Tmux, I was a heavy user of ClusterSSH, which allowed me to log in to multiple servers at once in a single terminal window and type and run commands on all of them in parallel.</span><br /> +<br /> +<a class='textlink' href='https://github.com/duncs/clusterssh'>https://github.com/duncs/clusterssh</a><br /> +<br /> +<span>However, since I started using Tmux, I retired ClusterSSH, as it came with the benefit that Tmux only needs to be run in the terminal, whereas ClusterSSH spawned terminal windows, which aren't easily portable (e.g., from a Linux desktop to macOS). The <span class='inlinecode'>tmux::cluster_ssh</span> function can have N arguments, where:</span><br /> +<br /> +<ul> +<li>...the first argument will be the session name (see <span class='inlinecode'>tmux::tssh_from_argument</span> helper function), and all remaining arguments will be server hostnames/FQDNs to connect to simultaneously.</li> +<li>...or, the first argument is a file name, and the file contains a list of hostnames/FQDNs (see <span class='inlinecode'>tmux::ssh_from_file</span> helper function)</li> +</ul><br /> +<span>This is the function definition behind the <span class='inlinecode'>tssh</span> alias:</span><br /> +<span> </span><br /> +<pre> +function tmux::cluster_ssh + if test -f "$argv[1]" + tmux::tssh_from_file $argv[1] + return + end + tmux::tssh_from_argument $argv +end +</pre> +<br /> +<span>This function is just a wrapper around the more complex <span class='inlinecode'>tmux::tssh_from_file</span> and <span class='inlinecode'>tmux::tssh_from_argument</span> functions, as you have learned already. Most of the magic happens there.</span><br /> +<br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='the-tmuxtsshfromargument-helper'>The <span class='inlinecode'>tmux::tssh_from_argument</span> helper</h3><br /> +<br /> +<span>This is the most magic helper function we will cover in this post. It looks like this:</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +function tmux::tssh_from_argument + set -l session $argv[1] + set first_server_or_container $argv[2] + set remaining_servers $argv[3..-1] + if test -z "$first_server_or_container" + set first_server_or_container $session + end + + tmux new-session -d -s $session (_tmux::connect_command "$first_server_or_container") + if not tmux list-session | grep "^$session:" + echo "Could not create session $session" + return 2 + end + for server_or_container in $remaining_servers + tmux split-window -t $session "tmux select-layout tiled; $(_tmux::connect_command "$server_or_container")" + end + tmux setw -t $session synchronize-panes on + tmux -2 attach-session -t $session || tmux -2 switch-client -t $session +end +</pre> +<br /> +<span>It expects at least two arguments. The first argument is the session name to create for the clustered SSH session. All other arguments are server hostnames or FQDNs to which to connect. The first one is used to make the initial session. All remaining ones are added to that session with <span class='inlinecode'>tmux split-window -t $session...</span>. At the end, we enable synchronized panes by default, so whenever you type, the commands will be sent to every SSH connection, thus allowing the neat ClusterSSH feature to run commands on multiple servers simultaneously. Once done, we attach (or switch, if already in Tmux) to it.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>Sometimes, I don't want the synchronized panes behavior and want to switch it off temporarily. I can do that with <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key p</span> and <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key P</span> after adding the following to my local <span class='inlinecode'>tmux.conf</span>:</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +bind-key p setw synchronize-panes off +bind-key P setw synchronize-panes on +</pre> +<br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='the-tmuxtsshfromfile-helper'>The <span class='inlinecode'>tmux::tssh_from_file</span> helper</h3><br /> +<br /> +<span>This one sets the session name to the file name and then reads a list of servers from that file, passing the list of servers to <span class='inlinecode'>tmux::tssh_from_argument</span> as the arguments. So, this is a neat little wrapper that also enables me to open clustered SSH sessions from an input file.</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +function tmux::tssh_from_file + set -l serverlist $argv[1] + set -l session (basename $serverlist | cut -d. -f1) + tmux::tssh_from_argument $session (awk '{ print $1 }' $serverlist | sed 's/.lan./.lan/g') +end +</pre> +<br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='tssh-examples'><span class='inlinecode'>tssh</span> examples</h3><br /> +<br /> +<span>To open a new session named <span class='inlinecode'>fish</span> and log in to 4 remote hosts, run this command (Note that it is also possible to specify the remote user):</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +$ tssh fish blowfish.buetow.org fishfinger.buetow.org \ + fishbone.buetow.org user@octopus.buetow.org +</pre> +<br /> +<span>To open a new session named <span class='inlinecode'>manyservers</span>, put many servers (one FQDN per line) into a file called <span class='inlinecode'>manyservers.txt</span> and simply run:</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +$ tssh manyservers.txt +</pre> +<br /> +<h3 style='display: inline' id='common-tmux-commands-i-use-in-tssh'>Common Tmux commands I use in <span class='inlinecode'>tssh</span></h3><br /> +<br /> +<span>These are default Tmux commands that I make heavy use of in a <span class='inlinecode'>tssh</span> session:</span><br /> +<br /> +<ul> +<li>Press <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key DIRECTION</span> to switch panes. DIRECTION is by default any of the arrow keys, but I also configured Vi keybindings.</li> +<li>Press <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key <space></span> to change the pane layout (can be pressed multiple times to cycle through them).</li> +<li>Press <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key z</span> to zoom in and out of the current active pane.</li> +</ul><br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='copy-and-paste-workflow'>Copy and paste workflow</h2><br /> +<br /> +<span>As you will see later in this blog post, I have configured a history limit of 1 million items in Tmux so that I can scroll back quite far. One main workflow of mine is to search for text in the Tmux history, select and copy it, and then switch to another window or session and paste it there (e.g., into my text editor to do something with it).</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>This works by pressing <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key [</span> to enter Tmux copy mode. From there, I can browse the Tmux history of the current window using either the arrow keys or vi-like navigation (see vi configuration later in this blog post) and the Pg-Dn and Pg-Up keys.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>I often search the history backwards with <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key [</span> followed by a <span class='inlinecode'>?</span>, which opens the Tmux history search prompt.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>Once I have identified the terminal text to be copied, I enter visual select mode with <span class='inlinecode'>v</span>, highlight all the text to be copied (using arrow keys or Vi motions), and press <span class='inlinecode'>y</span> to yank it (sorry if this all sounds a bit complicated, but Vim/NeoVim users will know this, as it is pretty much how you do it there as well).</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>For <span class='inlinecode'>v</span> and <span class='inlinecode'>y</span> to work, the following has to be added to the Tmux configuration file: </span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'v' send -X begin-selection +bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'y' send -X copy-selection-and-cancel +</pre> +<br /> +<span>Once the text is yanked, I switch to another Tmux window or session where, for example, a text editor is running and paste the yanked text from Tmux into the editor with <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key ]</span>. Note that when pasting into a modal text editor like Vi or Helix, you would first need to enter insert mode before <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key ]</span> would paste anything.</span><br /> +<br /> +<h2 style='display: inline' id='tmux-configurations'>Tmux configurations</h2><br /> +<br /> +<span>Some features I have configured directly in Tmux don't require an external shell alias to function correctly. Let's walk line by line through my local <span class='inlinecode'>~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf</span>:</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +source ~/.config/tmux/tmux.local.conf + +set-option -g allow-rename off +set-option -g history-limit 100000 +set-option -g status-bg '#444444' +set-option -g status-fg '#ffa500' +set-option -s escape-time 0 +</pre> +<br /> +<span>There's yet to be much magic happening here. I source a <span class='inlinecode'>tmux.local.conf</span>, which I sometimes use to override the default configuration that comes from the configuration management system. But it is mostly just an empty file, so it doesn't throw any errors on Tmux startup when I don't use it.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>I work with many terminal outputs, which I also like to search within Tmux. So, I added a large enough <span class='inlinecode'>history-limit</span>, enabling me to search backwards in Tmux for any output up to a million lines of text.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>Besides changing some colours (personal taste), I also set <span class='inlinecode'>escape-time</span> to <span class='inlinecode'>0</span>, which is just a workaround. Otherwise, my Helix text editor's <span class='inlinecode'>ESC</span> key would take ages to trigger within Tmux. I am trying to remember the gory details. You can leave it out; if everything works fine for you, leave it out.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>The next lines in the configuration file are:</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +set-window-option -g mode-keys vi +bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'v' send -X begin-selection +bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'y' send -X copy-selection-and-cancel +</pre> +<br /> +<span>I navigate within Tmux using Vi keybindings, so the <span class='inlinecode'>mode-keys</span> is set to <span class='inlinecode'>vi</span>. I use the Helix modal text editor, which is close enough to Vi bindings for simple navigation to feel "native" to me. (By the way, I have been a long-time Vim and NeoVim user, but I eventually switched to Helix. It's off-topic here, but it may be worth another blog post once.)</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>The two <span class='inlinecode'>bind-key</span> commands make it so that I can use <span class='inlinecode'>v</span> and <span class='inlinecode'>y</span> in copy mode, which feels more Vi-like (as already discussed earlier in this post).</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>The next set of lines in the configuration file are:</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +bind-key h select-pane -L +bind-key j select-pane -D +bind-key k select-pane -U +bind-key l select-pane -R + +bind-key H resize-pane -L 5 +bind-key J resize-pane -D 5 +bind-key K resize-pane -U 5 +bind-key L resize-pane -R 5 +</pre> +<br /> +<span>These allow me to use <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key h</span>, <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key j</span>, <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key k</span>, and <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key l</span> for switching panes and <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key H</span>, <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key J</span>, <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key K</span>, and <span class='inlinecode'>prefix-key L</span> for resizing the panes. If you don't know Vi/Vim/NeoVim, the letters <span class='inlinecode'>hjkl</span> are commonly used there for left, down, up, and right, which is also the same for Helix, by the way.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>The next set of lines in the configuration file are:</span><br /> +<br /> +<pre> +bind-key c new-window -c '#{pane_current_path}' +bind-key F new-window -n "session-switcher" "tmux list-sessions | fzf | cut -d: -f1 | xargs tmux switch-client -t" +bind-key T choose-tree +</pre> +<br /> +<span>The first one is that any new window starts in the current directory. The second one is more interesting. I list all open sessions in the fuzzy finder. I rely heavily on this during my daily workflow to switch between various sessions depending on the task. E.g. from a remote cluster SSH session to a local code editor. </span><br /> +<br /> +<span>The third one, <span class='inlinecode'>choose-tree</span>, opens a tree view in Tmux listing all sessions and windows. This one is handy to get a better overview of what is currently running in any local Tmux session. It looks like this (it also allows me to press a hotkey to switch to a particular Tmux window):</span><br /> +<br /> +<a href='./terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux/tmux-tree-view.png'><img alt='Tmux sessiont tree view' title='Tmux sessiont tree view' src='./terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux/tmux-tree-view.png' /></a><br /> +<br /> +<span>The last remaining lines in my configuration file are:</span><br /> +<span> </span><br /> +<pre> +bind-key p setw synchronize-panes off +bind-key P setw synchronize-panes on +bind-key r source-file ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf \; display-message "tmux.conf reloaded" +</pre> +<br /> +<span>We discussed <span class='inlinecode'>synchronized panes</span> earlier. I use it all the time in clustered SSH sessions. When enabled, all panes (remote SSH sessions) receive the same keystrokes. This is very useful when you want to run the same commands on many servers at once, such as navigating to a common directory, restarting a couple of services at once, or running tools like <span class='inlinecode'>htop</span> to quickly monitor system resources.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>The last one reloads my Tmux configuration on the fly.</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>E-Mail your comments to <span class='inlinecode'>paul@nospam.buetow.org</span> :-)</span><br /> +<br /> +<a class='textlink' href='../'>Back to the main site</a><br /> + </div> + </content> + </entry> + <entry> <title>'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes</title> <link href="https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-04-19-when-book-notes.html" /> <id>https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-04-19-when-book-notes.html</id> @@ -4297,7 +4700,7 @@ r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\ </content> </entry> <entry> - <title>Terminal multiplexing with `tmux`</title> + <title>Terminal multiplexing with `tmux` - Z-Shell edition</title> <link href="https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-06-23-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux.html" /> <id>https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-06-23-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux.html</id> <updated>2024-06-23T22:41:59+03:00</updated> @@ -4305,12 +4708,16 @@ r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\ <name>Paul Buetow aka snonux</name> <email>paul@dev.buetow.org</email> </author> - <summary>Tmux (Terminal Multiplexer) is a powerful, terminal-based tool that manages multiple terminal sessions within a single window. Here are some of its primary features and functionalities:</summary> + <summary>This is the Z-Shell version. There is also a Fish version:</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1 style='display: inline' id='terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux'>Terminal multiplexing with <span class='inlinecode'>tmux</span></h1><br /> + <h1 style='display: inline' id='terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux---z-shell-edition'>Terminal multiplexing with <span class='inlinecode'>tmux</span> - Z-Shell edition</h1><br /> <br /> -<span class='quote'>Published at 2024-06-23T22:41:59+03:00</span><br /> +<span class='quote'>Published at 2024-06-23T22:41:59+03:00; Last updated 2025-05-02</span><br /> +<br /> +<span>This is the Z-Shell version. There is also a Fish version:</span><br /> +<br /> +<a class='textlink' href='./2025-05-02-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux-fish-edition.html'>./2025-05-02-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux-fish-edition.html</a><br /> <br /> <span>Tmux (Terminal Multiplexer) is a powerful, terminal-based tool that manages multiple terminal sessions within a single window. Here are some of its primary features and functionalities:</span><br /> <br /> @@ -4337,7 +4744,7 @@ jgs `-=========-`() <h2 style='display: inline' id='table-of-contents'>Table of Contents</h2><br /> <br /> <ul> -<li><a href='#terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux'>Terminal multiplexing with <span class='inlinecode'>tmux</span></a></li> +<li><a href='#terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux---z-shell-edition'>Terminal multiplexing with <span class='inlinecode'>tmux</span> - Z-Shell edition</a></li> <li>⇢ <a href='#before-continuing'>Before continuing...</a></li> <li>⇢ <a href='#shell-aliases'>Shell aliases</a></li> <li>⇢ <a href='#the-tn-alias---creating-a-new-session'>The <span class='inlinecode'>tn</span> alias - Creating a new session</a></li> @@ -9255,144 +9662,4 @@ Art by Joan Stark </div> </content> </entry> - <entry> - <title>(Re)learning Java - My takeaways</title> - <link href="https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2022-12-24-ultrarelearning-java-my-takeaways.html" /> - <id>https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2022-12-24-ultrarelearning-java-my-takeaways.html</id> - <updated>2022-12-24T23:18:40+02:00</updated> - <author> - <name>Paul Buetow aka snonux</name> - <email>paul@dev.buetow.org</email> - </author> - <summary>As a regular participant in the annual Pet Project competition at work, I always try to find a project where I can learn something new. In this post, I would like to share my takeaways after revisiting Java. You can read about my motivations in my 'Creative universe' post:</summary> - <content type="xhtml"> - <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1 style='display: inline' id='relearning-java---my-takeaways'>(Re)learning Java - My takeaways</h1><br /> -<br /> -<span class='quote'>Published at 2022-12-24T23:18:40+02:00</span><br /> -<br /> -<span>As a regular participant in the annual Pet Project competition at work, I always try to find a project where I can learn something new. In this post, I would like to share my takeaways after revisiting Java. You can read about my motivations in my "Creative universe" post:</span><br /> -<br /> -<a class='textlink' href='./2022-04-10-creative-universe.html'>Creative universe</a><br /> -<br /> -<span>I have been programming in Java back in the days as a university student, and even my Diploma Thesis I implemented in Java (it would require some overhaul so that it is fully compatible with a recent version of Java, though - It still compiles and runs, but with a lot of warnings, though!):</span><br /> -<br /> -<a class='textlink' href='https://codeberg.org/snonux/vs-sim'>VS-Sim: Distributed systems simulator</a><br /> -<br /> -<span>However, after that, I became a Linux Sysadmin and mainly continued programming in Perl, Puppet, bash, and a little Python. For personal use, I also programmed a bit in Haskell and C. After my Sysadmin role, I moved to London and became a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), where I mainly programmed in Ruby, bash, Puppet and Golang and a little bit of C. </span><br /> -<br /> -<span>At my workplace, as an SRE, I don't do Java a lot. I have been reading Java code to understand the software better so I can apply and suggest workarounds or fixes to existing issues and bugs. However, most of our stack is in Java, and our Software Engineers use Java as their primary programming language.</span><br /> -<br /> -<a href='./ultrarelearning-java-my-takeaways/learnjava.jpg'><img src='./ultrarelearning-java-my-takeaways/learnjava.jpg' /></a><br /> -<br /> -<h2 style='display: inline' id='table-of-contents'>Table of Contents</h2><br /> -<br /> -<ul> -<li><a href='#relearning-java---my-takeaways'>(Re)learning Java - My takeaways</a></li> -<li>⇢ <a href='#stuck-at-java-14'>Stuck at Java 1.4</a></li> -<li>⇢ <a href='#relearning--upskilling-to-java-18'>(Re)learning & upskilling to Java 18</a></li> -<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#effective-java'>Effective Java</a></li> -<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#java-pub-house'>Java Pub House</a></li> -<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#java-concurrency-course'>Java Concurrency course</a></li> -<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#read-a-lot-of-java-code'>Read a lot of Java code</a></li> -<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#observed-java-code-reviews'>Observed Java code reviews</a></li> -<li>⇢ ⇢ <a href='#took-ownership-of-a-roadmap-java-project'>Took ownership of a roadmap-Java project</a></li> -<li>⇢ <a href='#the-good'>The good</a></li> -<li>⇢ <a href='#the-bad-and-the-ugly'>The bad and the ugly</a></li> -<li>⇢ <a href='#conclusion'>Conclusion</a></li> -</ul><br /> -<h2 style='display: inline' id='stuck-at-java-14'>Stuck at Java 1.4</h2><br /> -<br /> -<span>Over time, I had been missing out on many new features that were added to the language since Java 1.4, so I decided to implement my next Pet Project in Java and learn every further aspect of the language as my main goal. Of course, I still liked the idea of winning a Pet Project Prize, but my main objective was to level up my Java skills.</span><br /> -<br /> -<h2 style='display: inline' id='relearning--upskilling-to-java-18'>(Re)learning & upskilling to Java 18</h2><br /> -<br /> -<h3 style='display: inline' id='effective-java'>Effective Java</h3><br /> -<br /> -<span>This book was recommended by my brother and also by at least another colleague at work to be one of the best, if not the best, book about Java programming. I read the whole book from the beginning to the end and immersed myself in it. I fully agree; this is a great book. Every Java developer or Java software engineer should read it!</span><br /> -<br /> -<a href='./ultrarelearning-java-my-takeaways/effective-java.jpg'><img src='./ultrarelearning-java-my-takeaways/effective-java.jpg' /></a><br /> -<br /> -<span>I recommend reading the 90-part effective Java Series on <span class='inlinecode'>dev.to</span>. It's a perfect companion to the book as it explains all the chapters again but from a slightly different perspective and helps you to really understand the content.</span><br /> -<br /> -<a class='textlink' href='https://dev.to/kylec32/series/2292'>Kyle Carter's 90-part Effective Java Series </a><br /> -<br /> -<h3 style='display: inline' id='java-pub-house'>Java Pub House</h3><br /> -<br /> -<span>During my lunch breaks, I usually have a walk around the block or in a nearby park. I used that time to listen to the Java Pub House podcast. I listened to *every* episode and learned tons of new stuff. I can highly recommend this podcast. Especially GraalVM, a high-performance JDK distribution written for Java and other JVM languages, captured my attention. GraalVM can compile Java code into native binaries, improving performance and easing the distribution of Java programs. Because of the latter, I should release a VS-Sim GraalVM edition one day through a Linux AppImage ;-).</span><br /> -<br /> -<a class='textlink' href='https://www.javapubhouse.com'>https://www.javapubhouse.com</a><br /> -<a class='textlink' href='https://www.graalvm.org'>https://www.graalvm.org</a><br /> -<br /> -<h3 style='display: inline' id='java-concurrency-course'>Java Concurrency course</h3><br /> -<br /> -<span>I also watched a course on O'Reilly Safari Books online about Java Concurrency. That gave an excellent refresher on how the Java thread pools work and what were the concurrency primitives available in the standard library.</span><br /> -<br /> -<h3 style='display: inline' id='read-a-lot-of-java-code'>Read a lot of Java code</h3><br /> -<br /> -<span>First, the source code is often the best documentation (if programmed nicely), and second, it helps to get the hang of the language and standard practices. I started to read more and more Java code at work. I did that whenever I had to understand how something, in particular, worked (e.g. while troubleshooting and debugging an issue). </span><br /> -<br /> -<h3 style='display: inline' id='observed-java-code-reviews'>Observed Java code reviews</h3><br /> -<br /> -<span>Another great way to get the hang of Java again was to sneak into the code reviews of the Software Engineer colleagues. They are the expert on the matter and are a great source to copy knowledge. It's OK to stay passive and only follow the reviews. Sometimes, it's OK to step up and take ownership of the review. The developers will also always be happy to answer any naive questions which come up.</span><br /> -<br /> -<h3 style='display: inline' id='took-ownership-of-a-roadmap-java-project'>Took ownership of a roadmap-Java project</h3><br /> -<br /> -<span>Besides my Pet Project, I also took ownership of a regular roadmap Java project at work, making an internal Java service capable of running in Kubernetes. This was a bunch of minor changes and adding a bunch of classes and unit tests dealing with the statelessness and a persistent job queue in Redis. The job also involved reading and understanding a lot of already existing Java code. It wasn't part of my job description, but it was fun, and I learned a lot. The service runs smoothly in production now. Of course, all of my code got reviewed by my Software Engineering colleagues.</span><br /> -<br /> -<h2 style='display: inline' id='the-good'>The good</h2><br /> -<br /> -<span>From the new language features and syntaxes, there are many personal takeaways, and I can't possibly list them all, but here are some of my personal highlights:</span><br /> -<br /> -<ul> -<li>Static factory methods and public constructors both have t |