Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Re: Script launcher and a suite of basic scripts for music production?

On 2023-01-18 16:51:28+0100, Brian Durant <contact@anarchosaxophonist.org> wrote:
> On 1/18/23 11:46, Abhishek Chakravarti wrote:
> > Brian Durant <contact@anarchosaxophonist.org> writes:
> > > The only disadvantage that I can see at this point, is that what I am
> > > describing would require a number of open terminals on the desktop,
> > > which can be confusing to sort through, particularly during a live
> > > performance.
> >
> > Although not a direct answer to your question, perhaps tmux(1) might be
> > helpful here? You could have one tmux session window split into several
> > panes. Cycling through the panes is quite simple with PREFIX + o (the
> > default PREFIX being CTRL+b; in my case it's mapped to CTRL+o
>
> Thanks for that. I haven't played around with tmux for ages, but you are
> correct that could potentially help with terminal clutter. Below are a few
> [....]

FWIW I have my tmux set up to use Alt+# (alt+1, alt+2...) key
combinations to switch among tmux panes more easily under X than using Ctrl+b
every time, which might be helpful if efficiency is important. It is
also easier for me to put in muscle memory. I can provide details off-list if desired.

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