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Tmux is awesome. Although I never understood why they used ctrl-b instead of ctrl-a as the default though - incompatible with screen and hard to reach with one

Tmux is awesome. Although I never understood why they used ctrl-b instead of ctrl-a as the default though - incompatible with screen and hard to reach with one hand.

eadmund 9y ago
I used ` for a long time, but it got old pasting old-fashioned shell scripts (which use `…` instead of $(…)). Nowadays I use C-z: easy to hit with one hand, and easy enough to do C-z C-z if I actually want to suspend something.
notinventedhear 9y ago
Probably since ctrl-a is a well-loved bash shortcut for goto start-of-line.
- pletnes 9y ago
  Not for us vi/vim guys.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago
  I assume that shortcut predates the existence of the Home key? Maybe we can let it die.
  - AlexandrB 9y ago
    The home key is in a terrible, terrible place on the keyboard and missing in many laptop keyboards. Ctrl-A is much easier to reach while touch typing, especially after remapping Caps Lock to Ctrl.
  - spinningarrow 9y ago
    I hope not. I actually find C-a and C-e (for end) _much_ easier to type, especially with Caps Lock remapped to CTRL.
    - AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago
      And my own personal muscle memory prefers a different setup, so that's why these things should be configurable, but the defaults should probably match common conventions don't you think?
- robohoe 9y ago
  set -o vi :D
Jtsummers 9y ago
I disliked ctrl-a and ctrl-b as prefixes because both conflict with using emacs keybindings. However, it was convenient that, by default, they were different. When I first used tmux I was still using screen on some servers (that I didn't fully control). Being able to use screen on the server through my tmux session without having to double type the prefix was useful.
ake1 9y ago
start using keyboards that allow you to use left ctrl with your palm instead of your pinky, it's a life saver.
logic 9y ago
CTRL-A is the default for GNU Screen, and when you're developing a terminal multiplexor, you sometimes want to work on it inside the terminal multiplexor you're hoping to improve upon. :) See the tmux FAQ: https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/FAQ https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/FAQ

Tmux is awesome. Although I never understood why they used ctrl-b instead of ctrl-a as the default though - incompatible with screen and hard to reach with one hand.

eadmund 9y ago

I used ` for a long time, but it got old pasting old-fashioned shell scripts (which use `…` instead of $(…)). Nowadays I use C-z: easy to hit with one hand, and easy enough to do C-z C-z if I actually want to suspend something.

notinventedhear 9y ago

Probably since ctrl-a is a well-loved bash shortcut for goto start-of-line.

pletnes 9y ago
Not for us vi/vim guys.
AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago
I assume that shortcut predates the existence of the Home key? Maybe we can let it die.
- AlexandrB 9y ago
  The home key is in a terrible, terrible place on the keyboard and missing in many laptop keyboards. Ctrl-A is much easier to reach while touch typing, especially after remapping Caps Lock to Ctrl.
- spinningarrow 9y ago
  I hope not. I actually find C-a and C-e (for end) _much_ easier to type, especially with Caps Lock remapped to CTRL.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago
    And my own personal muscle memory prefers a different setup, so that's why these things should be configurable, but the defaults should probably match common conventions don't you think?
robohoe 9y ago
set -o vi :D

Jtsummers 9y ago

I disliked ctrl-a and ctrl-b as prefixes because both conflict with using emacs keybindings. However, it was convenient that, by default, they were different. When I first used tmux I was still using screen on some servers (that I didn't fully control). Being able to use screen on the server through my tmux session without having to double type the prefix was useful.

ake1 9y ago

start using keyboards that allow you to use left ctrl with your palm instead of your pinky, it's a life saver.

logic 9y ago

CTRL-A is the default for GNU Screen, and when you're developing a terminal multiplexor, you sometimes want to work on it inside the terminal multiplexor you're hoping to improve upon. :) See the tmux FAQ: https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/FAQ https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/FAQ