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I was a terminal poweruser wannabe. For a time I tried just using tmux and Vim on almost all occasions. I still use Vim for something, like writing Puppet code.
by mrweasel 4y ago
I was a terminal poweruser wannabe. For a time I tried just using tmux and Vim on almost all occasions. I still use Vim for something, like writing Puppet code. For everything else: I've just come to embrace to the GUI.
Unless you're an absolute terminal power user that can masterfully navigate tmux, vim or whatever tools you use, I don't think it's a good use of time. There certainly are things where the terminal is the right tools, use it in those situations. Just ask yourself if you're artificially limiting yourself, simply because you think the cool kids use the terminal.
- rgoulter 4y agoI'd suggest zellij if tmux is too intimidating. Rather. 99% of what I use tmux for is both: not what I would consider "power user" skills; what I think terminal emulators like kitty or iTerm2 will mimick anyway; and reflects how e.g. VSCode arranges its open files. I find it convenient to have a session of tabs for a particular task/project, and to switch between the tabs depending on what I want to do. That said, I rarely make use of split panes (nor a tiled window manager). YMMV, but I almost always want whatever I'm looking at to be fullscreen. Zellij at least shows the keyboard shortcuts.