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OT: Tmux/Screen are a little bit RSI inducing to me, to be used effectively. Any tips?

by swah 14y ago

vec 14y ago
Remap caps lock to be a ctrl key, then preferably remap your prefix key to a. Caps+a is way easier to type.
- s00pcan 14y ago
  This is also what I do.
- base698 14y ago
  I do ctrl+o because I hated having to hit ctr+a two times to go to the beginning of the line in console apps.
- barkmadley 14y ago
  I would find Caps+a very difficult to type (since it uses the two weakest fingers). Have you ever tried Caps+d or Caps+f?
- marshray 14y ago
  Ctrl+L is good because it's on the home row and typically used for uninteresting stuff anyway (like refreshing the terminal window). My sequence to actually refresh the window is "Ctrl+L L"
tjdetwiler 14y ago
RSI?
- cjh_ 14y ago
  http://lmgtfy.com/?q=RSI http://lmgtfy.com/?q=RSI
  - tjdetwiler 14y ago
    Residential Services, Inc?
rbright 14y ago
For tmux, I assign the bind-key to backtick (`) and last-window to TAB. Then do most of my work in window #1. On a US keyboard, I find it pretty easy to move between windows with `1, `2, `TAB, etc.
nviennot 14y ago
Use the Alt key to navigate around: https://github.com/nviennot/tmux-config https://github.com/nviennot/tmux-config
- cjh_ 14y ago
  It may just take a bit of work to make sure that the important tmux keybindings don't clash with those of the applications you will be running.
greghinch 14y ago
I somewhat agree, and the suggestions from others are good, but something that also is a big help with RSI: take more breaks. I have a script set up to remind me to take a break every hour, and it dims my monitor for 10 minutes each time. That has made the largest difference for me.
tomsthumb 14y ago
Remap your keys. Capslock makes for a very nice control key, cause really, that's the single most used modifier/power key that gets used aside from maybe shift. You can also remap the "lead-in" character. I use ^j on both screen and tmux (tmux isn't on our prod servers). This frees up ^a in screen so ^a can send me to the beginning of a line, which is quite nice as I write a lot of long commands and it works in several different programs. It's just a really easy combo to hit that avoids chording or stretching your hands to do something like that constantly. My right hand does not hit the 'b' key for squat. Honestly, a lot of stuff is configurable so that with some thought and planning (and knowledge and research) you can relieve a lot of weird movements with your hands.

OT: Tmux/Screen are a little bit RSI inducing to me, to be used effectively. Any tips?

by swah 14y ago

OT: Tmux/Screen are a little bit RSI inducing to me, to be used effectively. Any tips?

vec 14y ago

Remap caps lock to be a ctrl key, then preferably remap your prefix key to a. Caps+a is way easier to type.

s00pcan 14y ago
This is also what I do.
base698 14y ago
I do ctrl+o because I hated having to hit ctr+a two times to go to the beginning of the line in console apps.
barkmadley 14y ago
I would find Caps+a very difficult to type (since it uses the two weakest fingers). Have you ever tried Caps+d or Caps+f?
marshray 14y ago
Ctrl+L is good because it's on the home row and typically used for uninteresting stuff anyway (like refreshing the terminal window). My sequence to actually refresh the window is "Ctrl+L L"

tjdetwiler 14y ago

RSI?

cjh_ 14y ago
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=RSI http://lmgtfy.com/?q=RSI
- tjdetwiler 14y ago
  Residential Services, Inc?

rbright 14y ago

For tmux, I assign the bind-key to backtick (`) and last-window to TAB. Then do most of my work in window #1. On a US keyboard, I find it pretty easy to move between windows with `1, `2, `TAB, etc.

nviennot 14y ago

Use the Alt key to navigate around: https://github.com/nviennot/tmux-config https://github.com/nviennot/tmux-config

cjh_ 14y ago
It may just take a bit of work to make sure that the important tmux keybindings don't clash with those of the applications you will be running.

greghinch 14y ago

I somewhat agree, and the suggestions from others are good, but something that also is a big help with RSI: take more breaks. I have a script set up to remind me to take a break every hour, and it dims my monitor for 10 minutes each time. That has made the largest difference for me.

tomsthumb 14y ago

Remap your keys. Capslock makes for a very nice control key, cause really, that's the single most used modifier/power key that gets used aside from maybe shift. You can also remap the "lead-in" character. I use ^j on both screen and tmux (tmux isn't on our prod servers). This frees up ^a in screen so ^a can send me to the beginning of a line, which is quite nice as I write a lot of long commands and it works in several different programs. It's just a really easy combo to hit that avoids chording or stretching your hands to do something like that constantly. My right hand does not hit the 'b' key for squat. Honestly, a lot of stuff is configurable so that with some thought and planning (and knowledge and research) you can relieve a lot of weird movements with your hands.