AdamBombJul 30, 2024

Seeking terminal emulator with MRU tab switching shortcut

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/20256061

Seeking terminal emulator with MRU tab switching shortcut - SDF Chatter

I’m new to Linux; I fled from Windows in the wake of 10-11 ever-accelerating stream of bullshit. Anyway, I have major muscle memory for MRU window and tab switching. I use it all the time to switch windows, switch browser tabs, and switch IDE tabs. In Windows, I could also switch Terminal tabs in MRU order, and I miss this in Linux. My distro (Mint) comes with gnome-terminal, which as far as I can tell doesn’t expose MRU switching as an option. Is there an alternative terminal that does support this? Alternatively, if you use MRU switching in other contexts but not in your terminal, what do you use instead?

Show threadcizraJul 30, 2024

I think tmux should be able to do that.

stackoverflow.com/…/how-to-switch-to-the-previous…

How to switch to the previous pane by any shortcut in tmux?

For example, I have three panes in a window with tmux. Now my cursor is in the second pane. If I use: C-b o I can move to the third pane. But I want to move to the first pane on the second pane....

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Show threadAdamBombJul 30, 2024
Thanks, I’ve heard of tmux but have never used it before. I took a quick look at the Getting Started guide, and it sounds like I could get behavior like what I want by e.g. creating two windows each with one full-window pane and toggle back and forth between windows? I will definitely look into this further.
Show threadcizraJul 30, 2024

Yes, something like that.

You’ll get other fun features for free, like

  • the ability to reattach the session over SSH, after starting it locally
  • immunity to Xorg / Wayland compositor / terminal emulator crashing
  • ability to comfily use non-tabbed terminal emulators like Alacritty. At least I think it’s not tabbed…
Show threadAdamBomb
OK, this sounds close to what I want, but I left one part unsaid: my muscle memory is such that if I want to visit the 2nd most recent tab, I can hold Ctrl, press Tab twice, then release Ctrl. It doesn’t sound like I can accomplish this with tmux key bindings, or can I?
Jul 31, 2024 at 4:40pmWeb
Show threadcizraJul 31, 2024
I dunno, but it sounds like you’d end up back in the original, rather :|