Re: [dev] tmux/screen alternative

From: Christoph Lohmann <20h_AT_r-36.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:44:10 +0100

Greetings.

On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:44:10 +0100 Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22 February 2014 14:37, Markus Teich <markus.teich_AT_stusta.mhn.de> wrote:
> > Anselm R Garbe wrote:
> >> All I want is to have full logging of all output when building various stuff,
> >> now stali related stuff.
> >
> > I would just pipe it to less.
>
> I rather want persistent logs. And I want it implicit. Sometimes I
> realize, oh dang, what was printed before and then it's too late
> already to launch less ;) Actually this is the main reason for a
> scrollback buffer IMO, it'll be only used if you forgot to pipe the
> output somewhere...
>
> Back in the older days, I actually intended towards a totally
> different st design as it is today. Originally it was planned to
> define a new client/server model, where st would've been just a client
> with an own formatting language to a st server. The st server was
> intended to provide full persistent logging and filter programs for
> the different terms that it would have translated into the st
> formatting instead.
>
> Nowadays st is just a simpler terminal ;)

Learn to use tmux.


Sincerely,

Christoph Lohmann
Received on Sat Feb 22 2014 - 14:44:10 CET