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Tmux tile layout arranges 8 panes into 3x3 instead of 4x2
When I split the window into 8 panes in tmux and cycle to the tile layout, the panes are arranged in a 3x3 fasion, with the 8th pane taking up 2 tiled spaces:Is there a way to make it arrange 8 panes...
View ArticleHow to prevent the "Symbol's function definition is void: error" when running...
To disable the scrollbar in emacs I added (toggle-scroll-bar -1) to the my .emacs file and it works great when I run emacs outside of console mode. However when I run emacs in the terminal I get the...
View Articledisplay path to files with same names
with this command in Terminal:ls -R |sort | uniq -d | sort -r I can display a list of files with the same names located in the running directory and subdirectories.But I would like to display also...
View ArticleResize Tmux status bar size
I'm trying to resize the status bar from tmux and I don't find anywhere where they show how to do it. My main problem is that it's too big for me and kinda distracting.tmuxI want to be able to resize...
View ArticleSwitching from Mac to Linux DE: Strategies for globally swapping modifier...
I'm switching from MacOs to Linux and exploring several popular Desktop Environments like KDE Plasma, Gnome & Pantheon, etc.I find that the MacOS convention of using the meta key (aka the command...
View ArticleWhy tmux does not respect terminal color settings?
I'm using alacritty terminal emulator and ZSH shell. When I customize my alacritty config so it contains light background and specific color scheme, it works allright. But as soon as I create tmux...
View Articlemacos terminal with sudo cannot find hidden file
Im executing the command in mac terminalsudo /Users/username/someFolder/programForMacOsprogramForMacOs runs and looks for a file in the same directory its running from (/Users/username/someFolder/)...
View ArticleUnix script with a trap inside ssh
My plan is to write a script to debug a remote web server.Since the debug port is blocked by the firewall, I need to forward the remote port via ssh to my local machine. This part is working fine.The...
View ArticleTab Auto-Completion in Mac OS X when using sftp in terminal
i have been getting very frustrated lately since the readline functionality has been removed from MacOSX and Tab Auto-Completion doesn't work anymore. So i was wondering if anyone knew a good...
View ArticleWhat sequence does PuTTY send for ALT + DEL
When I connect to my Debian Wheezy Beta 4 server with PuTTY 0.62 on Windows 7 I'm experiencing a problem. My login shell is Zsh and it is configured to handle ALT+DEL for the action delete-word...
View ArticleNeoVim sluggish with tmux
NeoVim use 0.5-1 sec to go from insert to normal mode IF in tmux, not otherwise.I use Alacritty with WSL (Debian), and have tested in the following ways.Tested if it was NeoVim pluginsNeoVim started...
View Articlenumpad enter remapped in new macOS updates for alacritty
I have been having annoying problems with my terminal Alacritty. In macOS after recent updates my numpad enter is not giving me what I would expect when I press it.Normal Keyboard enter.❯...
View ArticleShared connection frequently closes when opening a new connection
I'm making heavy use of reusing a shared connection which I open to a remote box at the beginning of my workday.My .ssh/config looks somewhat like this:ControlMaster autoControlPath...
View ArticleHow to read outlook mail from linux terminal
Normally, I access mail using outlook web-app. Is there any possibility to read my mails from terminal?May be by setting incoming and outgoing smtp servers. Please suggest.
View Articlecannot execute binary file python on mac local machine
python --version shows that I have version 2.7.10 installed on my mac, it's located in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7 trying to execute python from terminal raised the error:...
View ArticleSave and restore terminal on reboot
Is there a way to save my terminal emulator windows and tabs for when I reboot the computer? I generally have about 10 or so open tabs at any given time and opening each tab to set up everything after...
View ArticleStop scrolling to the bottom automatically in PuTTY
I am using tail -f to monitor a file via PuTTY. But each time new content arrives then it automatically scrolls to the bottom and so I can't read the text.Is there a way to make it stop that behaviour?
View ArticleDefault shell zsh but responding bin/bash
I have no idea what I did! I was installing maven and one of the guides had me do something and now I'm stuck in default zsh. I've tried changing my terminal preferences to be /bin/bash, as well as my...
View ArticleCopy interactive command outputs from Terminal to MacOS clipboard...
Developing this answer, which offers a way to copy a given line from standard output to MacOS clipboard – I wonder if there's a way to do the same for interactive commands?For example:~ bc...
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Cannot execute commands in Terminal
My Terminal does not show my username when I open a new window. Additionally, I can't execute any commands either. This is what is in my window:...Last login: Sat Oct 5 22:27:07 on ttys000ls -1[Process...
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