hmm, on Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:09:08AM +0100, Nicholas Marriott said that > However, you will be glad to hear that in -current, tmux no longer issues > these > commands (they are not necessary and interfere with alternate screens), but if
i am using current :] > What is copy mode missing? nothing, i just put it on the list what is needed for tmux to dehtrone screen :] > > visual bell with configurable text > > I don't know what this means? screen lets you do something like this: vbell on vbell_msg " Wuff ---- Wuff " vbell_msg appears in the bottom line when there is a bell. it helps because flashes on the terminal are easy to miss.. > > bind-key ' ' next # not working, i must hit C-x C-space > > Works for me in xterm, I'll have to try it putty later. c-x space still calls the layout command. i must keep ctrl pressed and press space to go to the next window. > > # bind-key previous # i have no idea how to bind backspace how do i bind backspace please? > bind '"' list-windows > > Although are you sure you don't want choose-window instead? ok, this is now all right. > You can change the length of time they appear with the display-time option. i cannot find anything like that in the man page... > > - no matter what i do, i can't make vim colorful.. TERM=screen > > just like with screen, but screen defines a TERMCAP as well. > > even if i do export TERM=rxvt, still everything is b&w.. > > What does "echo $TERM" show before you attach tmux? again, this seems to be a putty specific issue. no problems whatsoever on local terminal. TERM is set to xterm before i run tmux, then it changes to screen. thanks for the answers! it's really easy (and dangerous) to get used to this kind of support... -f -- my muse turned out to be a dike