Zellij
zellij.dev
A terminal workspace with batteries included
    • TechNom (nobody)@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      Stay off Tmux for a couple of months and try again. I've been through that exact scenario. It doesn't feel intimidating, but you still need to brush up.

      One thing that zellij does correctly is discoverability. You don't need to even read their documentation to become productive.

      Zellij is also reaching feature parity with tmux. But its development seems to be accelerating. Zellij might become the dominant multiplexer soon.

    • xchino@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      Perhaps not alot, but it will save someone new from having to learn an entire set of obtuse modal keybinds.

    • uthredii@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      I haven't used tmux at all but I did look into it once. I have found zellij easy to learn so far while I had the impression that tnux would e lbe a hit difficult to learn.

      Also zellij has footing panes (not sure if tmux does)

  • StudioLE@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    I never understand apps like this. Surely if you're looking for this level of feature you may as well just use a GUI?

    • Nevoic@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Some people prefer using keyboards to navigate.

      I'm an i3wm, neovim, zellij user and WoW player. I have so many bindings that I use to navigate or do things, and I've optimized/automated away things that are repetitive to me.

      Zellij follows the unix philosophy in my book of being a good multiplexer. Sure, Intellij is also a sort of multiplexer with panes and terminal Windows, but I can't use spotify_player and navigate around it inside Intellij like I can within zellij.

      Essentially I like installing a tool for doing one thing well, and then combining tools to make my environment fully usable. It allowed me to super easily swap out tmux for zellij when I found I preferred it, but I can't swap out Intellij's paning system for VScode's if I find I prefer it.

    • 0xDEADBEEFCAFE@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      zellij is a terminal multiplexer like tmux which for example allows you to have multiple terminals shown in the same window. It works both locally and over SSH. Which GUI would do the same?

      I'm currently using zellij after previously having used tmux. For me zellij is a direct upgrade in every way, and the default tmux keybindings are even supported out of the box in zellij which makes transitioning incredibly easy. The only downside is that I have no idea how to pronounce the name.

      • predmijat@programming.dev
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        1 year ago

        While I do understand the need for multiplexers when working over the wire, locally I have iTerm2 which is way more comfortable for me.

    • TechNom (nobody)@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      GUI just doesn't give you the level of control or keyboard driven workflow that CLIs can. You can even use plain kernel terminals or bootloaders if you know CLI. Text config files are also extremely easy to configure. There are only a few legitimate cases where CLI isn't enough. That includes gaming, 2D and 3D graphics design and CAD/CAM. And almost all of them implement their own GUI anyway.