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From Screen to Tmux to Zellij

I used GNU screen for years. I don’t think alternatives existed when I started using. It worked everywhere, and I only needed a few features.

Eventually, curiosity pushed me to try tmux a few years ago but I didn’t see what advantage it had over the older software I knew already, so I went back to screen.

So it went for several years, until in the last few days I decided to try tmux again, and I even configured it to use the same CTRL-a shortcut as screen and it worked well! I configured it to switch between tabs like in screen using the 1-0 keys. I could scroll back, just like in screen. It even had a session manager that let me choose which tab to use, although I’m annoyed I had to tap right arrow to expand the list first.

I announced on Slack that I was moving to tmux, and shortly after, someone casually asked, “if you are doing the switch now, have you tried zellij?”

Life with screen

My screen usage was almost aggressively simple:

• Ctrl-a c to create a new window
• Ctrl-a 1–0 to jump between windows
• Ctrl-a a to toggle to the last window
• ESC and page up to view the scroll back.

That was it, but I used it all the time. The first thing I did on connecting to a server was screen -D -r to connect to screen.

I wasn’t using splits. I wasn’t scripting layouts. Screen was effectively a tab manager for shells, and it did that job reliably for decades. It’s still running like that on my servers, for the moment.

Moving to tmux

The first pleasant surprise was that tmux doesn’t force you to relearn anything.

With a small config change, tmux can behave almost exactly like screen:

• Ctrl-a prefix
• number-based window switching
• last-window toggle
• better copy/paste
• better session handling

At that point, tmux felt like screen, but actively maintained. Tmux felt like the natural evolution of screen. I only used it for a day or so, but then I tried Zellij.

Discovering Zellij

Zellij describes itself as a “Terminal Workspace with Batteries Included”. Zellij doesn’t feel like a screen or tmux replacement. It is quite different. Instead of a simple bar at the end of the screen showing the tabs, there’s a menu with keys. Tapping the key combination updates the menu, showing new options. At the top of the screen are the tabs you’ll use. Unlike screen and tmux, there’s no one single shortcut like CTRL-a or CTRL-b, there are multiple. There’s one for each mode: panes, tabs, search and session (plus a few more).

The biggest conceptual shift is this: tmux is tab-first. Zellij is pane-first.

In tmux, I naturally created lots of windows, like I did with screen. I split one or two, but Zellij takes that to the next level.

In Zellij, the expectation is:

• One tab = one context
• Panes = the work inside that context

This sounds subtle, but it changes everything. You’re encouraged to create new panes in each tab before you make new tabs.

Discoverability over memorization

Zellij uses modes (pane mode, tab mode, scroll mode), and it shows you available keys on screen.

You don’t need a cheat sheet taped to your monitor. You look down, and the UI tells you what’s possible.

This is something tmux simply doesn’t try to do.

Pane-centric workflows

Zellij really shines when you stop creating tabs constantly and instead:

• edit code in one pane
• run or build in another
• tail logs in a third
• fullscreen a pane temporarily when you need focus

It feels closer to an IDE or a tiling window manager than a tabbed terminal.

Modern assumptions

Zellij assumes:

• a modern terminal
• Unicode support
• decent fonts
• OSC 52 clipboard support

That’s great locally. I’ll be interested to see how well it works on my VPS.

The Terminal

I use iTerm2 on a Mac and there were a few things to set up before I could use Zellij fully.

• In Preferences → Profiles → (your profile) → Terminal make sure that “Mouse Reporting” is checked. That lets you click panes to select them, scroll up a pane, and select text to copy it.
• Zellij uses the ALT key, but if you use CMD on a Mac the operating system will intercept that. Instead use the Option key. In Preferences → Profiles → Keys set “Left option key” to “Esc+”. That may interfere with copying and pasting though. Now type Option-n to open a new pane!
• I was seeing odd characters in the UI. Little “?” characters in boxes. I needed a new font: brew install --cask font-jetbrains-mono-nerd-font
  Then in Preferences → Profiles → Text set the font to “JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono” or whichever one you prefer. You may have to restart Zellij to see the change.

This is barely touching the surface of what Zellij can do. If you use screen or tmux give it a go.

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#FotoVorschlag 'Mein bestes Foto 2025'

Spontan kommt mir da eigentlich diese blau geringelte #Condor, die quasi von einem rot geringelten Mast aufgespießt wird, in den Sinn.
Ein feiner Schnappschuss bei einer Wanderung in #Düsseldorf, die auch den dortigen #Flughafen beinhaltete.

#Canon6D Mark.II

#FotoVorschlag  'Farbe: Blau'

Blaue #Rennwagen beim 1000km #Rennen 2025 auf dem #Nürburgring in der #Eifel.

#Canon6D

The Rebirth of Páirc Uí Chaoimh

On this day when Tipperary beat Cork in the All Ireland Hurling Final I thought it appropriate to show these old photos of Páirc Uí Chaoimh in 2016 and 2017 when it was being rebuilt. The only time I’ve been to the new stadium was to see Bruce Springsteen play there, which just goes to show you how much interest I have in sports. Since I grew up close by I was always interested in the redevelopment of the place. Above you can see the Blackrock end of the stadium, with the skeleton of the building visible.

Almost a year later, in early 2017, there had been a lot of progress. The main stand is complete, and the Blackrock side is being filled in.

The reconstruction of Páirc Uí Chaoimh was one of the most expensive GAA stadium projects ever undertaken, with costs eventually reaching over €100 million. The new stadium was designed to hold 45,000 spectators, making it the second-largest GAA stadium in Ireland after Croke Park. The rebuild incorporated cutting-edge engineering techniques, including a unique cantilever roof design that allows unobstructed views from every seat. The project faced significant delays and cost overruns, leading to considerable controversy, but when completed in 2017, it featured Ireland’s largest covered terrace and became a flagship venue for Munster GAA, hosting its first All-Ireland semi-final in 2018.

The panorama images are displayed using my new panoramic block plugin for WordPress. It’s still early days yet, and it’s simple, but I’ve wanted a way to display 3-image panoramas for a while. If you’re looking at this post in a feed, click through to the post for the JavaScript powered panorama viewer.

#2016 #Blackrock #BlackrockCork #Canon6D #concreteConstruction #constructionPhotography #Cork #CorkGAA #CorkRedevelopment #GAAStadium #Ireland #IrishArchitecture #IrishEngineering #Marina #PáircUíChaoimh #Photo #Photography #SISKConstruction #sportingInfrastructure #sportsVenue #stadiumConstruction #stadiumRebuild #steelFramework

Alpe di Suisi - Dolomites - Italie by chassamax

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxhewie5Ky00

#1x2 #alpedisuisi #boyer #canon6d #color #couleur #dolomites #dolomiti #europe #formatpaysage #italia #italie #italy #jaune #landscape #maxence #maxenceboyer #maxenceboyerphoto #montagne #mountain #nature #panorama #paysage #sunset #wwwmaxenceboyerphotocom #yellow #flickr #thingsdavidlikes

📍: Bridge 70 (Railway)
ℹ️: railway bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.0653268248316&mlon=-0.807485378078594#map=17/52.0653268248316/-0.807485378078594
📸: Photo by itmpa on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/97595808@N00/19559635013

#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #canon #square #miltonkeynes #crop #housing #cropped #mk #6d #wolverton #housingdevelopment #thegrandunioncanal #hamiltonhouse #canon6d #wolvertonpark #tomparnell #itmpa #archhist #tominmk #trevithickcourt

Spires and Rides

St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral and one of the cars of the big wheel on Grand Parade at sunset several years ago. Must have been a really nice view from the top of the big wheel!

#2016 #BigWheel #Canon6D #Cork #ferrisWheel #GrandParade #Ireland #Photo #Photography #StreetPhotography #sunset

Dusk’s Divine Dance

Just as the sun set on a beautiful December evening, I photographed St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral in the distance, with the big wheel on the Grand Parade in the foreground.

I love that people on the big wheel were waving!

December 10th, 2016.

#2016 #BigWheel #Canon6D #Cork #ferrisWheel #Ireland #Photo #Photography #SaintFinBarreSCathedral #StreetPhotography #sunset

Iberia Airbus A319 EC-LEI on approach 05R into DUS #avgeek #aircraft #sharp #canon #canon6d #sigma150600 #sigma150600sports #airbus #a319 #iberia #dus #dusseldorf #düsseldorf #airplanes #airplane #plane #planes #instaaviation #aviation #photography (Instagram 25.02.2019)

On a quiet October morning in 2016, I travelled into town as I saw there was fog forecast, and I wasn’t disappointed. While I was photographing the boats lined up along Kennedy Quay, a single rower came up the river.

He quickly glided past my position along the river, but I grabbed a few photos, including R&H Hall, and a view of the Elysian that is somewhat blocked by further development over in that direction.

When I go back there again some morning in eight years time to photograph the fog, I’m sure the quay will be unrecognisable.

https://inphotos.org/2024/03/03/rowing-past-the-ships/

#Canon6D #Cork #Elysian #Fog #Ireland #KennedyQuay #Photo #Photography #RHHall #River #RiverLee #rowing #Water

On a quiet October morning in 2016, I travelled into town as I saw there was fog forecast, and I wasn’t disappointed. While I was photographing the boats lined up along Kennedy Quay, a single rower came up the river.

He quickly glided past my position along the river, but I grabbed a few photos, including R&H Hall, and a view of the Elysian that is somewhat blocked by further development over in that direction.

When I go back there again some morning in eight years time to photograph the fog, I’m sure the quay will be unrecognisable.

https://inphotos.org/2024/03/03/rowing-past-the-ships/

#Canon6D #Cork #Elysian #Fog #Ireland #KennedyQuay #Photo #Photography #RHHall #River #RiverLee #rowing #Water

On a quiet October morning in 2016, I travelled into town as I saw there was fog forecast, and I wasn’t disappointed. While I was photographing the boats lined up along Kennedy Quay, a single rower came up the river.

He quickly glided past my position along the river, but I grabbed a few photos, including R&H Hall, and a view of the Elysian that is somewhat blocked by further development over in that direction.

When I go back there again some morning in eight years time to photograph the fog, I’m sure the quay will be unrecognisable.

https://inphotos.org/2024/03/03/rowing-past-the-ships/

#Canon6D #Cork #Elysian #Fog #Ireland #KennedyQuay #Photo #Photography #RHHall #River #RiverLee #rowing #Water

On a quiet October morning in 2016, I travelled into town as I saw there was fog forecast, and I wasn’t disappointed. While I was photographing the boats lined up along Kennedy Quay, a single rower came up the river.

He quickly glided past my position along the river, but I grabbed a few photos, including R&H Hall, and a view of the Elysian that is somewhat blocked by further development over in that direction.

When I go back there again some morning in eight years time to photograph the fog, I’m sure the quay will be unrecognisable.

https://inphotos.org/2024/03/03/rowing-past-the-ships/

#Canon6D #Cork #Elysian #Fog #Ireland #KennedyQuay #Photo #Photography #RHHall #River #RiverLee #rowing #Water

Selling my collection of Canon EF lenses and possibly my 6D as well to fund for my upgrade to the mirrorless world (planning on getting the #canonR6 mark II. Sold my 1" compact G7X mark II and finding an alternative compact is no fun. Seems there's no new options for a few years now. Might have to just forgo the zoom and get my dream camera - the #Ricoh #GRIIIx.

#pointandshoot #compactcameras #cameragear #canon6d #gearhead #CanonRF #cameraupgrade #g7x #compactcamera

Vintage Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor visiting the local airport this weekend. This gentleman emerged from the crowd as if out of nowhere. #canon6d #ColorPhotography #FrederickMD #Airplane #avgeek

Carroll Creek Park, Frederick MD #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #canon6d #FrederickMD

Midnight fog along Carroll Creek, New Year’s Eve 2023 #streetphotography #canon6d #frederickmd

Tryfan from Llyn Caseg-fraith

#Tryfan @MonochromeMonday #Canon6D #landscape #BlackAndWhiteLandscape #BlackAndWhiteLandscapePhotography #eryri #snowdonia #glyderau #cymru #wales #NorthWales #GogleddCymru #photo #photography #mountains #mynyddoedd

People are small 13

Avoiding the snowy shots for now! Here's one from Yr Eifl looking along the coast.

#mountain #YrEifl #llŷn #PenLlyn #mynydda #photo #photography #digitalphoto #hiking #HillWalking #PeopleAreSmall #mountaineering #GogleddCymru #NorthWales​ #canon6d #landscape #WalesCoast #canon600d #ArtAdventCalendar

People are small 13

Avoiding the snowy shots for now! Here's one from Yr Eifl looking along the coast.

#mountain #YrEifl #llŷn #PenLlyn #mynydda #photo #photography #digitalphoto #hiking #HillWalking #PeopleAreSmall #mountaineering #GogleddCymru #NorthWales​ #canon6d #landscape #WalesCoast #canon600d #ArtAdventCalendar

People are small 13

Avoiding the snowy shots for now! Here's one from Yr Eifl looking along the coast.

#mountain #YrEifl #llŷn #PenLlyn #mynydda #photo #photography #digitalphoto #hiking #HillWalking #PeopleAreSmall #mountaineering #GogleddCymru #NorthWales​ #canon6d #landscape #WalesCoast #canon600d #ArtAdventCalendar

People are small 13

Avoiding the snowy shots for now! Here's one from Yr Eifl looking along the coast.

#mountain #YrEifl #llŷn #PenLlyn #mynydda #photo #photography #digitalphoto #hiking #HillWalking #PeopleAreSmall #mountaineering #GogleddCymru #NorthWales​ #canon6d #landscape #WalesCoast #canon600d #ArtAdventCalendar

People are small 11

Thought this made a nice contrast to yesterday's snowy scene.

#Glyderau #tryfan #YGarn #mountain #eryri  #snowdonia #SnowdoniaNationalPark #mynydda #photo #photography #digitalphoto #hiking #HillWalking #PeopleAreSmall #mountaineering #GogleddCymru #NorthWales​ #canon6d #landscape #

Teenage boys sit on a block on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork in 2017.

Five years ago. Seems an age.

#Pana #BlackAndWhite #canon6d #cork #ireland #photo #StPatricksStreet #StreetPhotography​ #photography

https://inphotos.org/2022/12/08/teens-on-the-phone/​

People are small 7

Same day as yesterday, looking from Y Garn towards Glyder Fawr on a moody day out.

#glyderau #YGarn #mountain #eryri #WinterWalking #snow  #snowdonia #SnowdoniaNationalPark #mynydda #photo #photography #canon6d  #digitalphoto #hiking #HillWalking #PeopleAreSmall #mountaineering​ #GogleddCymru #NorthWales #winter

Mid Week Peak at Rosny - https://www.flickr.com/photos/vk7ben/33977336438/in/dateposted-public/

#hobart #tasmania #tassiegram #photography #canon #canonaustralia #hobartandbeyond #tasmaniagram #australia #ig_australia #canon6d #traffic #rosny #benshortphotography #pic #tassie #tassiepics