Re: "tmux Pane Labels"

In: s/Linux

can't you just `ctrl-b` : `rename-window <name>` and save/restore your session with a plugin?

🐦 roughnecks

2025-12-20 · 5 months ago

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🚀 stack [OP] · Dec 20 at 19:20:

@roughnecks: that renames the entire window... I have many panes inside it, and I need for each one to be identifiable...

I am surprized that it's not an automatic feature -- I always thought systadmins have tons of these split and open to track things...

🐦 roughnecks · Dec 20 at 22:06:

oh, right.

🌒 s/Linux

🚀 stack:

tmux Pane Labels — I have a tmux session running on a VPS which contains a bunch of panes, each running a specialized fornax gemini server (with a different game each). As these run, they spit out a bunch of diagnostic information, which scrolls. After a while it's impossible to tell which pane contains which server. It was surprisingly difficult to figure out how to identify each pane. Here is a quick recipe for showing the name of the selected pane on the status line: In .tmux.conf: [...

💬 3 comments · 2 likes · 2025-12-20 · 5 months ago