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Byobu (tmux backend) after copying text in scrollback mode automatically quits scrollback mode

To clarify, "automatically quits scrollback" mode means byobu goes into normal mode and jumps to the bottom, and I can't just go back to the point I previously scrolled up to. I am also ...
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SHIFT+F2 does not create a horizontal split in byobu in tmux mode (using Putty SSH client)

SHIFT+F2 does not create a horizontal split in byobu in tmux mode (using Putty client from Windows 7). SHIFT+F2 just gives me '~' in the terminal. Byobu installed on Debian 8.11. Using byobu version: ...
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Byobu terminal can't use tmux

I can't enable tmux feature on byobu terminal or on any terminal. I run echo $TERM and i get screen-256color When i run tmux i get this: sessions should be nested with care, unset $TMUX to ...
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`byobu` window with `sudo su -` [closed]

Sorry for the cross-posting across the fora. I am not sure if my original post was in the correct forum. I am aware that what I would like to do is not safe... I would like to open a window in my ...
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Unable to find tmux session but it shows up as a file?

Yesterday I had started a tmux session, but when I logged into the computer today, I cannot find it, i.e. tmux ls cannot find the session. But when I run top I can see that the following tmux ...
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Connect to remote server with byobu and run command

I have a remote server that I usually connect to with ssh and upon connection byobu starts automatically (via a line in .profile set up with the script byobu-enable). Now I want to set up a different ...
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Byobu / Tmux copy whole line

I use byobu in tmux mode. In screen I can do this: Ctrl+a [, move to line, Y, Ctrl+a ] "Y" copys the whole line into the clipboard. I am looking to something similar in byobu in tmux mode. The only ...
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How can I automatically restart a tmux (Byobu) pane when its task ends?

I need a way to immediately restart the main process in a tmux pane after the pane's the process has terminated. I use byobu-tmux to run various components of a client-server (grails) application ...
Joel Murphy's user avatar
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remote osx split panes in ubuntu byobu

My Problem I have OSX 10.10, connect to a byobu in ubuntu 14.04 over ssh. I want to split panes vertically & horizontally. But ctrl+F2 & shift+F2 just gives me beep sound. Additional Info ...
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Copy text in byobu when the mouse is "off"

I recently started using byobu with tmux as a backend. I have learned that AltF12 toggles "mouse mode" off and on. When "mouse mode" is on, I can select text with my mouse and paste it with the middle ...
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Monitor exit code in tmux

Is there a way to update tmux window attributes based on command exit status? Similar to activity monitoring, I would like the title to change color when a command exits, say, green for success and ...
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How to comment in a windows.tmux file

My ~/.byobu/windows.tmux file is getting a bit complex and I would like to document it with comments. How to insert comments in Byobu's windows.tmux file? Using # as seen below results in a unknown ...
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Auto opening my dev environment with byobu and tmux

When I launch byobu (I'm using tmux), I'd like to open 3 tabs/windows in byobu and launch these commands for each window: 1) cd ~/Dev/backend; vagrant up; vagrant ssh 2) cd ~/Dev/frontend; vagrant ...
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Problem using Ctrl+Arrow keys in Vim when using Byobu with tmux

In Vim, I had set the Ctrl+Arrow keys to skip words. This works just fine when running Vim inside the gnome-terminal. However, when using byobu (tmux), it shows weird behavior : it deletes ...
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Byobu - send command to byobu tmux session from commandline (or bash/sh)

I run a script which I would like to print the status to a byobu tmux session. So for example print backup finished \n. Is it possible to do this with the name of the byobu tmux window, which you can ...
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