Byobu is an enhanced version of GNU Screen that provides text-based notifications and tabbed window management.
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Bind Alt-N to Nth window in byobu/screen
I've been trying to bind a shortcut to switching to a specific window in byobu, but I'm not having success. I wanted to bind Alt-(screen's number) but it's not working. I think I'm using the wrong ...
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How to get byobu to launch tmux instead of screen?
The latest versions of byobu should apparently be configurable to run tmux instead of screen, but I haven't been able to.
Advice appreciated
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How to show unread IMAP mail count in Byobu
Byobu supports `mail notification':
mail - system mail for the current user; the letter '[M]' is displayed
in the lower bar toward the left in black text on a grey background
How could system mail ...
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how to make byobu start with terminator by default?
Recently, I have been using byobu and I quite like it. However, I am more of a terminator user than gnome-terminal and I want to launch byobu inside terminator instead of gnome-terminal by default.
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How do I integrate Byobu's copy-buffer with the X clipboard?
I want to be able to copy and paste between Byobu and Firefox without having to use a mouse. I could write the copy buffer to a file and open that file with Gedit but I was wondering if there was a ...
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desktop byobu launcher doesn't read my ~/.byobu/windows.ssh_sessions file
Any idea why the desktop launcher "gnome-terminal -x byobu" doesn't read my ~/.byobu/windows.ssh_sessions?
Here's my ~/.byobu/windows.ssh_sessions file I use with byobu successfully:
screen -t ...
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Will uninstalling the Byobu Window Manager break my GUI?
I'm currently uninstalling redundant applications from my Ubuntu 10.10 system and I came across the Byobu Window Manager under the 'Provided by Canonical' section. Does this play any sort of critical ...
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What terminal emulators are available for heavy terminal users?
I spend a lot of time at the command-line during the workday and at home too since I run Ubuntu exclusively.
I've been using the default gnome terminal but I've reached a point where I'd really like ...
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byobu and ssh-agent
byobu cannot connect to ssh-agent socket well. actually I can make just one connection via ssh-agent but if I try to establish another ssh connection using the agent, it doesn't work.
I've tried
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