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		sligor 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Replacing tmux in my dev workflow Yes the clean and efficient alternative would be a session manager "server" running on the server and communicating with the terminal "client" (like kitty) using a more efficient protocol for handling panes/windows/drawing etc... AFAIK this doesn't exist, so I'm using tmux...

sligor 8 months ago [–]

well after a quick search it exists: it's called tmux control-mode https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/Control-Mode

So terminal clients just have to implement this protocol... it's already implemented in iTerm2

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