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							@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ tmux is a "terminal multiplexer", it enables a number of terminals (or windows)
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to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. tmux is intended to be a
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simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU screen.
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This 0.5 runs on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Linux and OS X and is usable, although there
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remain a number of missing features and some remaining bugs are expected.
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This 0.6 release runs on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Linux and OS X and may still run on
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Solaris (although it hasn't been tested in a while). It is usable, although
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there remain a number of missing features and some remaining bugs are expected.
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tmux consists of a server part and multiple clients. The server is created when
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required and runs continuously unless killed by the user. Clients access the
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@@ -30,7 +31,10 @@ The following is a summary of major features implemented in this version:
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- A optional status line (enabled by default).
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- Window history and copy and paste.
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- Support for VT100 line drawing characters.
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- A basic configuration file.
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- A large command set.
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- Vertical window splitting.
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- Automatic server locking on inactivity.
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- A configuration file.
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And major missing features:
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@@ -45,16 +49,16 @@ TERM=screen (tmux in screen), xterm, xterm-color and rxvt. Note that TERM=xterm
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does not support colour on OpenBSD. screen ignores this, tmux does not: use
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xterm-color or rxvt for colour.
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tmux supports UTF-8. To use it, the utf8 option must be set on each window; this
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may be turned on by default by setting the utf8-default option. In addition, when
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starting tmux or attaching to an existing session from a UTF-8-capable terminal,
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the -u flag must be specified.
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tmux supports UTF-8. To use it, the utf8 option must be set on each window;
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this may be turned on for all windows by setting it as a global option, see
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tmux(1) and the FAQ file. In addition, when starting tmux or attaching to an
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existing session from a UTF-8-capable terminal, the -u flag must be specified.
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There are the following known issues:
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- cons25 on the FreeBSD console doesn't support scroll region (cs) (or lies
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  about support, I'm not totally clear which). This is a pity but emulating cs
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  is non- trivial and as most modern vt220-based software terminals support it,
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  is nontrivial and as most modern vt220-based software terminals support it,
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  currently there are better things to work one. Diffs or ideas how to cleanly
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  emulate cs are welcome.
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@@ -68,4 +72,4 @@ welcome. Please email:
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-- Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sf.net>
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$Id: NOTES,v 1.37 2008-11-17 18:35:27 nicm Exp $
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$Id: NOTES,v 1.38 2009-01-14 22:46:30 nicm Exp $
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