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							@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Sessions are destroyed when no windows remain attached to them.
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Welcome to tmux!
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tmux is a "terminal multiplexer," it enables a number of terminals (or windows)
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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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@@ -95,12 +95,14 @@ The following is a summary of major features implemented in this version:
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- Handling of client terminal resize.
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- Terminal emulation sufficient to handle most curses applications. Without
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  known issues are: emacs, irssi, mutt, ncmpc (resize problems are present in
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  both tmux and screen), vim and various tools and games in OpenBSD base.
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  both tmux and screen), vim and various tools and games in the OpenBSD base
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  system.
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- A optional status line (enabled by default).
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And major missing features:
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- Support for VT100 line drawing characters (they will appear as jklmx, etc).
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- Support for VT100 line drawing characters (they will appear as jklmx, etc). 
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  This is most noticable in ncmpc and in elinks if configured with VT100 frames.
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- Status line customisation, beyond presence and colour.
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- Copy and paste.
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- Scrollback.
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@@ -110,12 +112,12 @@ A more extensive, but rough, todo list is included in the TODO file.
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tmux also depends on several features of the client terminal (TERM), if these
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are missing it may not behave correctly. It is possible to emulate some of
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these but tmux this is not done at present. Known working are TERM=screen (tmux
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these but tmux does not do this at present. Known working are TERM=screen (tmux
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in screen), xterm, xterm-color and rxvt.
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For debugging, running tmux with -v or -vv will generate server and client log
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files in the current directory. In particular, client log files will contain
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messages such as "cursor_down not supported," if your TERM type is missing
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messages such as "cursor_down not supported", if your TERM type is missing
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features expected by tmux. If these are present, please send a note of your TERM
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and the log file to the email address below - it will help to prioritise
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features that should be avoided or emulated, if possible.
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@@ -130,4 +132,4 @@ freenode or efnet IRC. I sometimes ignore private msgs from people I don't
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know, so please mention tmux initially (rather than just saying "hi" ;-).
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-- Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sf.net>
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$Id: NOTES,v 1.20 2007-10-12 18:00:16 nicm Exp $
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$Id: NOTES,v 1.21 2007-10-19 20:43:55 nicm Exp $
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