Update CHANGES, and NOTES for the 1.1 release.

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Tiago Cunha
2009-11-05 12:35:47 +00:00
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@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ tmux is a "terminal multiplexer", it enables a number of terminals (or windows)
to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. tmux is intended to be a
simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU screen.
This 0.9 release runs on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux and OS X and may still
run on Solaris and AIX (although they hasn't been tested in a while). It is
This release runs on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux and OS X and may still
run on Solaris and AIX (although they haven't been tested in a while). It is
usable, although there remain a number of missing features and some remaining
bugs are expected.
If upgrading from 0.5, PLEASE NOTE the following configuration file changes: it
is now required to pass the -g flag to set-option or set-window-option to set
global options; remain-by-default and utf8-default are now gone, use global
window options (set-window-option -g) instead.
If upgrading from 1.0, PLEASE NOTE:
- The internal locking mechanism has gone, so the set-password command and -U
command line option have been removed.
- The -d command line flag was dropped. It will now automatically detect the
default colours by using op/AX. Nevertheless, if needed, the
terminal-overrides session option can replace it.
tmux consists of a server part and multiple clients. The server is created when
required and runs continuously unless killed by the user. Clients access the
@ -37,17 +39,14 @@ The following is a summary of major features implemented in this version:
- Support for VT100 line drawing characters.
- A large command set.
- Vertical window splitting and layout.
- Automatic server locking on inactivity.
- Automatic server locking on inactivity by running an external command.
- A configuration file.
- UTF-8 support.
A more extensive, but rough, todo list is included in the TODO file.
tmux also depends on several features of the client terminal (TERM), if these
are missing it may refuse to run, or not behave correctly. Known working are
TERM=screen (tmux in screen), xterm, xterm-color and rxvt. Note that TERM=xterm
does not support colour on OpenBSD. screen ignores this, tmux does not: use
xterm-color or rxvt for colour.
are missing it may refuse to run, or not behave correctly.
tmux supports UTF-8. To use it, the utf8 option must be set on each window;
this may be turned on for all windows by setting it as a global option, see
@ -89,4 +88,4 @@ start. Please contact me with any queries.
-- Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sf.net>
$Id: NOTES,v 1.50 2009-10-25 21:45:26 nicm Exp $
$Id: NOTES,v 1.51 2009-11-05 12:35:47 tcunha Exp $