Using tmux, the terminal multiplexer on multiple machines Terminal is ROXTerm Uncheck 'Show Menubar' ROXTerm on Github What is Tmux? Tmux wiki on Github Getting started Tmux Getting Started page on Github Tmux Cheat Sheet & Quick Reference Tmux Cheat Sheet Basic .tmux.conf set -g prefix C-a unbind C-b bind C-a send-prefix setw -g window-status-activity-style "fg=colour27,bg=colour234,none" Remote .tmux.conf set -g prefix C-f unbind C-b bind C-f send-prefix setw -g window-status-activity-style "fg=colour27,bg=colour234,none" Start tmux tmux a -d Split pane horizontal - Prefix + % Split pane vertical - Prefix + " Tmux resurrect Key bindings prefix + Ctrl-s - save prefix + Ctrl-r - restore About This plugin goes to great lengths to save and restore all the details from your tmux environment. Here's what's been taken care of: all sessions, windows, panes and their order current working directory for each pane exact pane layouts within windows (even when zoomed) active and alternative session active and alternative window for each session windows with focus active pane for each window "grouped sessions" (useful feature when using tmux with multiple monitors) programs running within a pane! More details in the restoring programs doc. Optional: restoring vim and neovim sessions restoring pane contents restoring a previously saved environment Installing TPM (Tmux Plugin Manager) , Tmux Resurrect and Tmux Continuum In ~/.tmux/plugins/ git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm.git git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect.git git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum.git In a tmux window prefix + I Installs new plugins from GitHub or any other git repository Refreshes TMUX environment Create a directory ~/.tmux/resurrect/ This is where tmux-resurrect and tmux-continuum saves are located Do nothing and tmux-continuum saves automatically every 15 mins At any time use Prefix + Ctrl-s to save a snapshot of your session To restore a session to the last save before a reboot use Prefix + Ctrl-s Here are the steps to restore to a previous point in time: make sure you start this with a "fresh" tmux instance $ cd ~/.tmux/resurrect/ locate the save file you'd like to use for restore (file names have a stamp) symlink the last file to the desired save file: $ ln -sf <file_name> last do a restore with tmux-resurrect key: Prefix + Ctrl-r Tmux on laptop tmux_laptop.conf Tmux on remote machine tmux_remote.conf Screenshot
Using tmux, the terminal multiplexer on multiple machines Terminal is ROXTerm Uncheck 'Show Menubar' ROXTerm on Github What is Tmux? Tmux wiki on Github Getting started Tmux Getting Started page on Github Tmux Cheat Sheet & Quick Reference Tmux Cheat Sheet Basic .tmux.conf set -g prefix C-a unbind C-b bind C-a send-prefix setw -g window-status-activity-style "fg=colour27,bg=colour234,none" Remote .tmux.conf set -g prefix C-f unbind C-b bind C-f send-prefix setw -g window-status-activity-style "fg=colour27,bg=colour234,none" Start tmux tmux a -d Split pane horizontal - Prefix + % Split pane vertical - Prefix + " Tmux resurrect Key bindings prefix + Ctrl-s - save prefix + Ctrl-r - restore About This plugin goes to great lengths to save and restore all the details from your tmux environment. Here's what's been taken care of: all sessions, windows, panes and their order current working directory for each pane exact pane layouts within windows (even when zoomed) active and alternative session active and alternative window for each session windows with focus active pane for each window "grouped sessions" (useful feature when using tmux with multiple monitors) programs running within a pane! More details in the restoring programs doc. Optional: restoring vim and neovim sessions restoring pane contents restoring a previously saved environment Installing TPM (Tmux Plugin Manager) , Tmux Resurrect and Tmux Continuum In ~/.tmux/plugins/ git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm.git git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect.git git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum.git In a tmux window prefix + I Installs new plugins from GitHub or any other git repository Refreshes TMUX environment Create a directory ~/.tmux/resurrect/ This is where tmux-resurrect and tmux-continuum saves are located Do nothing and tmux-continuum saves automatically every 15 mins At any time use Prefix + Ctrl-s to save a snapshot of your session To restore a session to the last save before a reboot use Prefix + Ctrl-s Here are the steps to restore to a previous point in time: make sure you start this with a "fresh" tmux instance $ cd ~/.tmux/resurrect/ locate the save file you'd like to use for restore (file names have a stamp) symlink the last file to the desired save file: $ ln -sf <file_name> last do a restore with tmux-resurrect key: Prefix + Ctrl-r Tmux on laptop tmux_laptop.conf Tmux on remote machine tmux_remote.conf Screenshot