[NCLUG] VIM Talk

[Jesse Griffin]

I believe you can do this with Profiles in gnome-terminal.  You can also do it
with Profiles in terminator (Preferences > Profiles > Command > "Run a custom
command instead of my shell").


Thank you,
Jesse Griffin
tummy.com, ltd.

On 09/16/2013 02:56 PM, Brett Johnson wrote:
> 
> On 09/10/2013 09:19 PM, Joshua Datko wrote:
>> There was some discussion about terminal multiplexers.  Terminator was mentioned,
>> which was new to me, as well as good old GNU Screen and Tmux.  I like using Byobu
>> which works with either Screen / Tmux and provides some fancy window dressings.
>>
>> Terminator: http://www.tenshu.net/p/terminator.html
>>
>> I have a blog post about it here: http://datko.net/2013/07/06/byobu-fancy-window-dressings-on-gnu-screen/
>>
>> Or just go directly there: http://byobu.co/
> 
> Thanks for the pointers!  I hadn't heard of byobu before.
> 
> On a similar topic, I've been looking for a terminal emulator like terminator (or
> gnome-terminal, for that matter), which can open a new tab in an existing window, while
> executing a command in that new tab.
> 
> For example, say I want a new ssh session to the same machine I already have an ssh
> session running to, and I want it to be a tab in the currently open window.  Currently,
> with gnome-terminal, I can do this with "Shift+Ctrl+T", then type out "ssh -i
> $PATH/$KEYNAME foo at bar.com".  But I'd really like to be able to script this, and put it in
> a unity quicklist, or .desktop file, or dropdown menu, so it'd be something like
> "gnome-terminal --inwindow=bar.com --newtab --execute="ssh -i $PATH/$KEYNAME foo at bar.com".
> 
> Any suggestions?
>