• Alavi@programming.dev
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    7 hours ago

    I use i3 and still use Tmux and wezterm.

    The benefits are:

    1. Universal (especially Tmux). It doesnt. Matter where you’re doing it. If it has Tmux, you’re in a familiar environment. Different wm/DE/emulator? No problem
    2. multiplexers have additional capabilities. For example when you create a split or new tab, it’s in the same directory that you were already working in. This is super important. You can also have different sessions for different projects/tasks and switch between them. This is also super important (Wezterm has “workspaces”).
    3. you can close the terminal emulator and your sessions will still be there.

    so overall, a tiling wm isn’t really a replacement for multiplexers if you’re doing heavy tasks like programming

    And the only reason I use wezterm is because it’s the only terminal that supports BiDi/RTL text somewhat. Otherwise, Tmux is the best