tmux+irssi as a systemd user-service

A collection of hacks to run irssi inside tmux via a systemd user service.

I hope by publishing this that someone can be inspired to find a way to do it without so many awful hacks (and let me know about it!).

Why

I use adv_windowlist.pl which has great integration with tmux.

I want irssi to start and stop cleanly on system reboot, which means starting up tmux.

What

• irssi.service: systemd user service. Install to /etc/systemd/user/
• tmux-irssi.env: optional environment file. Install to ~/.config/
• pid.pl: irssi script to write a pid file. Install to ~/.irssi/scripts/ (and symlink in ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/)

Installation

After installing the files, enable "Lingering" and enable the service itself:

$ loginctl enable-linger $(whoami)
$ systemctl --user daemon-reload
$ systemctl --user enable --now irssi

The you can connect to tmux with

tmux -L irssi attach