iterm2's deep tmux recognition and mosh

[mprobst]

I'm usually running a ssh terminal within iTerm2, and use iTerm2's features to recognize a tmux session and render its UI natively (i.e. Mac OS tabs/windows instead of console tabs/windows). My command line is:

ssh [host] 'tmux -CC new-session -AD my-session-name'

Admittedly I don't really understand how that works, but it certainly doesn't when using mosh.

mosh [host] 'tmux -CC new-session -AD my-session-name'

• This connects, and then immediately closes the connection again.
• Connecting and running tmux -CC ... separately does print out tmux' control commands, but doesn't render them, i.e. iTerm2 doesn't recognize them.
• Just running plain tmux works, but doesn't give the deep integration.

[cgull]

This, unfortunately, isn't going to work. Mosh is a virtual terminal emulator (much like tmux, actually), and doesn't pass data unaltered from server to client (it updates/redraws what you see on the screen instead). So it can't be used as a conduit for tmux in control mode.

[joeshaw]

@mprobst you might be interested in following #41 and #120 which both would need a reliable octet stream implementation to be implemented. tmux's control mode could conceivably also run over this. Also see https://www.mail-archive.com/mosh-devel@mit.edu/msg00304.html

[mprobst]

Thanks for the pointer @joeshaw, subscribed there.

[prologic]

@mprobst Are you planning on attempting to work on this ITerm2+mosh+tmux integration? I've subscribed myself to #41 and #120 and read through the mailing list thread; I haven't seen any efforts in this space so far?

[mprobst]

Sorry, I'm only a user of iTerm and won't have the cycles (nor expertise
really) to get this done.

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@mprobst https://github.com/mprobst Are you planning on attempting to
work on this ITerm2+mosh+tmux integration? I've subscribed myself to #41
#41 and #120
#120 and read through the
mailing list thread; I haven't seen any efforts in this space so far?

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[prologic]

Ahh sorry I did not realize; I'd still like to see what we can do to get this done though! I'm only a user too and I'm sure iTerm2 would require some language skills I probably don't have (ObjC?) :)

[rbrewer]

Have you tried the iTerm 2, tmux, and mosh solution?

[mprobst]

@rbrewer that does not include support for tabs, windows, etc, right?