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by neilsimp1 2606 days ago
I have been using Cmder on Windows for a while, but Hyper has also looked really good.

With the announcement of the new Windows Terminal, I wonder if these projects will become irrelevant. The only reason I use Cmder is for tabs, and once I have Windows Terminal with that feature, I doubt I would ever use Cmder or Hyper.
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nickjj 2606 days ago
If you adapt using tmux then you are free to pick whatever terminal you want because tabs / split panes are done very well in tmux.

For example I tried nearly every terminal on Windows and ultimately use wsltty because tmux offers nearly instant tabs and split panes, buffer searching and everything else you could want in a terminal.

Here's a whole write up on the comparisons: https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/conemu-vs-hyper-vs-terminus-v...

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neilsimp1 2606 days ago
Perhaps. I love tmux for multiple terminals in one SSH connection, but I'm a big fan of tabbed browsing, tabbed file explorers, etc., so having tabs in my terminal just makes sense. I could probably get used to tmux handling tabs and split panes all the time.
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nickjj 2606 days ago
Yeah a terminal tab maps 1:1 with a tmux window. Same type of feature. You can also use the mouse and / or keyboard to navigate between everything.
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leppr 2606 days ago
Only downside is you can't (easily) map Ctrl+Tab to switch between tmux Windows. Doesn't matter much if you spend your life in the terminal, but for occasional users consistency between applications is important.
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deskamess 2606 days ago
What do you use/recommend for tabbed file explorer?
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neilsimp1 2606 days ago
I mean I use Dolphin because I'm a KDE user, but I believe it's possible in Windows with the Set UI [0]. There are third party Windows file explorers but I don't have any experience with them.

[0] https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/102362-turn-off-tabs-app...

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nickjj 2606 days ago
If you don't mind the command line with WSL there's ranger. It has tabs (but you also have access to tmux too if you use it).
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egeozcan 2606 days ago
IMHO windows needs a beginner friendly & built-in tiling window manager. Then nobody would care about the lack of tabs in cmd or explorer.
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nickjj 2606 days ago
Yeah. I wish someone would build a native port of i3wm.

There's an autohotkey project that tries to be a tiling window manager but it's quite buggy and feels very forced. Cool project tho.

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