[neurostimulant]

> I think tmux's model is due to being too closely modeled on GUI virtual desktops.

Yes, using a terminal emulator that natively support tmux control mode (like iTerm2) is really nice because you can easily resize/rearrange the windows and panes via GUI actions, but absolutely suck when you have to reattach using a traditional terminal emulator because you now have to adjust all those windows and panes with keyboard actions.

[antihero]

If you use a terminal emulator that supports pointer events, tmux can use those.

You generally just need to do:

set -g mouse on