Automatically starting tmux after rxvt

Question

I want to automatically run tmux after starting a rxvt terminal.

I used to do this by invoking tmux in my ~/.zshrc but this had the problem of having to hit ^D twice when I wanted to close my terminal.

I tried using rxvt -e tmux and rxvt -e zsh -c tmux to start tmux after starting rxvt which works. The problem with this method is that I then don't get 256 color support in my terminal.

Any suggestions?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 07 '14 at 19:10

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I think you'll need

tmux -2

See man tmux:

-2 Force tmux to assume the terminal supports 256 colours.

answered Nov 07 '14 at 19:10

uzsolt

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Hm. What is the value of $TERM? – uzsolt Nov 08 '14 at 11:39
It's "screen-256color-bce" and it is also set when I open a terminal with rxvt -e tmux. – tymm Nov 08 '14 at 15:07
Try setting to 'screen'. – uzsolt Nov 08 '14 at 15:28
Hm. It works for me. I had same problem and `tmux -2` helped. I don't know... sorry :( – uzsolt Nov 09 '14 at 08:54
Just tried it again (now with a newer version of my linux distribution) and it works. Therefore I accept your answer. Thanks. – tymm Apr 04 '16 at 03:12

Automatically starting tmux after rxvt

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