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Byobu is an enhancement for the terminal multiplexers GNU Screen or tmux that can be used to provide on screen notification or status as well as tabbed multi window management. It is aimed at providing a better user experience for terminal sessions when connecting to remote servers.

Version 1.0, under the name Screen Profiles, came out of discussions at the 2008 Ubuntu Developer Summit about how to simplify the on screen notification of an administrator connected to a server.

The project was renamed to Byobu for its 2.0 release, from the Japanese byōbu folding screen. Byobu 3.0 reworked the build system to use automake and allow for porting to other UNIX operating systems. Byobu 4.0 introduced screen splitting, reworked the status notification system, and added support for tmux profiles. The most significant change that Byobu 5.0 introduces is a shift from GNU Screen to tmux as the default backend.

Originally written for Ubuntu, it has since been ported to multiple other GNU/Linux distributions and other Unix-like operating systems.

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Byobu - CentOS - Turning off window auto-renaming

Window name shows the current directory path. If we rename the window name, then whenever we change a path in that window, the name always reverts back to the current directory path. I tried updating set-window-option -g automatic-rename on to…
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Ubuntu 16.04 byobu + tmux + vim background color issue

I have the often reported issue with background color bleeding in vim when used in byobu with tmux. I tried all different options with setting the 256-color option. Nothing worked. First of all I should figure out what my setup is. What I know of…
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How to create byobu session inside byobu with a bashcommand

So I have a setup with guake, byobu and tmux as backend. I want to have different folders already open in my console for work projects and these projects in individual sessions I get the following message when I try to tmux new -s…
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How do I disable activity notifications in byobu with the screen backend?

In a recent ubuntu update, my byobu screens started highlighting the window names when there's been activity. This is annoying me, I'd rather just have active/inactive displayed (as it did before the update). How can I disable it? I've found…
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How can I make byobu handle Ctrl+B?

I'm used to tmux, so I want Byobu to use Ctrl+B as the escape sequence. I hit F9, Change escape sequence, and B. But when I hit Ctrl+B on the shell, it moves one character back instead of letting byobu/tmux handle it.
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Detach byobu screen without F6

How can I detach byobu screen without F-key. The F6 key does not work for me (whatever problem with OSX ssh client terminal settings), is there alternative command to do the same?
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Easy way to override byobu plugin colors in a user's local configuration file?

I'd like to change the colors of all the built-in byobu plugins/indicators to match my solarized palette for tmux/vim/emacs/terminal. Is there an easy way to override them in the user's rc file or would I have to change them in /usr/lib/byobu/* ?
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Create or attach Byobu default windows

I run Byobu (backed by Tmux) on a remote machine. I have a basic window layout which is what I generally want, and I've configured Byobu to launch at login so when I ssh to the remote machine I resume my session and when I want to leave I F6 to…
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Byobu tmux - How to open a new window in an existing session by name?

To enter a session: byobu attach -t "session name" Open a tab in the current session: byobu new-window "bash" Open a tab in a new session (if session doesn't exist): byobu new-session -d -s "session name" "bash" But how to open a new-window in an…
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Install byobu for normal user in home directory

I use byobu at my local workstation, and would like to use it on the work server too. Unfortunately, I only have normal user rights on the server ( so no sudo apt-get but read/write to the home directory). Both tmux and screen are installed on the…
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Byobu's F2 key has no effect anymore, but Ctrl+F2 is fine

I used to be able to create new sessions with F2, and split panes with Shift/Ctrl + F2. But since yesterday, F2 has no effect anymore. The other F2s and F shortcuts from byobu still work just fine. When I press F2, I am getting a bell from my…
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How to attach to an existing byobu session or start a new one if there is no session when starting terminal emulator?

I'm using zsh and byobu (using the tmux backend). In my .zshrc file I put the following: if which byobu >/dev/null 2>&1; then # if not inside a byobu session, and if no session is started, # start a…
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Copy from byobu to external app

I know I can use scrollback and copy/paste mode in byobu to copy and paste text within the byobu windows. This is achieved by F7, (move with navigation keys), Space, (move again to highlight the text), enter I can then paste that text into…
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Byobu terminal window name asterisk Z

In Byobu terminal window name I know that asterisk Z after window name means that window is zoomed to one split. But what does asterisk M mean? There seems to be nothing on this in man pages or its website. I also noticed that one split in M-marked…
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Checking version of byobu, got `WARNING: ulimit -u is too low`. What does this mean?

Like the question says, this is what I typed in $ byobu --version byobu version 5.119 WARNING: ulimit -u is too low tmux 2.5 I'm not sure what this means.
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