Nested session

[guhur]

I am looking for a nice way to switch from a local and a remote session (the remote session is typically nested in the local). Prefix + prefix is a bit annoying!

Here are some examples, gist.

Do you plan to add such features?

Thanks

[gpakosz]

Hey @guhur 👋

No plan for such features but I'll think about it.
I have many other devs in flight that I want to merge first though.

I'll keep this issue open in the meantime.

[guhur]

Ok great! I am working usually on three different remote servers, so being able to jump easily from one session to the other one would be a real time saver for me!

[gpakosz]

Well in the meantime you can still define your own bindings in your ~/.tmux.conf.local copy

[ajing]

Do you recommend using a different prefix for the nested tmux session?

[gpakosz]

Hello @ajing 👋

I personally hit the prefix key twice when I want the nested session to receive the prefix. So C-a+C-a+... or C-b+C-b+...

[tuxruffian]

I just use different prefix keys, but if you don't like that approach you could try using the tmux-suspend plugin.

If you use the same prefix, load the plugin locally (not on the remote instance) then simply press F8 and suspend actions on the local instance.