[SOLVED] tmux conflicting with Ranger previewing images

[lrcaballero]

Hello Holly Grillers,

I nedd your help if you would please...

So now that I am enjoying my Chili_dwm install and have it set up to my need and liking I am experiencing some dificulties with tmux conflicting with Ranger and previewing images. So here's the list of things I have done so far (thanks to alad BTW for his great help in the LinuxBBQ IRC channel)

1) Install w3m & w3m-img

2)

Code: Select all

$ ranger --copy-configure=all

3) Edit my ~/.config/ranger/rc.conf and set preview_images true

4) and for the sake of it I updated my system....

At first it worked but then rebooted my system and gone!!!

I tried uninstalling tmux: and boy did I ended up pulling my hair there for a minute, I couldn't get a terminal opened in any way, until I manage to reboot and opened up tty4 installed tmux again and I was back in business with urxvt and x-term.

Is there a way of uninstalling tmux with-out leaving any dependencies towards urxvt or x-term?

Any thoughts? All guidance towards a possible solution is highly appreciated.....

Cheers,

[machinebacon]

Just check what keybinding opens which terminal emulator.

For example, in xbindkeysrc (or dwm's config.h) you should point something like

Alt-Enter
x-terminal-emulator

and not to tmux (if it is not installed)

There is no dependency of tmux on any terminal emulator or vice versa.

What is the question about ranger? Is

# enable w3mimgviewer
set preview_images true

put in .config/ranger/rc.conf? Probably not, because you created a full new ranger config with the ranger --copy-configure=all command.

[dkeg]

IIRC there is a known conflict with tmux and ranger displaying images. Ah yes, from their website

Note: previewing images in "true color" is disabled by default. To enable it, first make sure you have w3m installed, then check that your terminal supports it. It was successfully tested with urxvt and xterm, while it did not work with gnome-terminal and st. Currently it does not work with tmux but with screen...

[lrcaballero]

Thank you guys so much for such prompt replies...

So apparently tmux is install by default in Chili along with x-term, how do i know this? (please correct me if I am wrong!) but in dwm any app open will display in your dwm bar (in my case top) tmux on the other hand when running it also displays a status bar with date and time and instances running on the bottom, see photo here: http://lrcaballero.deviantart.com/art/C ... -473337190 ..pay attention to dwm bar (top) and my x-terminal in the middle of the screen, you will see tmux status bar on the bottom of x-term, I think this is where the conflict starts and the reason why ranger is not displaying images when navigating images through ranger (Note: if I click enter on any giving image it will display it via Feh) I want it to be display inside ranger.

Per ^dekeg in his replied and http://ranger.nongnu.org/ if tmux is present than the previewing of images is null if I am understanding correctly. And so this is where I am stuck....I hope this clarify things a bit further....BTW I am running both x-terminal and urxvt in Chili dwm 64bit.

Thanks again for ALL of you feedback and help!

Cheers,

[wuxmedia]

not too clear...
I think what you are saying is that tmux starts whenever a terminal window opens.
to stop this behaviour:
First - backup your file; a simple

Code: Select all

cp ~/.bashrc ~/.bashrc.bak

will do the trick (just in case you mess it up)
Then open the file

Code: Select all

.bashrc

(in your home dir) using your favorite text editor - leaf/mousepad for GUI or vim/emacs/nano in the CLI
you should see a bunch of tmux code near the bottom - comment (place a '#' in front of those lines) or simply remove them.
save your file, try opening a new term window, if it doesn't do it right away you may need to

Code: Select all

source ~/.bashrc

if it isn't in that file - it could be in some others - but let us know how you get on with that.
If you are unsure - paste the whole file (in code tags) here.

I know bacon used that cool auto tmux in a quite a few releases.
Probably why you couldn't open a term once you'd disabled it.

[lrcaballero]

^wuxmedia Thank you!

To no longer complicate things and mislead all you grillers, I will try wuxmedia's approach and will let you know the results at a later time (hopefully tonight)...but maybe this link: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1230451will help me clarify things to ALL of you wonderful and highly knowledgeable people.

Once again Thank you ALL for your wonderful feedback.

Cheers

[machinebacon]

I understand now.

tmux does not display *any* images from w3m, no matter how we twist it. That's fact and I think it never worked before. It only works for true terminals, and tmux is not.

About tmux opening as standard: it is in the .xbindkeysrc
Tmux cannot be set as x-terminal-emulator. It only works for true terminals, and tmux is not.

So please check your .xbindkeysrc file, and also you config.h for dwm, and check that it opens x-terminal-emulator, and not tmux.

[lrcaballero]

YES! YES! & f$%#@ YES!

So I followed wuxmedia's approached and edited my ~/.bashrc file by commenting out these lines:

Code: Select all

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
#[[ $- != *i* ]] && return
#[[ -z "$TMUX" ]] && exec tmux

Ctrl X | Yes to save and mistery solved......Beard points for ALL of those that helped! THANK YOU!







See the difference from my initial post and now? Nice!!!! ha?

Cheers

[wuxmedia]

^ Glad you got it sorted.
Reading between the lines is a skill I picked up at work, added to the fact you totally ignored bacons suggestions to look at the bindkeys. 8)

[machinebacon]

moved from Upgrade Warnings to Support Section

[lrcaballero]

^ Thank you! Sir Bacon...

Cheers

[lrcaballero]

^added to the fact you totally ignored bacons suggestions to look at the bindkeys. 8)

^ Thank you wuxmedia for ALL of your help...I apologies if I might of given the impression that I ignored Sir Bacon's suggestion...but I am fairly new to dwm and also I am definitely not as experienced as most of you here at the grill (for now!) but when I grow up I want to be like you grillers...thats for sure. Feeling more comfortable with the ~/.bashrc file I followed your advice and I am very HAPPY that I did.

I have GREAT respect for ALL of you grillers and I thank you for your help and support!

Cheers

[wuxmedia]

takes a while to get to know where every file is, and what order it runs, what it controls.
i'm currently bashing my head against SSH keys - which should be piss easy. so, you know... just keep plugging away.
you might wanna read as much as you can, our wiki is an excellent place to get you going 8)