(C-x means ctrl+x, M-x means alt+x)
The default prefix is C-b. If you (or your muscle memory) prefer C-a, you need to add this to ~/.tmux.conf
:
" tmux will only forward escape sequences to the terminal if surrounded by a DCS sequence | |
" http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=AANLkTinkbdoZ8eNR1X2UobLTeww1jFrvfJxTMfKSq-L%2B%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=tmux-users | |
if exists('$TMUX') | |
let &t_SI = "\<Esc>Ptmux;\<Esc>\<Esc>]50;CursorShape=1\x7\<Esc>\\" | |
let &t_EI = "\<Esc>Ptmux;\<Esc>\<Esc>]50;CursorShape=0\x7\<Esc>\\" | |
else | |
let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]50;CursorShape=1\x7" | |
let &t_EI = "\<Esc>]50;CursorShape=0\x7" | |
endif |
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012) | |
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L1 cache reference 0.5 ns | |
Branch mispredict 5 ns | |
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache | |
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns | |
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache | |
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us | |
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us | |
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD |
A checklist for designing and developing internet scale services, inspired by James Hamilton's 2007 paper "On Desgining and Deploying Internet-Scale Services."