https://blog.postcandide.151e.org/tags/dotfiles/ Recent content in Dotfiles on Post-Candide Hugo en-US @2025 Post Candide blog powered by Hugo Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.postcandide.151e.org/posts/prelauching-tmux-macos/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.postcandide.151e.org/posts/prelauching-tmux-macos/ <p>I wanted something simple: a tmux server running at login, with a pre-configured session ready the moment I open iTerm2: just attach and go.</p> <p>Simple. Right. Right?</p> <h2 id="the-setup"> The setup <a href="#the-setup" class="heading-anchor">#</a> </h2> <p>The initial idea is rather clean: two launchd agents:</p> <ul> <li><code>com.user.tmux</code> starts the tmux server at login via <code>exec tmux start-server</code>.</li> <li><code>com.user.tmux-session-setup</code> runs a bash script that creates a <code>login</code> session with the windows and panes I want — a general shell, a services pane, a monitor window with <code>btop</code> and SSH connections to my servers.</li> </ul> <p>Both plists use <code>LimitLoadToSessionType = Aqua</code> so they run in the GUI session, giving them (in theory) access to the user environment. The session setup script polls for the tmux server to come up, then builds the session.</p>