Byobu -- pain points and feature requests
2 years later, Byobu is a stable, solid window manager.
This is session is intended for Byobu users and developers. If we're 90% of the way "there", what's left to make Byobu rock 100%? What else would you like Byobu to do, to make you even more productive on a command line? What is it about Byobu that keeps you from deploying it everywhere? What is it that keeps you from recommending it to other colleagues?
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Not started
- Approver:
- Robbie Williamson
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- Dustin Kirkland
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Dustin Kirkland
- Definition:
- Drafting
- Series goal:
- None
- Implementation:
-
Not started
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Completed by
Whiteboard
Some known, common issues:
* ctrl-a as escape annoys emacs users
* shift-pageup in gnome-terminal misbehaves
* dependency on python-newt is non-ideal
* (yours here)
* mdz came up with a list of requirements at Lucid UDS that could be relevant for that discussion
Questions:
* Instead of enabling by default, could we add an option to enable it by default in the Server installer? Similar to the encrypt /home option. [robbie.w]
* I'd love to add it as an installer option [kirkland]
== Session notes ==
- Function keys may interfere.
- Documentation issue???
- Renaming/alias??
- It is not suitable thing to do. Byobu has gain its name already.
- In Ubuntu Server by default?
- Last 3 UDS's this was discussed, however, there were people who opposed.
- What if it is launched by default during the Development Process (Alpha1/2/3)
- Add a message in motd?
- Part pf the dp-release-
- It isn't clear how to get out of scrollback mode. Solution is required.
- Adding the possibility to monitor different disks.
- List all the drives and select which one(S) to monitor.
- Network traffic changed to bps.
- Show raid array rebuilds/
- Add possibility to show notifications in the bottom bar
- Log monitoring
- Integration to other tools: "Something is wrong, take a look at this"
- Status of services
- Something similar to what Dustin has done with eucalyptus upstart scripts.
- Add more services.
- Calendar reminder
- Plugin into Google Calendar Reminder??/ - Ask someone in the Desktop team?
- Number of TCP Connections.
- Incoming/outgoing
- Per service/port
== Actions ==
- [ACTION] document in byobu.1 that screen args are passed through plus extra key bindings provided over screen (e.g. C-a !)
- [ACTION] add wifi_status.
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