byobu-select-backend(1)

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version 7.20 · 2 versions
, in nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu stonking

💖 byobu-select-backend — pick ur default Byobu backend, bestie 💖

okay so real quick, this is the byobu-select-backend manual page (it lives in the byobu section, iykyk) and honestly? it's giving main character energy for a tiny little utility. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

byobu-select-backend — choose which default Byobu backend window manager you wanna vibe with 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

byobu-select-backend [screen|tmux]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so byobu-select-backend is this adorable little app that lists all ur available Byobu backends and lets u pick which one is ur default. iconic behaviour, no notes ✨

u can pick either screen(1) or tmux(1) right there on the command line like a boss, or — and this is the fun part — if u give it no command line parameters at all, it'll just run interactively and walk u through it. she's flexible like that 💁‍♀️

important vibe check: this utility only changes which backend gets used by default when u just plain run byobu(1). that's it. that's the whole thing it does.

and listen — at any time, u can still force the backend for one specific session by running one of the helper scripts, byobu-screen(1) or byobu-tmux(1). so like, ur default is a default, not a life sentence 💀

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • ~/.byobu/backend

(yes bestie, that's where the magic gets remembered 🍓)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

and also https://byobu.org if u wanna go touch grass on the website 🌱

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@byobu.org> for Ubuntu systems (but like, literally anyone else can use it too, she's not gatekeeping 🫶).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document and the utility under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation. periodt.

the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in:

and that's the whole page, babes 💜 this was byobu's manual, dated 30 Oct 2011 — yes she's vintage, yes she still ate 🎀✨

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