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> I keep 20 terminals open usually.

I prefer tmux windows; I have 1-3 terminal emulators and 10-30ish windows/tabs (not counting splits/panes), all on 1 tmux session via `tmux new-session -t $SESSION`. Acceptably navigatable via prefix-[1-9] and prefix-w (which gives a list to jump to).

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I find tmux makes less sense within a tiling window manager because then you have two contexts effectively providing the same functions (or three, if you use vim :split (or four, if you use tilix)).

I also use a tiling wm, and use tmux. The main reason is that it means I can easily transition to using the same tool when working with remote machines using mosh. Personally, I've always felt odd when trying to use i3 tiling for terminals (maybe that's because I used tmux before I used i3).

Same- I don't even use split vim unless have to do heavy copy paste and avoid extra keystrokes to invoke system clipboard

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