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Not to be dismissive, but I have no idea why I should want to install this. I actually just spent a few hours setting up a tmux configuration yesterday, so I feel like I'm in the target audience for this, but...

I can configure panels with YAML, it looks like. Why would I want to change my resizable panes for a set of static ones? It supports arbitrary plugins, is says. But can't I just run any program in tux, so what is the point? The screenshots seem to mostly show how loud and colorful the chrome is, which seems distracting. And then the roadmap seems to be the only feature list, does that mean the software is actually "batteries-will-eventually-be-included"?

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Hey, Zellij dev here. I'll try to answer your questions: - regarding layouts/panes: the panes you configure in the layouts are still resizable a runtime. It just saves you the initial setup. In Zellij you also have a generic non-directional "do what I want" resize, btw. - regarding plugins: the plugin system is indeed very much a work in progress, mostly because we're an OSS volunteer project and the person in charge of it had to AFK for a while. That being said, I think it's not very difficult to imagine how plugins will be different from normal apps? Think about interaction with panes/layouts, easy distribution, interaction with the terminal assets themselves (imagine custom expandable folds depending on content, notifications depending on content, etc.) and more along those lines.

Thanks for the response.

> regarding layouts/panes: the panes you configure in the layouts are still resizable a runtime. It just saves you the initial setup.

I might use a "save current layout as a template" command, I guess. But I don't think I'd ever bother to learn the custom configuration format for building these myself. If you already have such a command, I'd suggest highlighting that on the site instead of a screenshot of YAML.

> imagine custom expandable folds depending on content, notifications depending on content

OK, this seems like it might be interesting to play with. Is there any "killer plugin" for it yet?

> I might use a "save current layout as a template" command, I guess.

FWIW, this is available in tmux as a plugin. Very convenient and highly recommended.

https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect

I haven't tried Zellij, but it looks interesting. This is a great feature, and I think incorporating it into the base software reflects good UX priorities.

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