I'm using tmux myself for persistent shells on remote machines (mostly irc), but not much otherwise. Lots of people and guides make it sound like it's also very useful when you're working locally. Can someone enlighten me what tmux can do for you in this case that people are so excited about it?
I used it locally on a project where I really needed 5-7 shells opened in specific folders and some of them running specific things. Tmux made it easy.
Scripted sessions are pretty neat and having a consistent cross-platform interface is nice. But it depends on how much time you spend in the shell and how much you're willing to deal with OS native keyboard shortcuts. I've also been known to abuse tmux during demos, keeping pinned info in a small pane and working in others.
