Alt+Tab lets me only switch between windows belonging to different applications.
I often use about four terminal bound applications at the same time (e.g. IPython, VIM, fish for system and fish for git).
Even using the mouse, clicking the terminal icon on the launcher being offered takes time to decide which is which. But I don't know so far any way to switch in this case using my keyboard only.
How to handle multiple terminals (and instances of same application in general) efficiently using the keyboard?
With respect to the terminal special case – is there a terminal application allowing sperate terminals in tabs?
And the Oscar goes to …
tmux
Best Answer
In linux almost every terminal support tab, for example in Ubuntu with default terminal you can press:
Ctrl + Shift + T or click File / Open Tab
and you can switch between them using Alt + $ {tab_number} (*eg. Alt + 1)
also you might want to take a look at terminator