With tmux, you can monitor the window for activity (^A M) and do: make -j3 >...

sigil on Aug 10, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Awesome but commonly unknown Linux Commands

With tmux, you can monitor the window for activity (^A M) and do:

  make -j3 >make.log 2>&1 ; echo $?

When make finishes, your prompt is printed again (activity!) and the window's caption is highlighted. I use the same mechanism to watch for new mail and chats in other windows. It's like Growl for your terminal.