There is no reason wait-for has to be restricted to outside tmux.

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/cmd-wait-for.c b/cmd-wait-for.c
index 396548a7..33600eda 100644
--- a/cmd-wait-for.c
+++ b/cmd-wait-for.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ cmd_wait_for_wait(struct cmdq_item *item, const char *name,
 	struct client		*c = item->client;
 	struct wait_item	*wi;
 
-	if (c == NULL || c->session != NULL) {
+	if (c == NULL) {
 		cmdq_error(item, "not able to wait");
 		return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
 	}
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ cmd_wait_for_lock(struct cmdq_item *item, const char *name,
 {
 	struct wait_item	*wi;
 
-	if (item->client == NULL || item->client->session != NULL) {
+	if (item->client == NULL) {
 		cmdq_error(item, "not able to lock");
 		return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
 	}
diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index eb1c6807..e3409a96 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -4430,8 +4430,6 @@ is used, the channel is locked and any clients that try to lock the same
 channel are made to wait until the channel is unlocked with
 .Ic wait-for
 .Fl U .
-This command only works from outside
-.Nm .
 .El
 .Sh TERMINFO EXTENSIONS
 .Nm