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I wish someone would write an actual article on tmux and post it here, every time screen comes up I just here statements about the vague superiority of tmux.
by tvon 17y ago
I wish someone would write an actual article on tmux and post it here, every time screen comes up I just here statements about the vague superiority of tmux.
- silentbicycle 17y agoNo promises, but I might get around to it this weekend. I've been meaning to write something for a while. The tmux man page is quite thorough, but there are a few things that might be confusing if you expect it to behave like screen, such as layouts.
- 0wned 17y agoIt's easy... rather than the Ctrl+A key sequence that you use in screen, use Ctrl+B in tmux. And to reattach, rather than screen -r, tmux attach does the trick. That's 90% of the usability difference.
- FlemishBeeCycle 17y agoPeople usually point to the BSD license and better code-base as the main selling points. Then they point to vertical split (which you can patch screen to do). Bottom line is, if you have a screen config you like - there's not much point in switching. If you're just getting into terminal multiplexers, it's worth a look.