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I used screen for five years and could never internalize the copy/paste key bindings for scrollback, and screen doesn't let you configure them. I was more comfo
by technomancy 15y ago
I used screen for five years and could never internalize the copy/paste key bindings for scrollback, and screen doesn't let you configure them. I was more comfortable in tmux after an hour than after years of screen due to it being able to just work with Emacs bindings.
Apart from this, most of the advantages are only noticeable in a multi-user setup. The socket-based session sharing is great, (it just uses unix permissions) and the fact that it automatically resizes to the smallest display is a huge usability improvement. When we paired with screen we would always have to jump through hoops to make sure the guy with the smaller display joined last or he'd be unable to see everything.