Hmm, I appear to have spread some confusion. To be clear: dtach implements just one of screen's many features, the ability to detach and resume a session. If

Hmm, I appear to have spread some confusion. To be clear: dtach implements just one of screen's many features, the ability to detach and resume a session. If you want all the other stuff that screen does, great! But if you don't then those other things can get in your way, and you might want to give dtach a try. (E.G., my own personal style is to launch multiple terminals from within emacs, so I don't need screen's multiterminal ability or it's cut and paste, &c.)