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Should i finally switch from screens to tmux?

pavel_lishin 14y ago
You should have switched a long time ago, but now is as good a time as any :P
christopheraden 14y ago
You're going to open a big can of worms with that one ;). Tmux has quite a few more features than Screen, with Screen having a few features that are useful in edge cases[1]. It's hard to argue with tmux having bindings for vi/Emacs, as well. If you're on a mac and use iTerm2, using tmux is somewhat of a no-brainer, thanks to the integration between tmux and iTerm2[2]. 1: http://sourceforge.net/p/tmux/tmux-code/ci/master/tree/FAQ http://sourceforge.net/p/tmux/tmux-code/ci/master/tree/FAQ 2: https://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration https://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration
jlgreco 14y ago
With reflowing text added to tmux, and giving that "Lots and lots of bug fixes, fixing memory-leaks, etc." the benefit of the doubt, then I would say that unless you have a specific use case of screen (and if you do, you know it) then you should be using tmux.
deelowe 14y ago
I've loved tmux since I switched a couple of years ago. Try it out for a few weeks. I think you'll like it better than screen.
cake 14y ago
I switched from screen to tmux to screen back again. tmux seemed slower while switching windows, plus I like the simplicity of screen.
- Watabou 14y ago
  Using tmux 1.8 and switching between windows is super fast.
- pyre 14y ago
  I was a heavy screen user for years, and 'simple' is not what I would use to describe screen.
nayefc 14y ago
After mastering screen, I switched to tmux. It's a lot easier to configure. It's also a lot nicer to split panes etc... Definitely recommend the switch. You might be dreading it, but two days into tmux you won't regret it. It took many weeks trying to convince myself screen is better until I actually tried tmux out.
vectorpush 14y ago
Yes, you definitely should, just make sure to plop this into your .tmux.conf unbind C-b set -g prefix C-a
- eridius 14y ago
  No, don't. C-b is a much better shortcut than C-a.
  - Goranek 14y ago
    I agree, am i the only one using C-a in bash?
    - platz 14y ago
      Perhaps a nice C-f then?
    - Goranek 14y ago
      actually i'm using M+n (M=alt, n=number) to switch windows and i use M+[hjkl] to switch to left right top down window
  - pavel_lishin 14y ago
    I recommend the backtick: ` The only two pains that come with it are a) having to type `` to get a single `, and b) pasting anything containing a backtick behaves as if you'd typed it out.
  - emidln 14y ago
    I unbind M-Space from my window manager and use that for my prefix as well as for jumping to last window.

You should have switched a long time ago, but now is as good a time as any :P

You're going to open a big can of worms with that one ;). Tmux has quite a few more features than Screen, with Screen having a few features that are useful in edge cases[1]. It's hard to argue with tmux having bindings for vi/Emacs, as well. If you're on a mac and use iTerm2, using tmux is somewhat of a no-brainer, thanks to the integration between tmux and iTerm2[2]. 1: http://sourceforge.net/p/tmux/tmux-code/ci/master/tree/FAQ http://sourceforge.net/p/tmux/tmux-code/ci/master/tree/FAQ 2: https://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration https://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration

jlgreco 14y ago

With reflowing text added to tmux, and giving that "Lots and lots of bug fixes, fixing memory-leaks, etc." the benefit of the doubt, then I would say that unless you have a specific use case of screen (and if you do, you know it) then you should be using tmux.

deelowe 14y ago

I've loved tmux since I switched a couple of years ago. Try it out for a few weeks. I think you'll like it better than screen.

cake 14y ago

I switched from screen to tmux to screen back again. tmux seemed slower while switching windows, plus I like the simplicity of screen.

Watabou 14y ago
Using tmux 1.8 and switching between windows is super fast.
pyre 14y ago
I was a heavy screen user for years, and 'simple' is not what I would use to describe screen.

nayefc 14y ago

After mastering screen, I switched to tmux. It's a lot easier to configure. It's also a lot nicer to split panes etc... Definitely recommend the switch. You might be dreading it, but two days into tmux you won't regret it. It took many weeks trying to convince myself screen is better until I actually tried tmux out.

vectorpush 14y ago

Yes, you definitely should, just make sure to plop this into your .tmux.conf unbind C-b set -g prefix C-a

eridius 14y ago
No, don't. C-b is a much better shortcut than C-a.
- Goranek 14y ago
  I agree, am i the only one using C-a in bash?
  - platz 14y ago
    Perhaps a nice C-f then?
  - Goranek 14y ago
    actually i'm using M+n (M=alt, n=number) to switch windows and i use M+[hjkl] to switch to left right top down window
- pavel_lishin 14y ago
  I recommend the backtick: ` The only two pains that come with it are a) having to type `` to get a single `, and b) pasting anything containing a backtick behaves as if you'd typed it out.
- emidln 14y ago
  I unbind M-Space from my window manager and use that for my prefix as well as for jumping to last window.