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After years of using screen i switched to tmux.. i'm sure i'm not even using a 5th of the functionality but i love it.

• jervisfm 14y ago
  What are the primary advantages that tmux has over GNU screen that you found ?
  • kokey 14y ago
    I'm also wondering about this. I've been using screen for almost 20 years, and wonder if there's a compelling reason to switch.
    • elithrar 14y ago
      Take a look here: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/549/tmux-vs-gnu-screen http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/549/tmux-vs-gnu-scre... Some of it is arguable, but for me one of the greatest benefits is how tmux will auto-resize to the smallest terminal connected, making it useful for screen sharing or when connecting to an existing session from a mobile device.
  • delian66 14y ago
    For me, tmux has saner options and more mnemonic default keyboard shortcuts, that do not interfere with default bash shortcuts (Ctrl-A is goto-home-of-line in bash/emacs, but it is hijacked by screen by default as its escape sequence; tmux uses Ctrl-B for the same by default, which in the emacs bindings means go-back-a-character, and I do not use much, and is less likely to hit by accident).