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In my opinion, gnu screen is one of the best utilities for unix operating systems ever written. Not just because of what it lets you do explicitly, but the way
by yan 18y ago
In my opinion, gnu screen is one of the best utilities for unix operating systems ever written. Not just because of what it lets you do explicitly, but the way it changes the way a unix system can be used. Using continuously-running apps in multiplexed windows did wonders for my communications and file management.
I even remember my screen windows from high school! (0-user,1-root,2-mutt,3-naim[aim client],4-irssi,5-7-misc) My friends who also used screen had their own window groups. I also remember my keyboard having the 'A' key significantly more worn than others.
I have since switched to GUI chat and email apps, but I instantly feel nostalgic whenever these articles pop up.
- access_denied 18y agoYou see, this is one of the things that make it so awesome to use a Lisp Machine (or Emacs on modern hardware).
- access_denied 18y agoI don't know why I get downvoted for that. I mean this seriously. Emacs has a tiled window manager, a buffer menu etc and that leads to the nice workflow described by the parent poster. I wanted to point out with terminal+screens you re-build the sam environment. Ok, my post lacks "brilliance", but downvoting?
- adimit 18y agoIf you like the semantic nature of these workspace layouts, maybe tiling window management is for you. Pretty much the same thing as screen in terms of how windows get arranged. Try [xmonad](http://xmonad.org http://xmonad.org) or [dwm/wmii](http://suckless.org http://suckless.org) I find myself using only very few screen sessions because my WM takes care of most of the work, and only use it for persistent applications when I need to shut down X or launch irssi on a remote server, etc.
- moe 18y agoion3 (http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/ http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/) should not be missing from that list.