"- Compile your own version of 'screen' from the git sources. Most versions have a slow scrolling on a vertical split or even no vertical split at all" Or you

"- Compile your own version of 'screen' from the git sources. Most versions have a slow scrolling on a vertical split or even no vertical split at all" Or you could just use tmux which afaict is superior to screen in almost every way. http://tmux.sourceforge.net/ http://tmux.sourceforge.net/