Re: [dev] Why do you use tmux/screen?

From: Ryan O’Hara <rninty_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:33:41 -0700

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On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Dimitris Zervas <dzervas_AT_dzervas.gr> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> After a year or so in the list, I think each and every one is using tmux or screen (I think more tmux, but do not start a war please, that's not the subject).
> Why is that? For the tabs?
> Why not use tabbed? or DWM's mono-view (how is it called when you see only 1 window?)?
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> Apart from that, if it is really useful, how does it work? I searched a bit the web and I only found some keybindings, but not how the thing works.
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tmux can detach, which is useful when you want to:

 - hide things you aren’t working on currently but may need to refer back to,
   without cluttering up your windows

 - persist sessions across restarts of your terminal emulator or window manager

It also provides scrollback, and can even tell you the time!
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