> > I also find the key shortcuts to change between screen windows to be > easier to execute than the typical shortcuts to switch between > separate xterms (though this could likely be overcome by making some > custom shortcuts). > This is very true. The key-binding/shortcuts for *tmux* also stream line my working habits. I don't need to move my hands away from the keyboard and I don't need to do any odd shortcuts that might be default for the X Session. The default shortcuts can be easily changed, so that is really just me being lazing and sticking with what works for me. -> Jake On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Erik Anderson <erikerik at gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Robert Nesius <nesius at gmail.com> wrote: > > I've always viewed screen as something handy when your console/terminal > is > > an old-school wyse terminal. But you guys seem to be using screen/tmux > in > > the course of every-day work. In a modern desktop environment with a > window > > manager, is screen/tmux really better than, say, multiple > > xterms/konsoles/etc...? > > While screen/tmux have *tons* of functionality, the killer function > are made apparent when working on remote systems: > > 1. The ability to deal gracefully with network issues. If you're > running in a screen session and your network connections drops, your > terminal will remain happily running and is available to re-attach to > once network issues are sorted out. > > 2. Related to #1, they offer the ability to start a long-running > process, then detach from that console, letting the process keep > running. Then you can re-attach at some point in the future to check > progress, resume work, etc. This is also quite nice for interactive > programs like irssi - you can just always keep yourself signed into > IRC within a screen window, but then detach/attach as necessary. > > I also find the key shortcuts to change between screen windows to be > easier to execute than the typical shortcuts to switch between > separate xterms (though this could likely be overcome by making some > custom shortcuts). > > - Erik > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120410/9e9fdd77/attachment.html>