On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 02:09:12 +0000 (UTC), Martin Vaeth wrote: > > Screen and tabs are different solutions to different problems. When > > working with multiple SSH sessions to different machines, and not > > using ClusterSSH, I find it most convenient to have a tab for each > > host, with a screen session in that tab. > > I find nested tmux/screen sessions rather convenient, and use them > regularly for that purpose (my setup nests them automatically, so > I do not have to do anything manually).
As does mine. It is not starting them I find inconvenient but using them is less convenient, for me, than a combination of tabs and screen. > > The main issue with nested screens being that the command > > keystrokes seemed to always go to the wrong instance of screen. > > It's just a question to get used to press Ctrl-aa instead of Ctrl-a > for remote/chroot sessions. Up to the rare instances when I run a > chroot within a remote session and thus have to press even Ctrl-aaa, > this is something I do not even have to think about anymore. Had I found that approach more workable, I'm sure I could have trained me rather creaky muscle memory to do it, but Shift-Left/Right to switch between hosts and Ctrl-B N/P to switch between sessions on a host works extremely well. To go back to the OP's original point, having hostnames on the tabs also makes it obvious which sessions I have open. -- Neil Bothwick Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty but only the pig enjoys it.
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