On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 01:45:41PM -0400, John Cosimano wrote: > --- Brad Tilley [Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 01:16:23PM -0400]: --- > > > de-installed screen(1) and will start using tmux(1), as it's in base. > > > thanks for the effort of doing that---screen was always among the very > > > first packages i installed on a virgin system. > > > > Same here. For the tmux newbies rather than the Ctrl+A keys use Ctrl+B > > otherwise, the syntax of tmux is very similar to screen. Nice to have > > it in the base OS. > > i seem to remember a thread here on misc@ that was meant to be a tmux > guide for experienced screen users. haven't dug that up yet, as i'm not > sure if i'm better off starting anew
I'd recommend starting anew. tmux works differently from screen in ways you can use to your advantage, it's been better than screen for a while, and it is always improving. The man page is typically excellent, so you can learn au besoin on the fly. -wb
