* Derek Martin <inva...@pizzashack.org> [03-30-10 21:49]:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 08:58:20PM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> 
> I found screen's learning curve to be about 10 minutes for all the
> basic functionality... everything I use frequently.  The help is fine
> and so is the man page for more complicated stuff.

Tmux is virtually the same learning curve.

> > It makes some of screen's *features* more functional such as split
> > screen w/o using one of the screen numbers that allow direct access
> > (<ctrl-a>2).  
> 
> I don't really understand what you mean...
> 
> > Tmux uses <ctrl-b> rather than <ctrl-a>,
> 
> This is configurable in screen.

and in tmux

> > and allows direct access to > 10 screens, buffers, ....
> 
> I have 13 screens in the window I'm typing in right now.  

and direct access by keyboard to 10

> I'm not sure what you mean by "buffers" but I guess you might mean
> scroll-back buffers.  Screen has that too.

yes, tmux is a replacement for screen functions.

> Maybe you could comment a little more in depth about how tmux is
> better?

http://tmux.sourceforge.net/
http://tmux.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/tmux/tmux/FAQ

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