Subj : Re: Screen or tmux?
To   : paulie420
From : deon
Date : Sun May 02 2021 09:55 am

  Re: Re: Screen or tmux?
  By: paulie420 to acn on Sat May 01 2021 10:31 am

Hey Paulie,

 pa> I do not use screen/tmux... I've used it a time or two that I needed to do something special with irssi (put handles on the left side
 pa> of screen..) but I don't understand/know what its uses ARE.

The main reason I started using it is for disconnected sessions.

I can jump into a box, do some work, disconnect, comeback later, re-connect and see what happened.

In the old modem dialup internet days (or iffy internet connections), this was a saviour.

These days, I work at my desk on an iMac, or sit in front of the TV with a MacBook - and I can "switch" to either and continue where I left off.

The other benefit, especially when developing, one window "pane" is the tail of a debug log file, while another is an interface into the DB and the 3rd where I'm watching incoming HTTP requests. I can zoom into any pane to see more content, or have all 3 on the screen at once while I'm trying to figure out why an API call is failing.

 

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