William Boshuck wrote: > 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
May I also suggest the FAQ article written by tmux author Nicholas Marriott? http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html#tmux Nick.
