On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 12:55 AM, Anita Kuno <ante...@anteaya.info> wrote:
> On 07/01/2014 08:52 AM, CARVER, PAUL wrote: > > Anant Patil wrote: > >> I use tmux (an alternative to screen) a lot and I believe lot of other > developers use it. > >> I have been using devstack for some time now and would like to add the > option of > >> using tmux instead of screen for creating sessions for openstack > services. > >> I couldn't find a way to do that in current implementation of devstack. > > > > Is it just for familiarity or are there specific features lacking in > screen that you think > > would benefit devstack? I’ve tried tmux a couple of times but didn’t > find any > > compelling reason to switch from screen. I wouldn’t argue against anyone > who > > wants to use it for their day to day needs. But don’t just change > devstack on a whim, > > list out the objective benefits. > > > > Having a configuration option to switch between devstack-screen and > devstack-tmux > > seems like it would probably add more complexity than benefit, > especially if there > > are any functional differences. If there are functional differences it > would be better > > to decide which one is best (for devstack, not necessarily best for > everyone in the world) > > and go with that one only. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenStack-dev mailing list > > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > > Actually as a tmux user I really like that devstack uses screen, that > way when I have screen running in tmux, I can decide (since they have > different default key combinations, Control+A for screen and Control+B > for tmux) which utility I am talking to, screen or tmux. > > Thanks, > Anita. > As a long-time nested-screen user I've run into this a lot. I've always run a local screen session on my desktop/laptop; and then another session on the machine I use to do real work. When I used screen I always used to use "escape ^ee" on my local session (as I used it less) and left the remote at the default, so that I could choose which session I was controlling. Now that I've switched to tmux, I do the same - but with tmux the command is "set prefix C-e". I find tmux easier to get set up than screen because I can have a simple shell script on my local machine that sets it up as a "master" session. If we did move from screen to tmux (it sounds like we have a long way to go before we're convinced it's worth the effort), I don't think the key bindings will be something that should sway the decision one way or the other - they're very easy to change. > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >
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