Re:Little known features of iTerm2
by bmn__ on Monday March 02, 2020 @05:42AM
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If you didn't miss it until now, it's likely you won't need in much in the future, either. Three main features and their value as I judge them:
* Detach/reattach sessions. This is useful; I run a always connected IRC client on my home machine in a detached session, then reattach to it on the go or from work. Tip: http://enwp.org/Byobu_(software) / http://byobu.co has a vastly better out-of-the-box experience than plain tmux.
* Split screens. I never use it. My GUI terminal emulator software already can do that, but plain tabs or the window manager's features have always been sufficient.
* Connection multiplexing. SSH already does that for me, see `ControlMaster` and `ControlPath` in `man 5 ssh_config`.
* Detach/reattach sessions. This is useful; I run a always connected IRC client on my home machine in a detached session, then reattach to it on the go or from work. Tip: http://enwp.org/Byobu_(software) / http://byobu.co has a vastly better out-of-the-box experience than plain tmux.
* Split screens. I never use it. My GUI terminal emulator software already can do that, but plain tabs or the window manager's features have always been sufficient.
* Connection multiplexing. SSH already does that for me, see `ControlMaster` and `ControlPath` in `man 5 ssh_config`.