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Re:Tmux 1.9 released by memming on Friday February 21, 2014 @11:04AM (#7277544)
Why not just keep your key bindings compatible with screen? You can't stay with legacy systems forever.
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Re:Tmux 1.9 released by res0nat0r on Friday February 21, 2014 @01:01PM (#7278296)
There really isn't anything 'legacy' with screen. I've been using it for 20 years daily. I really have no reason to switch to tmux because I really can't see anything screen doesn't already offer me.

Vertical splits were patched in and added a long time ago, screen is usually installed by default, so I know it is there on systems where I'm not allowed to install packages. I can share screen sessions with co-workers, split windows etc.

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Re:Tmux 1.9 released by pyre on Friday February 21, 2014 @01:41PM (#7278559)
> Vertical splits were patched in and added a long time ago

IIRC, that patch floated around for a while.

The other thing that tmux brings to the table is better scripting support than screen + things like tmuxinator (for me at least).

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