On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 10:28:20PM -0400, David Mertz wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020, 10:16 PM Steven D'Aprano
>
> > I think that if we go ahead with this, we shouldn't allow lack
> > of support for screen and/or tmux to stand in the way. A 99% solution is
> > better than a 0% solution :-)
> >
>
> What manner of savages run a terminal without a multiplexer? :-)
Savages with a terminal that natively supports multiple tabs, and a GUI
desktop environment that supports multiple terminal windows :-P
I understand using screen or tmux when ssh'ing into a remote machine,
but what advantage are they when you are using the local machine via a
GUI?
One advantage is you can outright quit the terminal application and the session remains active in the multiplexer. Since I'm clumsy, I've been saved by this more than once.
- Smith