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I don't understand the logic there. In what non-contrived scenario would you run both simultaneously, such that they would conflict? C-a does annoyingly confli
by shawnlower2 7y ago
I don't understand the logic there. In what non-contrived scenario would you run both simultaneously, such that they would conflict?
C-a does annoyingly conflict with readline's "move to start of line", though.
- jimktrains2 7y agoHitting C-a twice sends it to the terminal.
- syncsynchalt 7y agoClose... "C-a a" sends a real "C-a", while "C-a C-a" swaps with your most recent window (it's fast and convenient to type).
- Nacraile 7y ago1. Outer tmux on local/primary machine, for your usual daily use-case (i.e. managing multiple terminal sessions). 2. In outer tmux, ssh to some other machine you need to administrate. 3. screen because you need multiple terminal sessions on that machine, or need detachability/reconnectability for some long-running process.
- jethro_tell 7y agoAlso, many older production machines don't have tmux, so nesting a screen session happens. This is starting to not be a thing, but it was a thing for the trailing 10 years.
- andrewla 7y agoMy understanding of the history is that the developers of tmux were using screen to develop tmux, because tmux didn't exist yet, so they needed a non-conflicting keystroke. Obviously they could have switched before a general release, but I guess they had gotten used to it.
- justwalt 7y agoAt work, my desktop has tmux, but the servers we deploy on only have screen.