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After a Long wait, GNU Screen Gets Refreshed

Posted by timothy on from the s-in-gnu's-not-unix-stands-for dept.

New submitter jostber (304257) writes "It's been a long wait, but now GNU Screen, the most useful CLI windows manager around, is available. Version 4.2.1 was released a couple of days ago and the maintainer's release news is here." There are fewer commits than you might expect for software that's had six years since its last major update, but that could be because the developers have had 23 years to knock out the major bugs.

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  1. One question by n1ywb · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Does it finally have vsplit?

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  2. Re:most useful? by doti · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I hear tmux is more "modern", but I still use screen because, well, I'm used to it, and it works.

    What tmux does that screen doesn't?

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  3. Re:No screenshots by PrimaryConsult · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Also similar to VNC, you can allow other users read only access to your screen session. Useful for a classroom instruction scenario, or collaboration among remote employees.

    A more niche but still useful feature is the ability to connect to the same screen session from multiple locations simultaneously. Generally I prefer to work from a Linux box, but whenever I need to copy/paste with outlook, having the same session open on a Windows box is quite helpful...