tmux

In one of my articles, I wrote about GNU screen. I was looking for a terminal multiplexer and GNU screen provided me that. After using GNU screen for a while, I heard of tmux, another terminal multiplexer which is newer and easier to customize. GNU screen's language for customization is very hard to understand. Every time I wanted to customize something, I just couldn't find the way of doing it is screen. However, in tmux the language for customization is very easy to understand. It is well documented. So, I switched to tmux from screen. Also tmux has many advantages over screen. Some of them are as follows.

1. Supports vertical splitting of window
2. Any number of splitting of window is possible
3. Better session management
4. Easy to understand customization interface
5. Lighter and faster

One problem with tmux is it is not installed by default on linux machines. So, when I need to work at any remote machine I have rely on GNU Screen.