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iTerm vs. screen
I used screen for a while before iTerm was available. If you're good with the keyboard and you either remap your caps lock key or use a Unix-style keyboard with the control key in the right location, you can work very efficiently with screen. This is the .screenrc that I use:
startup_message off
This turns off the annoying splash screen at startup, forces the window list to always appear at the bottom of the screen, and sets the default name for new windows (you have to replace "hostname" with the name of your server). Screen has some advantages over iTerm:
iTerm has some advantages as well:
iTerm is a great Terminal replacement, even if you use screen and only open one tab, and screen is great for doing things that iTerm isn't capable of. jafager |
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