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iTerm vs. screen
Authored by: jafager on Apr 21, '03 12:53:18PM

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
caption always "%w"
shelltitle "hostname"

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:

  • faster operation from the keyboard
  • the ability to detach from a running session and reattach later
  • split screen (multiple terminals in the same window)
  • shared terminals

iTerm has some advantages as well:

  • scroll back and forth with the mouse wheel
  • xterm titlebar support for windows and tabs
  • switch terminals with the mouse

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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