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GNU Screen 5.0 released (savannah.gnu.org)
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Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells.

The 5.0.0 release includes the following changes to the previous release 4.9.1:

  • Rewritten authentication mechanism
  • Add escape %T to show current tty for window
  • Add escape %O to show number of currently open windows
  • Use wcwdith() instead of UTF-8 hard-coded tables
  • New commands:
    • auth [on|off] Provides password protection
    • status [top|up|down|bottom] [left|right] The status window by default is in bottom-left corner. This command can move status messages to any corner of the screen.
    • truecolor [on|off]
    • multiinput Input to multiple windows at the same time
  • Removed commands:
    • time
    • debug
    • password
    • maxwin
    • nethack
  • Fixes:
    • Screen buffers ESC keypresses indefinitely
    • Crashes after passing through a zmodem transfer
    • Fix double -U issue
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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I thought screen was abandonware after RHEL removed it in 2019 and recommended tmux instead.

[–] stefenauris@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Me too! This is certainly news to me!

[–] vort3@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Removed commands: nethack

What? screen had nethack builtin?

[–] urquell@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

And what did it do? 👀

[–] BoydStephenSmithJr@hachyderm.io 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

@JRepin For most purposes, I think tmux is the better software.

[–] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unless you copy and paste. In which case just stab yourself in the eye of you are using tmux.

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Agreed, tmux copy-pasting is so horrendous I'd rather open a new window, less the file and copy with my mouse

[–] remram@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I have a lot of trouble with the window/pane management. Moving panes to a different window is rather difficult. The server>session>window>pane hierarchy also seems way too deep for my humble needs.

The fact that the active window syncs between sessions is also really odd. Why can't I look at different windows on different devices?