[joeyh]

http://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=screen+tmux&#...

tmux still has a long hill to climb.

FWIW, my .screenrc is 4 lines. My .tmuxrc is 26 lines, and all it tries to do is get a behavior comprable to screen. Ie, using the same ctrl-a, supporting ctrl-ac without needing to release ctrl before the second character, allowing titles to pass thru tmux to the title bar, etc.

[pyre]

  > my .screenrc is 4 lines. My .tmuxrc is 26 lines

You should see my screenrc.

  > all it tries to do is get a behavior comprable to screen

So, veering from the tmux defaults to change them to the screen defaults takes more work in tmux than in screen? Go figure! I never would have guessed. (Hint: It's easier in screen because they are the defaults)

I've never used tmux and I find your post to be biased towards screen. tmux isn't being touted as a 'drop-in replacement' for screen, but that seems to be how you are evaluating it.