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by eggy1 472 days ago
There is also byobu [0], it is a little confusing but i like it in some cases

[0] https://www.byobu.org/

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Can it do tiling -- or any other kind of -- windowing, though?

I've tried it, briefly, and my impression was that it's full-screen (or full-terminal-emulator-window) only. Which means it's not the same kind of thing at all.

There are various full-screen terminal multiplexors out there, but the point is this:

* modern screens are big and can show hundreds of rows and columns

* very long lines are really hard to read

* So, I want a tool to split up that big space into multiple smaller windows. I want to be able to keep eyes on several things at once, side by side.

* With shorter, more readable lines.