Terminal multiplexers are CLI desktop environments Updated 2025-04-18 +Created 1970-01-01
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If we didn't have GUIs, terminal multiplexers would be our desktop environments. E.g. they handle stuff like:
  • window switching
  • copy pasting across windows
  • screen locking
  • clock on the status bar (same one that holds tabs)
It is a thing of beauty.
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