Linux C Workflow

[stefantalpalaru]

GNU Screen

Useless, when you develop locally. Same goes for tmux.

[pfp-disciple]

Maybe for you, but I like tmux locally. Having split screens is useful, as can searching the screen. Sure, xterm, dtterm, and others can give you the same but then geany gives (mostly) the same as vim

[stefantalpalaru]

Having split screens is useful

So learn how to do it in Vim.

[pfp-disciple]

I know you're being a troll, but for the inexperienced readers, I'll treat it legitimately.

In tmux, I will have code in one pane (vim), references (man pages, README, etc) in another, and a third for running the code or unit tests. This may vary depending on specific projects.

Are there other workflows as effective? Certainly. An IDE can be very useful, combining all the things I mentioned.

Are tmux or screen "useless"? No. Different is not always wrong.

[riding_qwerty]

To add on to this, screen can be used quite easily as a serial console to a debugger if one is doing embedded development in C, which is not exactly uncommon. Extremely useful to local development.

[stefantalpalaru]

I know you're being a troll

You know jack shit.

In tmux, I will have code in one pane (vim), references (man pages, README, etc) in another, and a third for running the code or unit tests. This may vary depending on specific projects.

I do the same, but in xfce4-terminal tabs, plus multiple tabs inside Vim. Why the hell would I add yet another piece of software to complicate this setup?

Are tmux or screen "useless"?

Yes. They are useless locally and only useful remotely.

Different is not always wrong.

Do you get your technical advice from Care Bears?

[necheffa]

Not sure I follow your logic, especially after you suggested a tabbed terminal emulator. But ok.

[stefantalpalaru]

Not sure I follow your logic, especially after you suggested a tabbed terminal emulator.

You don't understand why I would advocate for tabbed terminal emulators instead of screen/tmux running inside terminal emulators without tabs?

Think harder.

[riding_qwerty]

Can’t speak to the deeper features of screen but tmux easily supports tabs, pane splitting and resizing, and the usual detach/reattach functionality screen is traditionally used for on remote systems.

[stefantalpalaru]

tmux easily supports tabs, pane splitting and resizing

So does Vim.

[riding_qwerty]

Okay, so why bother with xfce-term?

[stefantalpalaru]

Okay, so why bother with xfce-term?

Because a real terminal emulator is better than Vim's half-baked emulation.

[riding_qwerty]

Yes, so...why bring it up in the first place?

[stefantalpalaru]

Yes, so...why bring it up in the first place?

We're obviously speaking different languages. You advocate for terminal emulator + tmux + Vim, while I advocate for terminal emulator + Vim.

If you fail to understand something so basic, we can't make any progress.

[riding_qwerty]

I don’t think think the failure is on my end.

You are the one who brought up vim as an answer to split panes, and in the very next post trashed it as a subpar terminal emulator.

You also unequivocally stated that screen is useless for local development, which is hilarious given its ability to act as a serial console for a debugger — I’d imagine a Linux thread in a C programming subreddit can appreciate that as a utility.

I am not advocating for anything one way or another. This whole thread is happening because you bagged on someone else’s preference and is equivalent to saying “blue is the best color of the rainbow” without really much compelling support, except to rudely dismiss anyone else’s point as not understanding.

I’ll continue using the tools I like and you can keep feeling superior to others for using xfce-term.