I already fulfilled the need of a text editor that can split windows (GVIM). But last night, I was doing something that involved going out of the text editor. I tried searching for this before but ended up with nothing. I tried it again last night and finally found something for screen.

It’s called regions. When a region is created, your screen will be split horizontally. The following are the ninja keystrokes needed to accomplish this great feat.

• ctrl+a S (shift+s) creates a new region
• ctrl+a Tab cycles between regions
• ctrl+a + increases the height
• ctrl+a - decreases the height
• ctrl+a X (shift+x) destroys the active region

If you’re a huge multi-tasker, you’ll find this very handy on the CLI. Here’s an introduction to screen to get you started.

Would it be too much to ask if Gnome Terminal did this?

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