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Seth Kenlon is a UNIX geek, free culture advocate, independent multimedia artist, and D&D nerd. He has worked in the film and computing industry, often at the same time. He is one of the maintainers of the Slackware-based multimedia production project Slackermedia.
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Great points, Erez.
I think splitting screens appeals to some users because it makes it easy to cross-reference information in other panes without everything being in separate windows. It's a subtle difference, but I know that in Emacs I appreciate the ease and fluidity with which I can move from one buffer to another without depending on a window manager.
As for the other uses of screen and Tmux, they've been "ignored" in this article because I'm focusing on splitting terminals specifically. I use Tmux to do much much more than just split a screen. Maybe I'll write an article about it some day!
Thanks for reading, and for the comprehensive comment. I love hearing about other people's workflow.