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authorNicholas Marriott <nicholas.marriott@gmail.com>2018-05-22 08:02:06 +0100
committerNicholas Marriott <nicholas.marriott@gmail.com>2018-05-22 08:02:43 +0100
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Welcome to tmux!
-tmux is a "terminal multiplexer", it enables a number of terminals (or windows)
-to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. tmux is intended to be a
-simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU screen.
+tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals to be created,
+accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a
+screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.
This release runs on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, OS X and Solaris.