It's close to a "remote desktop" where you connect to an existing "screen" and continue where you left off, vs each time you connect, a brand new "screen" being created, and it getting destroyed as soon as you disconnect. The fact that the shell dies as soon as you disconnect is far more problematic than just long running jobs.
Exactly. One of my favorite things about working in tmux is that my editor session persists, whatever state my laptop is in. Out of battery? Rebooted after updating the kernel? My workspace stays the same
Yeah, I agree with that. I use tmux for pretty much everything, and I do use the splits and multiple screens when I do. In fact I do use it even when I'm working locally because I like the keyboard shortcuts and mouse support (and why I've never really cared if my text editor has a terminal built in).
It's close to a "remote desktop" where you connect to an existing "screen" and continue where you left off, vs each time you connect, a brand new "screen" being created, and it getting destroyed as soon as you disconnect. The fact that the shell dies as soon as you disconnect is far more problematic than just long running jobs.