I have been using screen for the last 15 years and I think its one of the most useful pieces of software that I use. I still use it to this day instead of any fancy window managers - and I also use it for preserving state. - Arvind Sundararajan

I don't like that I lose the scrollback buffer. (maybe it's in there somewhere, but it shift-pageup doesn't work) - Paul Buchheit

Well, I use scroll from within screen - you can even do copy/paste without using the mouse that way. I rarely use the terminal scroll bar. - Arvind Sundararajan

I use ctrl-a [ then arrow keys to access the scrollback (crtl-c to exit mode). There's probably a better way. - Private Sanjeev

Oh yeah, I love screen too... - Holger Eilhard

I do something similar (I don't like ctrl-a interfering with emacs, so I set my screen escape key to ctrl-\). Instead of the arrow keys, I use (hjkl, ctrl-u and ctrl-d) to navigate the scrollback buffer. - Arvind Sundararajan

I remapped ctrl-a to ctrl-x, to annoy every emacs user using my screen. ctrl-x ctrl-c creates a new window. (ctrl-a interferes with bash line editing, but ctrl-x doesn't) - Tudor Bosman

I *loved* screen back in the days when I only had a dialup shell account, especially for its ability to keep your session going while disconnected. It was awesome for switching between emacs, RN, IRC, ELM, and MUDs. I still feel today that 'curses' applications on Unix back in those days were far more responsive than desktop or web applications today, despite crappier hardware and faster network. - Ray Cromwell

@paul add this to your .screenrc: terminfo xterm* 'ti@:te@' - Jim Norris

I remapped ctrl-a to ctrl-z. I wonder how many people remap ctrl-a in screen. - Amit Patel