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A simple program that emulates the detach feature of screen

10 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 0 stories, 10 comments · first 2021-01-15 · latest 2026-02-25

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  1. …at dtach [2] and abduco [3].) [1]: https://zellij.dev and https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij [2]: https://github.com/crigler/dtach and https://dtach.sourceforge.net [3]: https://github.com/martanne/abduco/issues/70
    comment by xpe · 2026-02-25 · in Claude Code Remote Control
  2. …there's a way to do this on Linux, there is: https://strace.io/ https://github.com/nelhage/reptyr https://github.com/crigler/dtach https://github.com/jerome-pouiller/reredirect https://github.com/pasky/retty
  3. …direct and minimal stdin/stdout piping tool that's worked great with everything I've thrown at it. https://github.com/crigler/dtach
    comment by jauntywundrkind · 2025-12-04 · in Zmx: Session Persistence for Terminal Processes
  4. …option dtach, which similarly seems to be a lightweight re-attachable way to run a program. https://github.com/crigler/dtach For a while I was running neovim on dtach, which let me host all the terminals I might want. It has long felt…
    comment by jauntywundrkind · 2024-06-13 · in Show HN: Shpool, a Lightweight Tmux Alternative
  5. dtach creates pseudo-TTYs too: - https://github.com/crigler/dtach/blob/master/master.c#L53 - https://github.com/crigler/dtach/blob/master/master.c#L108 As an aside, that projects source is surprisingly easy to follow. I was able to grok it…
  6. …which is a very thin very simple proxy, as opposed to a full on terminal emulator / multiplexer. https://github.com/crigler/dtach
    comment by rektide · 2023-04-23 · in Boot to Vim, Vim as Pid 1 (2014)
  7. …where-as dtach passes through, and I find a lot less weird color handling & other bugs with dtach. https://github.com/crigler/dtach
  8. …50% of tmux/screen (& 100% of) dtach's use. Persistence would make a great addition to kitty. [1] https://github.com/crigler/dtach
  9. …[3] https://anildash.com/2021/01/03/keeping-tabs-on-your-abstrac... [4] https://github.com/crigler/dtach [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25792205
    comment by rektide · 2021-01-15 · in Terminal Multiplexers
  10. …the TERM setting once the program has launched. [1] https://github.com/austinjones/tab-rs [2] https://github.com/crigler/dtach [3] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dtach
    comment by rektide · 2021-01-15 · in Terminal Multiplexers