GNU Screen 5.0 Released With Rewritten Authentication Mechanism

The very useful GNU Screen program for multiplexing terminals between processes is out with a shiny new feature release.

GNU Screen 5.0 is now available with a number of updates compared to the prior release. GNU Screen 5.0 provides a rewritten authentication mechanism, new escape sequences, new commands, and other changes. The official GNU Screen 5.0 highlights include:

* Rewritten authentication mechanism
* Add escape %T to show current tty for window
* Add escape %O to show number of currently open windows
* Use wcwdith() instead of UTF-8 hard-coded tables
* New commands:
- auth [on|off]
Provides password protection
- status [top|up|down|bottom] [left|right]
The status window by default is in the bottom-left corner.
This command can move status messages to any corner of the screen.
- truecolor [on|off]
- multiinput
Input to multiple windows at the same time
* Removed commands:
- time
- debug
- password
- maxwin
- nethack
* Fixes:
- Screen buffers ESC keypresses indefinitely
- Crashes after passing through a zmodem transfer
- Fix double -U issue

Downloads and more details on the GNU Screen 5.0 release via the GNU.org mailing list.