How to split byobu screen?

Question

On the byobu Wikipedia page there is a screenshot with the terminal screen:

Link to terminal screen using byobu

Can somebody explain to me what programs are used here?
My guess - at the bottom - vim, top right - terminal, top left - I don't know.
And how to make such a byobu screen?

top left program is htop, a persistent version of top. It lists running processes and hardware load, and allows you to search processes, send them signals, ... — Aserre, Jul 08 '14 at 09:38
for horizontal do Ctrl+A then | which is very confusing given the vertical looking keyboard char |. — Charlie Parker, Aug 01 '24 at 17:54

score 87 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 24 '16 at 10:53

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The controls have changed since the accepted answer was posted. From Byobu's help page:

edited Nov 24 '16 at 10:53

David Foerster

answered Nov 21 '15 at 03:15

nick

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And how do we close one or more splits? – Tarik Aug 22 '17 at 21:18
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@Tarik type exit in split, which you want to close. – AndriusZ Oct 04 '17 at 07:21
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That's if you want to exit the terminal. If you want to stop splitting, then in the screen version Ctrl-A followed by Q will "maximize" the current window – David Fraser Nov 16 '17 at 15:33
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If you use emacs key bindings.. then replace Ctrl+A with F12 – VJ. Nov 26 '19 at 13:23
Shift+F2 or Ctrl+F2? You say both. Does that mean "new pane"? – endolith Dec 30 '22 at 15:36
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Actually it seems like Ctrl+A and then | is all that's needed to split the screen vertically? – endolith Dec 30 '22 at 15:42
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for horizontal do Ctrl+A then | which is very confusing given the vertical looking keyboard char |. – Charlie Parker Aug 01 '24 at 17:55

score 28 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 25 '17 at 18:16

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1 . Can somebody explain to me what programs are used here?

2 . And how to make such a byobu screen?

Horizontal split: Ctrl+A S
Vertical split: Ctrl+A | (there is a vertical screen patch that switches the shortcut to Ctrl+A V)
To move the focus to the next split: Ctrl+A Tab

edited Oct 25 '17 at 18:16

the

answered Jul 08 '14 at 09:37

Rinzwind

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The shortcuts have changed since. See help.ubuntu.com/community/Byobu Shift+F2 and Ctrl+F2 split the screen horizontally and vertically respectively. Moving focus is done with Shift+Arrow Key (left, right, up, down) depending on the focus switch you want to do. – BlueCacti Aug 31 '15 at 16:19
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This is what works for me: Ctrl + A % to split horizontally and Ctrl + A | to split vertically. – Hoang Huynh Dec 23 '15 at 08:49
Doesn't work with Emacs bindings. ;) – A.B. Jan 07 '16 at 08:53
@A.B. Think of these commands as [prefix] + [command]. On my system, the default prefix for Emacs-compatibility is C-S. So, in my case, I press C-S % to split horizontally. (See comment by Hoang Huynh above.) – David J. Sep 21 '16 at 19:26
@HoangHuynh Strange, in my case your shortcuts work, but do the exact opposite. – hbogert Jul 26 '17 at 20:36
If you use emacs key bindings.. then replace Ctrl+A with F12 – VJ. Nov 26 '19 at 13:24

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