On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 05:34:31PM EST, Michael Schroeder wrote: > > Hi Screen Users, > > you probably wonder why the new version of screen is not already > available. Well, it got delayed a bit because of a couple of new > features I've added. The development version is available from > GNU savanna: > > cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/sources/screen co screen > > Here are the new features: > > - vertical split, complete with resizing > > ^A | split vertically > > resize [-l] [-h] [-v] <amount> > > -l : resize is local to slice > -h : resize horizontally > -v : resize vertically > > amount: 10 resize to size 10 > amount: +10 make 10 bigger > amount: -10 make 10 smaller > amount: 10% make it 10% of all > amount: = make all windows equal > > - better resize code using weights > > the layout will stay in shape even after heavy resizing > > - window groups > > currently a bit ugly to create: > screen -t <name> //group > creates a group named <name> > > a group is a subset of windows, ^Aw will only display the > current group and next/prev will not leave the group. > Use ^A" to list all windows of the current group (this also > leaves to group, so that next/prev or a second ^A" will > show the other windows. > > - layouts > > A layout stores the current setup of the display, i.e. all the > slices and the window assignments. > > layout save Desktop1 > > will save the current setup under the name "Desktop1". If you > detach and reattach later on, the layout will automatically > be restored. "Desktop1" will become the current layout. > > layout autosave off > > This turns the autosafe feature off. Layouts are automatically > saved if autosave is on and the user detachs or switches to > another layout. > > layout new Desktop2 > > Create a new empty layout named "Desktop2". > > layout name "foo" > > Rename the current layout to "foo". > > layout next > layout prev > layout load "name" > > Load the next/prev layout / the layout named "name". > > layout attach :last > layout attach "name" > > Set the layout used when somebody is attaching. Default is ":last", > this is the layout that was current when the last detach was done. > > Besides the restoring of the screen on re-attach, layouts can be > used to implement a kind of "virtual desktop" in screen. Say > you put "layout save Desktop1" in your ~/.screenrc. If you > need a new Desktop, do "^A:layout new Desktop2". You can then > use "layout next" to switch between both layouts. > > So, feedback welcome. You probably have a lot of suggestions and > enhancement requests. Sorry that development is a bit slow at > the moment due to not enough spare time... > > Cheers, > Michael.
Thanks, Michael. I have no suggestions or enhancement requests at this point but I am very happy that the rumors I had heard about gnu/screen development being abandoned were not true. I am also quite thrilled that vertical split is possible with the new release. Due to the high definition of current displays this had become indispensable. Thank you very much. cga. _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
