Leandro Melo de Sales wrote: > Can you please tell me the propose of screen? > > Thank you, > > Leandro > > 2006/12/5, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:35:55 +0000, b.n. wrote: >> >> > Why is using screen so recommended? I never used it, but I'd like to >> > know about. >> >> It's just so useful, give it a try. >> >> There are two types of people in the world, those who thing screen is >> the >> best thing since sliced bread and those who have never used it. I can't >> recall ever reading a comment like "I tried screen but didn't like it". >> >> >> -- >> Neil Bothwick >> >> "" " """ " "" " """ <-- random quotes >> >> >>
Let's say in this situation the OP is in now. He can open a screen session, "screen -S OOo". Then start the emerge of open office like normal. If he wants to or needs to he can do a ctrl a then hit d and detach the session. The emerge process knows no difference and keeps the emerge going. If he started the screen session in Konsole or something like that, he can log out of the GUI and then reattach it in a console. All he has to do is a screen -r OOo to bring it back. If it is still compiling away and all looks well, do a ctrl a then hit d to detach again and let it carry on. I have also read where some say it compiles faster when using screen because it is not feeding the text to a actual screen. The speed up, especially for a long compile like OOo, can make quite a difference from what they said. It takes a bit to get used to it and figure out the commands but it is neat just to do what I have listed here. I still can not figure out how to make it scroll back though. Dale :-) :-) -- [email protected] mailing list
