In short, it is something like remote "tab-browsing" on the console. Cool! ; )
Holden ---------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 02:09:54 -0700 Rick Moen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any overview will do, if don't mind. =) > > OK. Quoting: > > Screen: Runs console sessions remotely on your behalf, keeps them open > after you disconnect, with easy reconnection and resuming all running > applications the way you left them. Natural combination with SSH. > > The GNU Project's screen utility is one of my mainstays, letting me keep > my most-used applications open and able to be resumed exactly as I left > them, all the time. I normally leave several copies of my preferred > e-mail program, mutt, running, plus the lynx Web browser and slrn for > reading Usenet newsgroups. Screen as a "session multiplexer" will keep > my place in each such session. I reach my machine from wherever I am > using SSH remote login, and then do "screen -r" to reattach all the > running screen sessions to my current terminal. > > Screen has a built-in cut-and-paste mechanism reminiscent of the old > Quarterdeck DesqView one. It also has automated session logging, > supports screenshots, configurable window titles, and has a screen-lock > feature. Type "ctrl-a ?" to see a command quick-reference. > > Screen's default configuration file is (naturally) /etc/screenrc, which > individual users can override using ~/.screenrc . > > For the truly devoted, there's an entire screen-type window manager, > called "ratpoison", http://ratpoison.sourceforge.net/ , with the slogan > "Say goodbye to the rodent". > > > References: > http://www.gnu.org/directory/screen.html > http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/screen.html > > -- > Cheers, "He was clearly a man of many qualities, even if most of them > Rick Moen were bad ones." -- Douglas Adams, describing Zaphod Beeblebrox > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
