On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 10:41:00AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 11:09:58PM +0200, Matthias Czapla wrote: > > Because of this and because it feels so UNIX-ish I mostly work at a > > serial terminal. Now when you read a man page, for some system call > > for example, I *have* to remember it because you cannot have the man > > page and text editor visible at the same time. > > Consider looking at the package `screen', which allows you to maintain a > session on a machine independent of the console you are typing from, and > to multiplex virtual terminals on a single serial line. > > Screen is capable of displaying two composed terminals at once.
I know screen. My point is that I consider having to remember what I read an advantage because it forces me to actually *learn* instead of copying. Regards Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
