[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I've been using screen for many years now, and find it indispensable. Still, > I know quite some people, who never managed to get a hold of it. The initial > learning curve is too steep for them, I guess...
I use screen because I have to, not because I want to. What I value most about screen is the ability to preserve a running session should I lose my connection. What I value second is the ability to share a session. What I value least is the multiple windows stuff and all that crap... err, those features. I found dtach which is 90% of what I need and I created a wrapper (Boleyn) to try automatically reestablish connections on login but, I ran into some problems and I haven't had time to revisit it. If I were a code god (which I most certainly am not), I would give screen a mode where it does nothing but share and preserve connections and reestablish a connection automatically if one is available. Although it probably be easier to start with dtach if I can ever figure out how to differentiate between a "in use" connection versus a detached connection. However, if you're trying to push screen adoption, your suggestions are good ones. You could probably help matters/adoption if you created a "GUI" tool usign dialogue with an eye to easing the option discovery process. _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
