Re: screen vs. multiple xterm's + remote connection

2004-08-23 Thread Jon
> so if you forgot to gracefully "^A d" detach a session at work > (or kill its operating window for example) you can force a > detach from elsewhere. suddenly, the cleaning folks at your > office are seeing your xterm say "[remote detached]" and now yuo > can reattach to it wherever you are. (note

Re: screen vs. multiple xterm's + remote connection

2004-08-16 Thread Will Trillich
On Mon, Aug 16 at 03:58AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > >you can now switch to console (alt-ctl-f1) or another xterm or another tty anywhere (other computers, possibly on other continents) :) > >and do "screen -D -R" to reattach to your original session! > > > My editor was e

Re: screen vs. multiple xterm's + remote connection

2004-08-16 Thread Paul Scott
Will Trillich wrote: On Mon, Aug 16 at 12:24AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: I keep looking at "screen." I just tried it again. My temporary conclusion is that it would be obviously very valuable when not running X. When running X I more often than not want to see two or more consoles (xterms, etc