On Wed, Jan 08, 1997 at 11:17:42PM -0600, Asher Haig wrote: > G. Crimp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 1/8/98 10:51 PM > > > I am in an interrogative mood this evening. There are two things > >that have often caught my eye when cruising the dselect selection > >browser. The screen package is one. From the description it seems to > >me to be pretty much the same thing as the virtual terminals that come > >part and parcel with Linux. Are they the same, or do they provide > >something the VT's don't ? > > Screen is more for over telnet sessions etc. It also provides the ability > to detach (either great, or evil, depending on who you ask) screens and > resume them later.
I have a DEC vt420 terminal hooked up and the screen package allows me to do virtual terminals on that (including cut&paste between the terminals) :-) Adrian email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Debian Linux - www.debian.org http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett | Because bloated, unstable PGP key available on public key servers | operating systems are from MS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
