Stuart Luscombe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SL> When I am SSH'd into a server and then use the screen command, how SL> do I detach/re-attach the screen if I am in the middle of running SL> a process (apt/vim document etc.). I have read the man file and it SL> talks about 'C-a' commands, but I cannot seem to work these out. I SL> have tried Ctrl+alt, but this does not seem to work...
No, by "C-a" they mean "Ctrl+A"; this is the same convention the Emacs documentation uses. Most screen commands require two keys (e.g. "C-a c", to create a new window, is "Control-A, C"). -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell