On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 04:22:23PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 10:54:34PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 11:30:05PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > > > and leave this VC 1 open. VC 2 is ssh'd to the box and either mutt or > > > $watch -n 20 "from -c" > > > > > > VC 3 is for net-related curses stuff (currently a wget session). > > > VC 4 is where I type startx when I need to. > > > > > > There was a time when I had Ctrl-Alt-UP set in inittab to open a new vt. > > > > Never heard of 'screen'? > > > > I have heard of it, but it relies, like so many other gnu tools, on the > operator (me) having either a good memory or a cheat-sheet for > keystrokes. I have a poor memory (learning disability) and a > cheat-sheet makes using it very slow. Whereas, Ctrl-Alt-UP is simple. > > Doug. I just started to use screen and it has 'control-a ?' which given you the 'cheatsheet'. But you dont need all the commands to start using it.
I use: 'screen MYCOMMAND' to start a new screen session control-a " for menu-based session selection control-a n for 'go to next screen session' 'screen -list' to list the sessions there are many more, but it is easy to try and then ask here for more advanced options. -K -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
