Dang gmail again. I'll have to slow down when I reply, gotta make sure of the reply-all...
On 7/21/14, Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/20/14, Jason C. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Stephen Powell" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 8:31:42 AM >> >>> That's interesting. I've never encountered this, as I don't use the >>> "screen" package. If I need multiple terminal sessions, I just launch >>> multiple >>> PuTTY sessions. I guess I don't see the need for screen. > > Oh, there are so many benefits - detaching background processes > is one. Tex-based "tabs" makes for more consoles in one window. This should have been 'Text-based "tabs" makes...' > And I'm sure others have their favourites. Needs customizing > though, to get to The Sweet Spot(TM)(C)(R). > >>> But in any >>> case, >>> I don't understand the design of screen. Why does it need an external >>> definition of terminal type characteristics in a configuration file? >>> Why doesn't it rely on the terminfo information stored in ncurses? >>> >>> In any case, I'm glad you found a solution. >> >> I don't have the details, but I've read recently on some other >> list...FreeBSD questions probably...that screen does very strange things. >> Sorry, I don't know any of the details on exactly what "very strange >> things" >> means. Tmux, http://tmux.sourceforge.net/, was sited as an alternative. >> I >> find it more cumbersome to use, but, unlike screen, I've had zero issues >> while using it. > > Are there limitations, or what do you mean by cumbersome? > > I've wondered a few times about tmux, but being a creature > of habit, I find screen adequate to my needs, albeit very weird > configuration that I mostly don't understand, but works. On 7/21/14, Jason C. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Zenaan Harkness" <[email protected]> >> To: "Jason C. Taylor" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 12:42:51 PM >> Subject: Re: putty login - running gnu screen causes putty console to >> shrink >>> >>> I don't have the details, but I've read recently on some other >>> list...FreeBSD questions probably...that screen does very strange >>> things. >>> Sorry, I don't know any of the details on exactly what "very strange >>> things" >>> means. Tmux, http://tmux.sourceforge.net/, was sited as an alternative. >>> I >>> find it more cumbersome to use, but, unlike screen, I've had zero issues >>> while using it. >> >> Are there limitations, or what do you mean by cumbersome? >> >> I've wondered a few times about tmux, but being a creature >> of habit, I find screen adequate to my needs, albeit very weird >> configuration that I mostly don't understand, but works. > > It's just that I'm used to screen. I've used it for years and there's a You and me both. > limited number of things I've ever wanted to do, so I know all the key > combinations and command line switches that I want to use without thinking > about them. Tmux is all new and my fingers don't know what to do to > accomplish what my brain wants them to. ;-) I'm also nervous about > disconnecting and reattaching sessions. I *know* screen works, but I'm not > so sure about tmux. Again, just a familiarity/comfort thing. When I first looked at tmux it was still beta-ish. Dunno what the official situation is now, but again, screen does the job. 'When I was a child, we were _lucky_ to have a terminal, let alone a multiplexing re/detachable thing'. Hacking simcity by hex-editing the disk bytes for your "money" made the game more indulgent too. First time I got frustrated enough to search the disk, money was just a hex version of the decimal value of money - jackpot! That was a satisfying day. Regarding Jochen's email - that was indeed meant to be a goat^Wjoke. Regards, Zenan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOsGNSQnCJ3Shy3TNHSKjA6M1+FqfOBca2E=rxns+to8vjs...@mail.gmail.com
