Why on earth was this cross-posted to comp.lang.c.? Followups set. On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:26:11 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In comp.lang.perl.misc Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> In comp.lang.perl.misc John Bokma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Chris Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> What advantages would those be (other than access from 'net cafes, but >>>>> see below)? >>>> And workplaces. Some people have more then one computer in the house. My >>>> partner can check her email when I had her over the computer. When I >>>> want to check my email when she is using it, I have to change the >>>> session, fire up Thunderbird (which eats away 20M), and change the >>>> session back. >>> Not a Windows solution, but I find the 'screen' utility invaluable as >>> I can have my email, news, and an editor open in different screens >>> and then when I need to move to a different machine, I can simply >>> detach and reattach screen without disturbing anything that >>> might be running. > >> For a more portable solution, check out VNC. > >I know... but it is a bugger to set up and I believe it is no longer >freeware (if it ever was), and it does not have the stark simplicity >which screen has... I only need to have a compiled version of screen >on the machine on which I do most of my work and be able to ssh/telnet >to that machine without involving any additional software installations >on other machines. > >Axel -- Al Balmer Balmer Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
