Screen

[gretchen]

It's the first program I've made into an ipk so if someone could test this just to triple check that it works.

screen

[offroadgeek]

what is it, and what does it do?

edit:  silly me... a simple google gave me all the info I needed  

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Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells. Each virtual terminal provides the functions of the DEC VT100 terminal and, in addition, several control functions from the ANSI X3.64 (ISO 6429) and ISO 2022 standards (e.g., insert/delete line and support for multiple character sets).

[stbrock]

Thanks for screen. The ipk installs without a hitch.

To those unfamiliar with screen, if you spend much time working in terminals, you likely want it. Multiple screens can be started and switched between with ^A n (next) ^A p (previous) or ^A [screen number], sessions detached and resumed, "and so much more" etc etc.

[ScottYelich]

and for those of you just getting into screen...

you may want to make a $HOME/.screenrc that has:
escape ^Jj

because ^a being grabbed by screen will annoy the hell out of you
if you are use to emacs style editing keys for your shell and/or emacs!

normally, ^aa = send the ^a through screen...
above, I changed it to the new line since most people don't type that...
(they type carriage return ^m) ..

but in emacs, to search and replace and match a newline
(ie: replace newline-space-space to be newline, or newline-newline to be just newline)
... you do

^q^jj

just type the extra "j" ...



But, ya, if you're into shell and you prefer typing... screen is a must.

for instance, I have irc/im running in a screen...
I can ssh out from my zaurus, screen -d, screen -r to get back to im...
then when I go to my desk, I can ssh from my desk, screen -d, screen -r
and get the irc/im right where I left off...
when I go to work, I can ssh to the box from work, screen -d, screen -r
and I'm right back in im... when I go home, repeat.

Scott