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@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ The {{{-dr}}} means "find my screen session, detach it from wherever it's attach
 
 Once you're comfortable with this, hit "C-a C-c".  This creates what screen calls a new "window"; it should give you a new shell prompt,
 and you can do stuff at it.  If you want to switch back to the old "window", hit "C-a C-a".   You can create as many "windows" as you want;  you can
-switch to the first 10 of them with "C-a 0" through "C-a 9" and see a list of what's open with "C-a w".
+switch to the first 10 of them with "C-a 0" through "C-a 9" and see a list of what's open with "C-a w".  ("C-a C-a" actually means "switch to the previously
+used window".)
 
 A useful shorthand: {{{screen -dR}}} is like {{{screen -dr}}} except it adds a "if I don't already have a session, create one" step.
 
@@ -33,3 +34,12 @@ You can use {{{screen -x}}} to attach a screen session that's already attached s
 have side effects if the other place is already attached or is in a window that is a different size than your current one.
 It's useful when you want to share context between different screens, or even different people, but doing it when you're not
 sure where else your screen might be attached has privacy implications.
+
+== For More Information ==
+
+{{{screen}}} can do lots of stuff.   If you have a while to burn, run {{{man screen}}} at the shell prompt.   It may be helpful to do this inside of screen
+so you can put it down and come back to it later.
+
+=== TODO ===
+
+clean up, explain the "C-a C-a" notation.
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