X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/wiki.git/blobdiff_plain/537314853f3a4cfc77e68bc74eddcd6921bb5a7e..b89f285da9f0e89ea0a4e6436763c4415e3a5177:/doc/screen.mdwn diff --git a/doc/screen.mdwn b/doc/screen.mdwn index 07a28d5..2b710e9 100644 --- a/doc/screen.mdwn +++ b/doc/screen.mdwn @@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ from multiple places. ## Getting Started - 1. Pick a machine to run your screen session on. If you don't know of any options, linux.mit.edu (Linerva) is a good choice. + 1. Pick a machine to run your screen session on. If you don't know of any options, athena.dialup.mit.edu (Athena Dialup) is a good choice. 2. ssh to that machine. 3. run `screen` 4. Do stuff. -To detach, type "C-a d". To reattach, type `screen -dr`. +To detach, type "C-a d" (That's control+a, release both keys, press 'd'.) . To reattach, type `screen -dr`. If you close your ssh connection without detaching, or lose your network connection: @@ -54,7 +54,3 @@ attached has privacy implications. `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. \ No newline at end of file