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-= Using Screen =
-
-== Why? ==
-
-{{{screen}}} is a handy tool. It lets you get more out of a terminal session, whether in a window, via ssh, or by some more esoteric means.
-It's original reason for existence was allowing you to switch between subsessions on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_terminal video-display terminal],
-but grew to allow sessions that could be detached and reattached (if you went home for the day, or say you were connecting via a glitchy network) and eventually
-to allow the same session to be simultaneously accessed 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.
- 2. ssh to that machine.
- 3. run {{{screen}}}
- 4. Do stuff.
-
-To detach, type "C-a d". To reattach, type {{{screen -dr}}}
-
-If you close your ssh connection without detaching, or lose your network connection.
-
- 1. run {{{screen -dr}}}
- 2. Do stuff.
-
-The {{{-dr}}} means "find my screen session, detach it from wherever it's attached if it's attached, and reattach it here."
-
-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". ("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.
-
-You can use {{{screen -x}}} to attach a screen session that's already attached somewhere without detaching it first. This can
-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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