X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu:444/gitweb.cgi/wiki.git/blobdiff_plain/205750e85ded8d754e66e2b9df2543beb625f3fd..3d9087c96c0f267bed74717b50b27e38687b63ab:/doc/UsingScreen diff --git a/doc/UsingScreen b/doc/UsingScreen index 0a448ca..cc61a12 100644 --- a/doc/UsingScreen +++ b/doc/UsingScreen @@ -29,4 +29,7 @@ switch to the first 10 of them with "C-a 0" through "C-a 9" and see a list of wh 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 uses {{{screen -x}}} to attach a screen session +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.