X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu:444/gitweb.cgi/wiki.git/blobdiff_plain/bc77de6a04ba48b9acddb8a2aaf521db1c5cb2b7..45795b96589ba8fa3b0ad6e3bfacec2382b964d5:/doc/UsingScreen diff --git a/doc/UsingScreen b/doc/UsingScreen deleted file mode 100644 index eb0f875..0000000 --- a/doc/UsingScreen +++ /dev/null @@ -1,45 +0,0 @@ -= 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. \ No newline at end of file