[Nolug] screen commands - odd

I have now managed to get my SSH tunnels etc up and running when I start
"screen"..... It was necessary to set up ssh-agent in order to do the
passwordless logins. So I learned that too.

However, screen seems to be very difficult to use, or I do not
understand the instructions......most likely both......
I have not yet figured out how to interpret the instructions...... There
seem to be no legend....

For instance,
*C-a C-b* (break)

    Send a break to window.
*C-a B* (pow_break)
    Reopen the terminal line and send a break.
*C-a C-d* (detach)
    Detach
    /screen/ from this terminal.
*C-a D D* (pow_detach)
    Detach and logout.

ETC.....

I have yet to figure out what is "*C-a*"?
I suspected it was a "ctrl" +something else, but that does not seem to work.

Also, I have not yet found a way to scroll the windows since the normal
scrollbar does not work anymore.

Someone please throw me a bone? :-)

Petri

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Received on 04/23/08