Re: [Nolug] screen commands - odd

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:20:08AM -0500, Petri Laihonen wrote:
> 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.

Neat - I tested out autossh, and it works well, too; though I had to set up passwordless auth for a couple of hosts that seem to not like the keep alive feature autossh provdes.

>
> 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? :-)

*C-a is probably the "meta" key; which in the the .screenrc I sent you was "ctrl-f". So to detach you'd:

1. press "ctrl-f" at the same time, then release
2. hit lowercase "d"

(just tried that and it worked for me)

It takes some getting used to, but once you do it's pretty mindless.

Scrolling the window is a pain in the arse, and I simply don't use it - though I know it can be done.

I hope that helps.

Brett

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