Re: [Nolug] screen commands - odd

From: B. Estrade <estrabd_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:29:36 -0500
Message-ID: <20080423162936.GS99171@bc3.hpc.lsu.edu>

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:24:06AM -0500, Scott Harney wrote:
> C-a = Ctrl-A So press Ctrl and the A key together. then release and press ?
> for a list of other commands. C-a ? = Ctrl+A ? Is that clear? It will
> also tell you how to scroll those windows (Ctrl-A ESC then up and down
> arrows etc.

Ah! Thanks for that, scrolling *is* easy :)

Brett

>
> man screen is very informative or google gnu screen for LOTS of tutorials on
> this.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Petri Laihonen <pietu@weblizards.net>
> 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.
> >
> > 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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