Re: [Nolug] screen commands - odd

From: Scott Harney <scotth_at_scottharney.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:56:55 -0500
Message-ID: <5a8409c40804230956o525b90abi52b283d9be708beb@mail.gmail.com>

Google "gnu screen tutorial" to narrow dem results.

On 4/23/08, Petri Laihonen <pietu@weblizards.net> wrote:
>
> > *C-a is probably the "meta" key; which in the the .screenrc I sent you was
> "ctrl-f". So to detach you'd:
> >
>
> That's it !!!!
> I'm using your sent .screenrc as a base.
> No wonder the instructions did not quite work. I thought I'm losing the
> ability to interpret what I read.
>
> So when I turn Scott's example into
>
> ctrl-f ?
>
> I get more instructions......
>
> Googling with the term "screen" does not give good results. "screen" is
> way too generic word in computers.
>
> I wonder if there are plugins etc to use in console where one could
> just simply click few menu options/items and get some things done such
> as copying the scroll history etc.... I saw it is possible to go with
> the key combination, but sometimes I only have 10 fingers with quite
> limited possibilities to knot them over each other.
>
> Thanks
> Petri
>
> > 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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