using screen

[R.T.]

Almost forgot... to start a new window/shell in the current region:

C-a c
C-a C-c     (screen)      Create a new window with a shell and switch
to that window.


On Jan 31, 2008 11:23 AM, Giles Orr <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Jan 31, 2008 9:19 AM, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 11:21:38PM -0800, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote:
> > > On Jan 30, 2008 11:16 PM, William O'Higgins Witteman
> > > <william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > > I am a generally happy Gnu screen user, but I have run into a problem.
> > > > I am not old-school enough to know what the man page is talking about
> > > > when they say this:
> > > >
> > > > C-a C-s     (xoff)        Send a control-s to the current window.
> > > >
> > > > I just know that it puts my screen instance into a state that I cannot
> > > > return it from.  Can someone tell me how to get my screen instance to
> > > > talk to me again?
> > >
> > > Hrmm, dunno about that.  You do know 'screen -ls' and 'screen -r' right?
> >
> > Sending an xoff tells the terminal to pause.  sending an xon (C-q) lets
> > it go again.  Similar to scroll lock on a linux text console.
>
> Huh.  Thanks for the clarification, I've always wondered about that
> having accidentally hit that key myself.
>
> And since we're on the subject of screen ...  I've always wanted to be
> able to split screens in screen, and I found in the man page that you
> can in fact do that with Ctrl-a s ...  But then I haven't the
> slightest idea how to get into the new and empty half of the window or
> start a shell there.  Has anyone used that functionality?
>
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