screen, and why you should use it – DragonFly BSD Digest

2009/02/162009/02/14 by Justin Sherrill

screen, and why you should use it

This IBM developerWorks article about screen goes into a lot of detail about how screen works, and has some nice examples of usage. (via)

One of the problems with screen is that it has a lot of settings and changes to use, which makes initial adoption difficult. However, it’s very useful…

3 Replies to “screen, and why you should use it”

Anonymous says:

2009/02/17 at 10:51

Please have a look at tmux, a BSD licensed alternative to screen.
Anonymous says:

2009/02/18 at 17:55

The number of absurdities and bugs in GNU screen is… well, absurd. For every reason someone uses screen, I can list two reasons why they shouldn’t.

Seriously, consider things like dtach or tmux. screen is a pile of garbage.
Justin Sherrill says:

2009/02/19 at 20:18

Sounds like it’s worth a comparative article… Anyone?

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