[TriLUG] a repost about screen

[David Rasch]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 01:58:32PM -0500, Jason Purdy <jason at journalistic.com> wrote:
> I LOVE screen -- and I think it was that kuro5hin article that got me 
> hooked and helped me understand it.
> 
> Personally, I would never quit a session, tho ... I would just 
> disconnect (either unintentionally or intentionally by hitting Ctrl-a 
> Ctrl-d).  Then I can resume screen later on by doing a 'screen -rd' (if 
> I am reestablishing a disconnected session) or a 'screen -x' (if I'm on 
> another console and want to share the same screen session).
> 
> The only thing I haven't figured out is how to actually do a Ctrl-a, 
> which the shell usually lets you do to get at the beginning of a line.

Ctrl-A A  will generate a ctrl-a in the window.

David