Notes on screen
This document contains some scattered notes on the "screen" utility.
About
The "screen" utility is a screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation.
Notation
- Let ^ mean the "control" key, such that ^a c
means "press and hold the control key down and then press
the a key down (while holding "control" down);
then release fingers from keys; press the c key."
- Let ⇑ mean the "shift" key. (e.g. ^a ⇑')
Note: This is done instead of saying ^a " because the idea is keyboard shortcuts should be about what keys
to press, not the resulting characters. Also note that although some may think that this idealogy has the potential to conflict
with keyboards of other nationalities, it does not because documentation localization is where the burden lays for taking care of that.
(And in the context of application menus themselves, again, localization of the application is "where the burden lays," so to speak.)
Supposing you have an operating environment where the keyboard shortcuts have the same characters, but a keyboard has a different means of
typing that character, you just merely change the keyboard shortcut being displayed for that localization. (Yes, this was a mini-rant.)
Usage
$screen enters screen.
$screen -r reattaches a detached screen.
| Keys |
Action |
| ^a c |
Create new window |
| ^a d |
Detach |
| ^a ⇑' |
Show a list of windows |
| ^a A |
Rename the current window |
| ^a k |
Kill a window |
Further Reading
Other information can be found at the following hyperlinks: