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# Window Manager for tty?

Don Harper

2007-01-28

# Window Manager for tty?

The package screen is
something that has been around for a long time.

With screen, you can have many session running on on tty, and you can
switch to another session with out touching a mouse. With the proper
configuration, you can get notified if there is some change (like if
you have a IM client up) or if there is no output (say, if you are
watching a compile session).

You are in the zone working, and then you notice the time, and you
have to log out and go home. Is this a problem? No, with a simple
d, you can disconnect the screen session, log out, go home,
log back into that machine, and resume your session just where you
left off.

One of the other really feature is cut and paste between sessions.
The is very handy when adapting code (or articles) into a new file.

### Screen References

- BigAdmin Feature Article: Installing and Using GNU Screen
- Google Search: gnu screen howto
- BigAdmin Feature Article: Installing and Using GNU Screen
- GNU screen: start
- GNU screen: tutorial
- [GNU Screen: an introduction and beginner's t utorial