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date = "2007-01-28T17:01:00-07:00"
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title = "Window Manager for tty?"
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categories = ["software"]
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tags = ["cli","windowmanager"]
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Window Manager for tty?
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The package [screen](https://www.gnu.org/software/screen) is something that has been around for a long time.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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### Screen References
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- [BigAdmin Feature Article: Installing and Using GNU
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Screen](https://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/gnu_screen.html)
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- [Google Search: gnu screen
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howto](https://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&q=gnu+screen+howto&spell=1)
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- [BigAdmin Feature Article: Installing and Using GNU
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Screen](https://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/gnu_screen.html)
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