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[Alan Balmer]

Why on earth was this cross-posted to comp.lang.c.? Followups set.

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:26:11 GMT, axel at white-eagle.invalid.uk wrote:

>In comp.lang.perl.misc Mike Meyer <mwm at mired.org> wrote:
>> axel at white-eagle.invalid.uk writes:
>>> In comp.lang.perl.misc John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> wrote:
>>>> Chris Head <chris2k01 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> What advantages would those be (other than access from 'net cafes, but
>>>>> see below)?
>>>> And workplaces. Some people have more then one computer in the house. My 
>>>> partner can check her email when I had her over the computer. When I 
>>>> want to check my email when she is using it, I have to change the 
>>>> session, fire up Thunderbird (which eats away 20M), and change the 
>>>> session back.
>>> Not a Windows solution, but I find the 'screen' utility invaluable as
>>> I can have my email, news, and an editor open in different screens
>>> and then when I need to move to a different machine, I can simply
>>> detach and reattach screen without disturbing anything that
>>> might be running.
> 
>> For a more  portable solution, check out VNC.
> 
>I know... but it is a bugger to set up and I believe it is no longer
>freeware (if it ever was), and it does not have the stark simplicity
>which screen has... I only need to have a compiled version of screen
>on the machine on which I do most of my work and be able to ssh/telnet
>to that machine without involving any additional software installations
>on other machines.
>
>Axel
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