[Tutor] Text Editors and Linux (was Re: exit message)

[Dave Angel]

On 05/09/2013 02:47 AM, Alan Gauld wrote:
> On 09/05/13 05:01, Prasad, Ramit wrote:
>
>> What I like about screen is the way sessions stay open when
>> disconnected, but I find
>> tabbed terminals easier to scroll for history. If there is a tabbed
>> terminal that will allow
>> split screens then all the neat features I know about in screen would
>> exist...although
>> I rarely use that feature at the moment.
>
> Can't you use screen within a tabbed terminal?
>

I was going to jump in earlier with basically that comment.  When I'm 
logging in remotely, I use screen on the remote machine, and use only 
one ssh connection.  I have a .screen on each such machine, that changes 
a few defaults, and adds titles.  The titles represent different things 
I'm doing on the remote machine.

One chief advantage (for me) of using screen for that is that the VPN 
dies pretty easily, and I can reconnect to any given machine with only a 
couple of commands, since screen is still running remotely.

On my own machine, I use tabs, with only one tab for each given remote 
machine.  Those tabs are then labeled with the name of the remote machine.



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DaveA