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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Thu, 15 May 2003 keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:

> Another way to run more than four console programs at one time is to
> download and install screen (screen 3.9) which I think I found at
> Slackware 8 but it runs with Slackware 7.  You can run 10 programs on 10
> 'screens' in one virtual terminal and toggle between them and even cut and
> paste between them without a mouse.  You need to run 'screen -x' to cut
> and paste between virtual terminals.  I can now cut and paste between my
> two monitors.  Ratpoison is modelled on 'screen'.  The man page is sort of
> hard to understand but I think there is a simple help screen.  To toggle
> between two screens you use a simple command like Ctrl-C Ctrl-C or you can
> specify the number of the screen if you have several.
>
> If you have managed to set yourself up a free account at my bbs you can
> try out screen there and read the man page.  It is an old program.
>
Interesting information.  I looked at ratpoison some time ago but was a
bit confused about how it works and how to operate it.  Then, I decided
that if it would take even me awhile to figure it out, that my wife would
be totally mystified by it and would cease using the computer.  I decided
on this realization not to pursue it further.  I'll give this some more
thought, though.  Seems like screen or ratpoison could help address the
matter of virtual terminal shortage.

Re: your bulletin board.  You set up a Pine account for me there, but I
have never managed to telnet in using Linux.  Perhaps I need to use ssh?
Windows will telnet in, but not Linux.  I asked a couple of other people
(JP and someone who was visiting his IRC channel) to try it out and they
got the same results: neither was able to telnet in using Linux, but the
one who had Win installed (Win2k I believe) was able to telnet in using
it.  I really have no idea why this is so.  But I've confirmed it myself
several times from several different Win/Linux machines, and others have
corroborated my results.  The address I've tried is www.grex.org .

James