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On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 12:03:35PM +1300, Steven wrote:
> 
> Does screen even need an xterm?  From my reading it
> appeared that screen could function right on top of
> X without wm/xterm.  Or did I understand wrong?

I don't know about on top of X, but I use screen on a vt. I looked at the 
documentation a few times over the years and 
found it too daunting to even try screen. But then I put Linux on an old PDA 
I acquired that only has one vt available 
(on top of limited RAM), so that kind of forced me to start using screen. 
Turns out to be quite simple, 
actually--though I haven't touched, and don't really even understand, the 
more complex capabilities of screen.

James