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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: screen-4.0.3-6 (test release)
- From: Andrew Schulman <schulman dot andrew at epamail dot epa dot gov>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:46:21 -0500
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: screen-4.0.3-6 (test release)
- References: <announce.je7be6pjd85tjus7hpgpjmtmd53s790sf7@4ax.com> <4CF67A36.3040801@gmx.net>
Johannes, thanks for trying it out.
> (1) It works. But it was awkward at first, since I cannot see the line
> splitting the screen.
Yes, that was my problem with it. Too confusing without a visible divider.
I just tried the same feature on Ubuntu, and it works very differently
there:
* There's a vertical strip down the middle when you split the screen.
* The two vertical sides contain separate windows. In Cygwin, they're two
views into the same window.
* The vertical split command is C-a |.
I wonder if Ubuntu is using an alternate or more recent patch. I'll see
what I can find out about that. I can't find anything in /etc/screenrc
that controls the vertical split (although I haven't combed it thoroughly
yet).
> (2) HowTo:
>
> ## short version for reference ##
> 1. start screen:
> $screen
>
> 2. split vertically
> [Ctrl][a]
> [V]
>
> 3. switch to other half
> [Ctrl][Tab]
>
> 4. create new screen
> [Ctrl][a]
> [c]
Thanks. The screen info and man pages just write these as C-a V, C-a Tab,
C-a c. No need for the more verbose version below, but thanks for
providing it.
Andrew.
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