Re: multiple terminals on a serial line (was Re: ccing)

[Matthias Czapla <dermatsch@gmx.de>]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 10:41:00AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 11:09:58PM +0200, Matthias Czapla wrote:
> > Because of this and because it feels so UNIX-ish I mostly work at a
> > serial terminal. Now when you read a man page, for some system call
> > for example, I *have* to remember it because you cannot have the man
> > page and text editor visible at the same time.
> 
> Consider looking at the package `screen', which allows you to maintain a
> session on a machine independent of the console you are typing from, and
> to multiplex virtual terminals on a single serial line.
> 
> Screen is capable of displaying two composed terminals at once.

I know screen. My point is that I consider having to remember what
I read an advantage because it forces me to actually *learn* instead
of copying.

Regards
Matthias