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Re: [OT] Screen (was Affecting Inst. Change)



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On 05/09/07 20:09, Tyler Smith wrote:
> On 2007-05-10, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>> She's a user wizard, not an admin wizard.
>>
> 
> Clearly!
> 
>> Screen(1) is what Unix users used before x terminals and PCs were
>> inexpensive enough for everyone to have one.
>>
> 
> That much I know. Why would an acknowledged user-wizard choose to use
> screen instead of xterms is my question, especially since said wizard
> is using X and a window manager. The folks who use screen seem
> to be on the high-end of the wizard scale, so I'm assuming it must do
> something better than regular xterms, but having browsed (briefly I
> admit) the man page it isn't obvious to me what that might be.

Habit?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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