Re: gnu screen - 40 windows limit?
thanks! that worked.
#ifndef MAXWIN
# define MAXWIN 409
#endif
:) I will never run out of sessions!
I threw in the vertical split as well,
http://torrez.us/archives/2009/02/24/579/
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:38 PM, toor <lists@1337.mx> wrote:
> I run across this issue as well.
>
> I usually recompile screen to remove it. If you want to do it with
> packages, make sure you have the dpkg-dev package installed (you will
> need make etc. so also grab build-essential which may or may not be a
> dependancy on dpkg-dev) and use 'apt-get source screen' to grab the
> source for screen.
>
> Extract the source (screen_4.0.3.orig.tar.gz). Make sure that you run
> the patch after the archive is extracted to create the debian package
> control files. Edit the config.h.in file and find this near the top:
>
> # define MAXWIN 40
>
> Change the 40 to what ever limit you want.
>
> Rebuild the package using dpkg-buildpackage and then install the .dpkg
> file over the top of your current screen installation. This will then
> set the window limit to what ever you defined earlier.
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Evuraan <evuraan@gmail.com> wrote:
>> gnu screen seems to let me open upto 40 windows. When I try for more, it
>> says "No more windows." - is there a way we can override this limit?
>>
>> many thanks in advance.
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