Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:56:05 -0800 From: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!) Message-ID: <AANLkTi=MQF3T-yZJy2eoWXA7tJ2DDONwZtiu8CnJS1HE@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20101126221846.2588d4c4.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4CED8855.23373.40E2965D@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <4CEEC055.15679.45A559A8@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <20101125212508.82f1a646.freebsd@edvax.de> <4CEF9A55.29535.48F8EF07@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <AANLkTinAPe_o3ehZ%2BPKnK%2BoV0xquuSVo7g-Y6csZerJv@mail.gmail.com> <20101126221846.2588d4c4.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 13:18, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:53:51 -0500, Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> wrote: >> There are two options that I know of that could make this part easier for >> you >> >> 1) screen (tried and true) can do split windows/multiple windows although >> I've never been able to correctly figure it out >> >> 2) tmux (the pretentious upstart), it's a quick install and it's built in >> help (^b?) is eternally useful and it's options make more sense then screen >> (to me at least) > > Along with the Spanish Inquisition, there are three! Three! > Three options: screen, tmux, and the native solution of > virtual terminals via Alt+PFx switch. This even allows > you to use the mouse-driven edit buffer (copy + paste), > e. g. if you need to compose a command line using the > examples listed in the man page. > > If you're accessing a system remotely, there is also the > option of opening -- FOUR! Four options! -- the option > of opening more than one connection to the remote system, > and each of them in an own xterm (or KDE Konsole tab > which I would say if I had been using KDE, but I haven't). > Of course, this solution also allows you copy + paste > operations. Other means of accessibility are provided by > the window manager you're using. > > Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! :-) That's what I get for waiting a week to look at email... Kurt
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