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- Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 08:47:28 +0200
- From: Richard Huveneers <huveneer@math.ruu.nl>
- Message-Id: <199408050647.AA08909@hieper.math.ruu.nl>
- To: knarf@nasim.cube.net, mint@atari.archive.umich.edu
- Subject: Re: screen, manuals, ...
-
- Hi Knarf,
-
- >
- > I won't compare screen to the virtual consoles. Screen is intended to be
- > used on *one* text-based terminal, but the virtual consoles give you
- > some terminals where screen can be run on. ;)
- >
- > I think it would be a great idea to combine both. Running GEM or
- > anything else on the "real" console and launching screen on vt01. If
- > you redefine your function-keys on vt01 via xkey to F10->^A-0, etc.,
- > you should be able to switch between the screens very easy. So you'll
- > get the speed of the virtual consoles and the advantages of screen
- > (e.g. Cut'n'Paste, Scrollback, Snapshots, etc.) *and* you'll save
- > memory, because only one virtual console is needed, which usually eats
- > twice the screen memory instead of just the amount of the character
- > buffer of screen.
- >
- > And remember: screen can be run through a serial line, the virtual
- > consoles can't.
- >
-
- This is very clear formulated. I tried to do that yesterday but did not
- succeed.
- That's way I just sent a section of the manual.
- It is indeed a great idea to combine both. Why didn't I think of that?
- It saves me a lot of time trying to make screen boot GEM.
- I think that means I can start working on your #ifdef's...
-
- BTW, your full name sounds dutch. Are you?
-
- Richard.
-