Comments on: Change the escape keystrokes in screen http://rackerhacker.com/2010/01/07/change-the-escape-keystrokes-in-screen/ Words of wisdom from a server administrator Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:43:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kadu http://rackerhacker.com/2010/01/07/change-the-escape-keystrokes-in-screen/#comment-25219 Kadu Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:00:09 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/?p=1122#comment-25219 I've trying to set C-. to be my escape sequence but can't get it to work any idea how I can do it? Cheers I've trying to set C-. to be my escape sequence but can't get it to work any idea how I can do it?

Cheers

]]> By: Surge http://rackerhacker.com/2010/01/07/change-the-escape-keystrokes-in-screen/#comment-22933 Surge Thu, 12 May 2011 17:16:20 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/?p=1122#comment-22933 Ctrl-A A works, but the extra keystroke is both an inconvenience and a confusion factor, since I do command line editing and emacs both on screen and non-screen terminals. I like Ctrl-\, since it is not commonly bound to anything in emacs, but have had some trouble with it sticking on certain machines and/or keyboards - not sure what's responsible and resetting it is easy enough, so I have not investigated. Byobu is a manager/configurator layered on top of screen, that I started using recently and I like it a lot. Also gives me a spiffy status line at the bottom of the window. Ctrl-A A works, but the extra keystroke is both an inconvenience and a confusion factor, since I do command line editing and emacs both on screen and non-screen terminals.

I like Ctrl-\, since it is not commonly bound to anything in emacs, but have had some trouble with it sticking on certain machines and/or keyboards - not sure what's responsible and resetting it is easy enough, so I have not investigated.

Byobu is a manager/configurator layered on top of screen, that I started using recently and I like it a lot. Also gives me a spiffy status line at the bottom of the window.

]]> By: Eric http://rackerhacker.com/2010/01/07/change-the-escape-keystrokes-in-screen/#comment-15752 Eric Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:46:14 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/?p=1122#comment-15752 You don't need to change it, to get CTRL-A inside a screen just press "CTRL-A A" That's how to get the CTRL-A sequence inside screen. You don't need to change it, to get CTRL-A inside a screen just press "CTRL-A A" That's how to get the CTRL-A sequence inside screen.

]]> By: Twirim http://rackerhacker.com/2010/01/07/change-the-escape-keystrokes-in-screen/#comment-15717 Twirim Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:23:01 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/?p=1122#comment-15717 screen is an absolute essential for me on any server, from the two angles. Firstly the screen multiplexing which makes life so much easier. Almost always will have "tail -f relevant.log" running on one screen for quick checking, or when writing perl I'll have one screen where I'm editing the file, and one where I'm testing it saving me from faffing about with :wq'ing and such like. The other angle is the disconnect one, particularly if I'm running something possibly destructive on the server when the last thing you want is a network glitch to disconnect you. I've had it happen in the past and had to do disaster recovery due to an inopportune disconnect. screen has saved my bacon more times than I can count, particularly when sysadmining over a 2G network connection :D screen is an absolute essential for me on any server, from the two angles. Firstly the screen multiplexing which makes life so much easier. Almost always will have "tail -f relevant.log" running on one screen for quick checking, or when writing perl I'll have one screen where I'm editing the file, and one where I'm testing it saving me from faffing about with :wq'ing and such like.

The other angle is the disconnect one, particularly if I'm running something possibly destructive on the server when the last thing you want is a network glitch to disconnect you. I've had it happen in the past and had to do disaster recovery due to an inopportune disconnect. screen has saved my bacon more times than I can count, particularly when sysadmining over a 2G network connection :D

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