On 13 Sep 2006 22:36:01 -0500, Todd H. <comp@toddh.net> wrote:
> "Gustavo L. Fabro" <glfabro@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> > Enjoy! Screen rocks.
>>
>> Beautiful!!! Exactly what I wanted!!!!!!
>>
>> Thank you very much! Works as a charm! You guessed right, I'm indeed in
>> love with this new tool! ;-)
>
> One more switch to know...
>
> If when you do screen -r to reattach it complains that there aren't
> any unattached screens (which will happen if you get disconnected
> (e.g. network blip) and then try reconnect relatively quickly), in
> that case:
>
> remotehost$ screen -r -d
>
> will force the detaching of your prior screen session and get you back
> where you wanna be.

even better is to type screen -d -R, that would reattach the screen if
it exists, or create a new one.

> If you're an emacs user and want to remap the control-a to something
> else, drop something like this in .screenrc
>
> escape ^Tt
>
> (I map mine to Ctrl-t since Ctrl-a is beginning of line in emacs and
> I use it all the time. )

Just get used to it.

i