On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, Jack Bowling wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Jack Bowling wrote:
>
> > > However, I was wondering if using screen would allow me to have both
> > > outputs on the same VT rather than cycling through them with keystrokes?
> > > It would improve visualization of the data. Does screen allow one to
> > > split the two "windows" such that the console width is divided in half?
> > > The man page would lead me to believe this is the case but I wonder if
> > > anybody has real world >experience out there.
>
> Mike Burger then replied:
>
> > Could you run Xwindows on the system, and then have the two minicom
> > sessions show up in side-by-side windows?
>
> No X on this box, Mike.
>
> jb
I suppose that could put a crimp on things. <G>
Any chance that X could be installed?
My understanding is that "screen" allows you to run processes that, when
placed in the background, would stay there, and then, after you've
disconnected/logged out, you could log back in and bring them back to the
foreground.
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