Re: multiple child windows for screen

thanks, alex:

i think my issue is that i am using m$ based secured crt, not x-window
based (my standard company issued equipment).

but thanks for the tips, at least i know what to do if i use linux.

best

_rufino

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Axel Beckert <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 01:53:56PM -0400, rufino wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Phil! Gold <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > * rufino <[email protected]> [2012-08-30 12:50 -0400]:
> > > > i am newbie for screen. is there a way to open, say, two or three
> screen
> > > > session simultaneously on one display?
> > >
> > > Yep.  Use `screen -x` to attach while other sessions are already
> connected.
> >
> > what i am looking for is something like split displays. say i have
> > 4 separated sessions, i would like to have them displayed on my 24"
> monitor
> > simultaneously:
> >
> > ___________________
> > |               |                |
> > |               |                |
> > ---------------------------------
> > |               |                |
> > |               |                |
> > ---------------------------------
> >
> > is that possible with screen utilities?
>
> Sorry, but I'm still not sure what exactly you want to achieve, so I'm
> trying to guess:
>
> As far as I understand your quest, it should suffice to take four
> xterms, resize each to 1/4th of your screen and start a screen session
> in each.
>
> But that's so trivial that I suspect I still haven't understood the
> problem.
>
> Depending on the window manager (e.g. awesome, i3, ratpoison, FVWM,
> etc), this is also scriptable, too. Less trivial then, but still... On
> a Mac, iTerm may be the right programinstead of the window manager. to
> layout the terminals in which the screen sessions will run.
>
> But you can also run screens inside screen. Split the outer screen
> using Ctrl-A S and Ctrl-A | until you have the wanted layout, then
> start a shell in each window and start a new screen session in each,
> and you should get the same layout, just in one X terminal.
>
>                 Kind regards, Axel
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