Re: Send break to screen

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 1:30 AM, Michael Parson <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Sep 2016, Clark Wang wrote:
>
>>
>> Where is this kind of usage (stuff ^X) documented? I did not found it in
>> screen manual.
>>
>
> The 'stuff' command is in the screen manpage:
>
> stuff [string]
>
> Stuff the string string in the input buffer of the current window.
> This is like the "paste" command but with much less overhead.  Without
> a parameter, screen will prompt for a string to stuff.  You cannot
> paste large buffers with the "stuff" command. It is most useful for key
> bindings. See also "bindkey".
>
>
> The usage they are using is a combo of using 'stuff' with the '-X' flag
> which lets you send commands to a screen session via the shell (rather
> than from the : prompt inside of screen).
>
>
I'm actually asking about the ^X part. That's to say where is it documented
that the *stuff* command would interprete the ^X as CTRL-X?

I also found that *stuff* understands C-style escapes (like \t, \n and
\040) but I did not found the related document either.

-clark

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