Re: screen inside of screen

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-----Original Message-----
> From: Shane Hickey <[email protected]>
> Subject: screen inside of screen
> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 09:18:08 -0700
> To: [email protected]
> Organization: Nerd Diarry
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> Howdy all,
> 	I was unable to find a solution to my problem in other forums, so
> yesterday I jumped through the flaming hoops to join this list.  Then, I
> got educated in the finer points of netiquette from Sven.  After which,
> I was nearly too frightened to post here.  So, I opened the liquor
> cabinet and had some liquid courage.
> 
> Anyway, here's my deal. I am starting from my.bashrc like so:
> 
> if [ "$TERM" = "screen" -a ! "$SHOWED_SCREEN_MESSAGE" = "true" ]; then
>   detached_screens=`screen -list | grep Detached`
>   if [ ! -z "$detached_screens" ]; then
>     echo "+---------------------------------------+"
>     echo "| Detached screens are available:       |"
>     echo "$detached_screens"
>     echo "+---------------------------------------+"
>   else
>     echo "[ screen is activated ]"
>   fi
>   export SHOWED_SCREEN_MESSAGE="true"
> fi
> 
> I have it setup this way on all my machines.  My question is, when I ssh
> from one machine to another, I'd like to be able to detach the remote
> screen process.  However, my ctrl-a commands get grabbed by the local
> screen process.  Is there a way around this?  Or, rather, a better way
> to do what I'm trying to accomplish?  I suppose I could bind another key
> to do what ctrl-a does, I just wonder if there is another solution.
> 
> If it matters, here are my machine specs:
> 
> Linux daneel 2.6.4-rc1-mm2 #1 SMP Wed Mar 3 17:04:14 MST 2004 i686
> Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Screen version 4.00.01
> (FAU) 18-Sep-03 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13
> 
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