Re: new ideas for screen

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On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Edward Peschko <[email protected]> wrote:

> hey all,
>
> I'm *very* glad that screen seems to have risen from the dead; it's
> one of my favorite tools by far and has saved me tons of time over the
> years.
>
> However, there are a couple of features that I think would make it a
> lot more useful, and I was wondering how feasible it would be to
> implement them:
>
> 1. Named buffers. right now, there is only one buffer in vim.

I assume you mean "in screen" since vim has buffers available for
essentially every printable character, yes?

> I'd like
> to have 26 - one per letter.  As for key binding, perhaps C-a <esc>
> <return> to get into copy mode (as usual), and when done, press
> <C-a>;;<letter>  (ie: <C-a>;;a to get into buffer a, <C-a>;;b in
> buffer b, etc). As for pasting, use semicolon to access the correct
> buffer, and paste it, ie: <C-a>;<letter> to paste.
>
> This would be incredibly helpful, more times than I could count.
>
> 2. Cross search in buffers. Be able to toggle it on and off so that
> <C-a>/ searches not only the current buffer but *all* buffers.
>
> 3. redefinable 'master' control character (<C-a>). On occasion, I've
> had the need for embedding screens within screens (for large
> administration jobs on lots of machines). But the control characters
> get in the way of each other. It would be very helpful to be able to
> define the main control character so that I could be able to send
> screen commands to both 'master' and 'slave' commands.

You can, I do this all the time, my primary computer uses C-z and all my
target machines use C-a.  just put the following in your screenrc to make it
C-z.  Non modified keys can work too, used to use backtick, but as it turns
out the mousewheel doesn't get along with that too well, so I would suggest
using something modified.

escape ^zz


>
> Anyways, I've been out of screen development for a while, so I'm not
> sure how much of this has been already suggested and/or programmed,
> but I'd be interested to find out..
>
> Ed
>
>
>


-- 
-N
AKA:Tom Scogland
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is
more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles
the world.
-Albert Einstein

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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Edward Peschko <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
hey all,<br>
<br>
I&#39;m *very* glad that screen seems to have risen from the dead; it&#39;s<br>
one of my favorite tools by far and has saved me tons of time over the<br>
years.<br>
<br>
However, there are a couple of features that I think would make it a<br>
lot more useful, and I was wondering how feasible it would be to<br>
implement them:<br>
<br>
1. Named buffers. right now, there is only one buffer in vim.</blockquote><div>I assume you mean &quot;in screen&quot; since vim has buffers available for essentially every printable character, yes?&nbsp;</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
 I&#39;d like<br>
to have 26 - one per letter. &nbsp;As for key binding, perhaps C-a &lt;esc&gt;<br>
&lt;return&gt; to get into copy mode (as usual), and when done, press<br>
&lt;C-a&gt;;;&lt;letter&gt; &nbsp;(ie: &lt;C-a&gt;;;a to get into buffer a, &lt;C-a&gt;;;b in<br>
buffer b, etc). As for pasting, use semicolon to access the correct<br>
buffer, and paste it, ie: &lt;C-a&gt;;&lt;letter&gt; to paste.<br>
<br>
This would be incredibly helpful, more times than I could count.<br>
<br>
2. Cross search in buffers. Be able to toggle it on and off so that<br>
&lt;C-a&gt;/ searches not only the current buffer but *all* buffers.<br>
<br>
3. redefinable &#39;master&#39; control character (&lt;C-a&gt;). On occasion, I&#39;ve<br>
had the need for embedding screens within screens (for large<br>
administration jobs on lots of machines). But the control characters<br>
get in the way of each other. It would be very helpful to be able to<br>
define the main control character so that I could be able to send<br>
screen commands to both &#39;master&#39; and &#39;slave&#39; commands.</blockquote><div>You can, I do this all the time, my primary computer uses C-z and all my target machines use C-a. &nbsp;just put the following in your screenrc to make it C-z. &nbsp;Non modified keys can work too, used to use backtick, but as it turns out the mousewheel doesn&#39;t get along with that too well, so I would suggest using something modified.</div>
<div><br></div><div>escape ^zz</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br>
<br>
Anyways, I&#39;ve been out of screen development for a while, so I&#39;m not<br>
sure how much of this has been already suggested and/or programmed,<br>
but I&#39;d be interested to find out..<br>
<br>
Ed<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-N<br>AKA:Tom Scogland<br>I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.<br>
-Albert Einstein<br>
</div>

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