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On Nov 26, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Chris Brennan wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Dave <dave@g8kbv.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>>  Yes, I found that, good info.  I'm relying on the freebsd.org site man
>> pages and documentation among others, as I'm finding it too inconvenient
>> (bad short term memory) using the man pages on the system.  At least I
>> can have the website pages open on a nearby laptop.
>> 
> There are two options that I know of that could make this part easier for
> you
> 
> 1) screen (tried and true) can do split windows/multiple windows although
> I've never been able to correctly figure it out
I second screen.

/usr/ports/sysutils/screen/