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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
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Subject: Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
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On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:53:51 -0500, Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> wrote:
> 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
> 
> 2) tmux (the pretentious upstart), it's a quick install and it's built in
> help (^b?) is eternally useful and it's options make more sense then screen
> (to me at least)

Along with the Spanish Inquisition, there are three! Three!
Three options: screen, tmux, and the native solution of
virtual terminals via Alt+PFx switch. This even allows
you to use the mouse-driven edit buffer (copy + paste),
e. g. if you need to compose a command line using the
examples listed in the man page.

If you're accessing a system remotely, there is also the
option of opening -- FOUR! Four options! -- the option
of opening more than one connection to the remote system,
and each of them in an own xterm (or KDE Konsole tab
which I would say if I had been using KDE, but I haven't).
Of course, this solution also allows you copy + paste
operations. Other means of accessibility are provided by
the window manager you're using.

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! :-)


-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...