# $Id: screen.txt,v 1.1 2003/07/14 15:03:03 tjn Exp $

 screen - screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation 
          SCREEN(1)


 This is useful (as was pointed out to me in Sherbrooke by OSCAR folks)
 when you have a lossy link and don't want to reopen files.  You can
 multiplex multiple screens in a single session but also you can recover
 dropped sessions after logged back into the machine.

 Example:
    mydesktop:$  ssh server.lossylink.gov
    server:$ screen
    server:$ vi FILE.txt
      <CTRL+C of XTERM, to show lost link>
    
    mydesktop:$  ssh server.lossylink.gov
    server:$ screen -r
      <All open screen recovered>


 See the SCREEN(1) manual page for further details about adding new screen
 for multiplexing etc.  Also, FWIW, the screen sessions dump ".dot" files
 so if you're working with CVS you might see comments about these tmp files.