Re: turn of control characters in screen

[Brian Kroth]

Eric S. Johansson <address@hidden> 2010-04-19 16:52:
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> A better solution may be dtach. I like it better than screen because I 
> use Emacs and I don't care about multiple screens a single terminal 
> session. The reason I don't use it is because I can't invoke it with the 
> logic "use the first unattached session or create a new session."  I want 
> this capability because it would let me stick the head end invocation 
> inside of a login script and solve 90% of my reconnection problems very 
> very simply.

Just to contest the point, that's easily done with screen too.  I source
the attached file from my ~/.bashrc.  It includes some special cases for
local vs. remote vs. cssh sessions, but the idea should be clear enough.

Brian

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