I actually went so far as to write a pair of shell scripts to let me use named screen sessions to make having multiple instances of screen on one system less painful. I use it for both permanence and console switching... with an appropriate screenrc you can even have the little list of sessions at the bottom or top of the window just like with tabs. I'd just add that '-e^@@' is necessary for me to use screen— ctrl-a as the command key is the worst thing ever. (^@ is ctrl-space.)
Daerr got me hooked on the wonderful brilliance of screen for permanance as well, answering some basic (i.e. stupid, RTFM!) questions, including -rd. I don't quite automate as much as Daerr - okay, I don't automate, but I am _always_ using screen.
I am surprised you (prog) hadn't been infected with screen -rd previously.
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I love screen and can't live without it...
Date: 2007-01-26 07:32 pm (UTC)Re: I love screen and can't live without it...
Date: 2007-01-29 04:02 am (UTC)I am surprised you (prog) hadn't been infected with screen -rd previously.