Sean Carolan wrote:

I like Gnu screen, but the choice of CTRL-A as the command sequence is extremely unfortunate. Like many other bash users, I use CTRL-A to get back to the beginning of the line (emacs editing mode).

How do you all get around this problem? Also, I'm wondering if there is an easy way to get mouse scrolling to work when reviewing terminal history in screen. It's a pain in the arse to CTRL-A then ESC to be able to scroll back.

Have you considered freenx and the NX client from http://www.nomachine.com instead? It gives you the same disconnect/reconnect capability but with a full GUI desktop and fairly efficient cross-platform remote access. I like it better than screen even when most of my windows are xterms.

To get a "Ctrl-A" to go to the bash shell to move to the beginning of the line, use "Ctrl-A A", which sends the Ctrl-A through to the program.

You can change the key to something else by adding the "escape" command in your .screenrc.

bash in centos also usually understands the "Home" key on a regular PC keyboard to move the cursor to the beginning of the line.

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Sean Carolan scarolan@gmail.com wrote:

I like Gnu screen, but the choice of CTRL-A as the command sequence is extremely unfortunate.  Like many other bash users, I use CTRL-A to get back to the beginning of the line (emacs editing mode).

How do you all get around this problem?  Also, I'm wondering if there is an easy way to get mouse scrolling to work when reviewing terminal history in screen.  It's a pain in the arse to CTRL-A then ESC to be able to scroll back.