Re: [screen-devel] [bug #32037] Support for connecting to another session

[Dennis Schridde]

Am Montag, 3. Januar 2011, um 14:18:11 schrieb Rafal Maszkowski:
> On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 09:35:57AM +0000, Dennis Schridde wrote:
> > After screen is started, it is pretty much locked onto the started
> > session. I would like to have a command to terminate the current session
> > and connect to another existing session instead.
> > Currently the only method to connect to another session is by running
> > "screen -x $id" within the current session, which will create a
> > screen-within-screen, with the need for all the unpleasant ^A escaping.
> 
> Why Ctrl-A D is not suitable?
That's "detach", ain't it?
I am running screen as my $SHELL, if I detach I'm being logged out.

> Screens inside screen is a normal method of work for me. One can get
> used to sending Ctrl-A e.g. to a shell inside third level screen.
Still it is very very inconvenient, imo.

--Dennis

P.S: Should this be copied to Savannah?