Its own manual:
- https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/
- https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html — entirely on one web page
- https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html#Regions
- https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/html_node/ — with one web page per node
- https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/html_node/Regions.html
- https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.pdf
The general prefix: C-a.
Temporarily switching to the builtin command line: C-a :.
Concepts, approaches, …:
- persistent shell session
- regions — displaying more than one window at a time, splitting horizontally or vertically (i.e. screen tiling / splitting), resizing the visible regions, …
- scrolling — the usual scrolling is not available per se — #ToBeClarified — I am not 100% sure how scrolling within screen is meant to be done, but it does not feel well and reasonably usable (what a pity! K.O.!!!)
Other links:
- https://nathan.chantrell.net/linux/an-introduction-to-screen/
- http://www.guckes.net/talks/screen/belug.txt (in German)
- http://aperiodic.net/screen/
- http://aperiodic.net/screen/quick_reference
Within books:
- https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/linux-server-hacks/0596100825/ch04.html#morelnxsvrhks-CHP-4-SECT-7 — Hack #34. Disconnect Your Console Without Ending Your Session
- https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/bash-cookbook-2nd/9781491975329/ch17.html#recovering_disconnected_sessions_using_screen — 17.4 Recovering Disconnected Sessions Using screen
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