GNU Screen with vertical division enabled
Posted: Fri 16 Mar 2012, 00:52
I applied the patch for vertical divisions in Screen, and made a pet (my first one). Tested in 4.3.1.
The preassigned key to create a vertical division is ctrl+a and then V (caps+v).
There seems to be a minor flaw, for Vim users: you can use Vim screens that have been opened in full screen, and then create divisions and navigate between them without problems. But if you open Vim from console within a divided screen (typing 'vim enter'), it will greedily open full screen, screwing divisions and creating further disarrangement. Nothing serious, you can redo the existing divisions and everything will be ok again, but it is a bit of a fuzz until you discover it.
I don't know if there is much intersection between those who use Screen and those who do not know how to apply a patch, but I was one of them until very recently, so I thought maybe it was worth to post this.
The preassigned key to create a vertical division is ctrl+a and then V (caps+v).
There seems to be a minor flaw, for Vim users: you can use Vim screens that have been opened in full screen, and then create divisions and navigate between them without problems. But if you open Vim from console within a divided screen (typing 'vim enter'), it will greedily open full screen, screwing divisions and creating further disarrangement. Nothing serious, you can redo the existing divisions and everything will be ok again, but it is a bit of a fuzz until you discover it.
I don't know if there is much intersection between those who use Screen and those who do not know how to apply a patch, but I was one of them until very recently, so I thought maybe it was worth to post this.