GNU scren is a very handle little program. I first ran across it a long time ago, back when I was excited to have upgraded to a 2400 BAUD modem. 
screen is “terminal multiplexer”, ie, it will let you run many console applications under one tty. That is just one (very cool) feature. The other major cool feature is the ability to detach the screen session from the controlling tty, and re-attach it on another tty. So, you can log in from one location, start up your world, then detach, go to a different machine, and ssh back, and pick up where you were. Or, if you have a bad connection which keeps dropping the connection on you, you can re-connect, and pick back up where you left of.
I usually have one screen running at all time, and in that screen session, I ssh to various hosts that I am working, and have screen running on those hosts.
Additional Links
- gnu screen - Google Search
- GNU Screen - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- GNU Screen - Summary [Savannah]
- GNU Screen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- GNU Screen - Jonathan McPherson
- Screen User’s Manual
- start [GNU screen]
- Deadman.org: SSH-Agent Forwarding and GNU Screen
- http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~jnweiger/screen-faq.html
- Remote terminal session management using screen
- How to use screen to detach from and share terminal sessions
- z o r g . o r g - A Brief Introduction to Screen
- www.zorg.org! Linux, Home Automation, VoIP, Radio Scanning, PMR446, CB Radio, Cryptography, Handspring Visor, Psion Series 3 and much more.
- screen - The Terminal Multiplexer
- Power Sessions with Screen | Linux Journal
- Linux.com | SysAdmin to SysAdmin: The beauty of screen
- SysAdmin to SysAdmin: The beauty of screen — article related to SysAdmin to SysAdmin, System Administration, and Docs.
- Linux.com | Take console productivity to a new level with Screen
- Take console productivity to a new level with Screen — article related to GNU/Free Software, Linux, and Tools & Utilities.
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Dude! Long time no see. I still have a little note from you in the pocket of my TI calculator from chemistry class in 1985. I believe you may have quoted Monty Python at me.
You might really like this, Don — use screen + wikrad + socialtext and you can edit wiki pages with others while all sharing the same screen session, in vim or whatever. Not JUST that I am biased. It is also cool.
wikrad + screencast
[...] He’s back! And with with something new/cool:dvtm || dynamic virtual terminal manager. I have looked at other character-cell based `window’ managers before, but they either a) did not work or b) took up too much screen room with needless decorations. The nice thing about dvtm is that it is small, simple, and works well under screen. [...]