Title: Theory / Unimportant / CS / command line / admin / screen / usage
Tags: FromInstruction computer_to_instruction hasNotNewEffectReturnsMeaning

Question: when screen foo is called, what happens when foo halts
Answer: screen (per default) kills the window that contained it. If this window was in the foreground, the display switches to the previously displayed window; if none are left, screen exits.
Page: https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html#License
Chapter: 1

Question: What happens to the content of a screen window no longer displayed ?
Answer: The program runs independantly of what happen in other windows
Page: https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html#License
Chapter: 1

Question: What happens to something typed inside a screen window ?
Answer: It is sent to the program running the current window. The only exception to this is the one keystroke that is used to initiate a command to the window manager.
Page: https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html#License
Chapter: 1

Instruction: ?
Page: https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html#License
Effect: display a list of the available screen commands and their bindings.
Context: Screen: Control mode
Chapter: 2

Instruction: :
Page: https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html#License
Effect: Allow to enter a configuration line
Context: screen command mode
Chapter: 4
Section: 3

Instruction: (select)
Page: https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html#License
Effect: Prompt for a window identifier and switch. See Selecting.
Chapter: 5
Section: 1
Abbreviation: \'