[Konsole-devel] [Bug 58868] selection of gnu screen sessions

[krishnoid at wapacut.com]

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------- Additional Comments From krishnoid at wapacut.com  2003-09-27 03:55 -------
If this were a right-click option in the terminal window ('attach to screen
session->xxx'), I can see this immediately becoming more useful to the average
user.  A Un*x user of 15+ years, having not learned about pseudo-terminals until
I learned expect and read about screen, I want to scream when I think about how
much more productive I could have been throughout the last ten years of my
working life had I known more about this capability.

I ask you to picture a user starting up a 'screen' session, then using it from
different konsole windows on different kde desktops, and working until s/he
logged out, or the X server crashed.  Then when kde starts up again, visualize
the user right-clicking on a konsole window, trying to start all over again by
creating new screen sessions, then noticing the old ones are a
right-click->'attach to session'->xxxx away (a context menu, mentioned when I
first filed this bug).

IMHO, this would impart an unmatched feeling of stability and reliability to
Un*x and KDE for users (albeit, the ones that use the command line and/or curses
apps) that associate a window system crash to a system crash (such as Windows
users), or that associate a terminal emulator crash to a process crash (such as
myself, a few months ago).

I myself finally broke down and learned the basics of how to use screen.  I'm
using the tabbed terminal emulator 'iTerm' under MacOSX, and just had my
WindowServer crash (for the first time in a year -- MacOSX is pretty stable). 
The ability to return to my screen sessions, just as I had left them (even
though I couldn't 'detach' cleanly from them before the crash) was, relative to
how I understood terminal emulators until very recently, nothing short of
*magical*.  And this is just knowing how to create, name, and switch sessions --
I have yet to learn how to split the screen and/or create windows.

My enthusiasm stems from a desire to use and assist others in using valuable
tools readily from within the KDE environment, and conversely, to recommend
enhancements to the already excellent and usable KDE environment to make it an
even more compelling offering.  

I reiterate my thanks for such a valuable suite of software, and for konsole in
particular.