From 294dc2e542751113bb15074dd9a2c0cd220a3192 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jamie Strandboge Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:09:33 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] update help.txt for typos, phrasing, formatting and scrollback --- debian/changelog | 4 ++++ doc/help.txt | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 002adbb5..6e537744 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ screen-profiles (1.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + [ Jamie Strandboge ] + * update help.txt + + [ Dustin Kirkland ] * bin/updates-available: add missing print statements -- Dustin Kirkland Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:09:43 -0600 diff --git a/doc/help.txt b/doc/help.txt index 08b4d0bf..e3a4c949 100644 --- a/doc/help.txt +++ b/doc/help.txt @@ -1,24 +1,24 @@ - ******************************************** - ** Welcome to the screen powered terminal ** - ******************************************** -The main benefits of the screen program is that your session can have -multiple windows and keep context between multiple logins. You will also -notice the task bar at the bottom that informs you of various system -status, update waiting to be applied and which window you are currently -running on. + ********************************************** + ** Welcome to the screen powered terminal ** + ********************************************** +Screen is a powerful program that allows your terminal session to have +multiple windows and retain context between multiple logins. This +version of screen is configured with a task bar at the bottom of the +window that shows system status, pending updates, and which window you +are currently viewing. -A complete help on the screen program can be obtained using the 'man screen' -command. Note that our implementation remaps the escape prefix to ctrl-G -instead of the standard ctrl-A. +Complete help on screen can be obtained using the 'man screen' command. +Please note that screen is configured to remap the escape prefix (usually +ctrl-A) to ctrl-G. -Some usefull mappings (where C- means ctrl): -------------------------------------------------------------------- -shift-tab Goto next window | F1 Basic help (this) -C-pgup Goto previous window | F2 Advanced help -C-pgdown Goto next window | F4 Create new window -C-shift-del Detach and logout | F6 Close current window -------------------------------------------------------------------- +Common mappings (where C- means ctrl): +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Shift-Tab/C-PgUp Goto next window | F1 Basic help (this) +C-PgDown Goto previous window | F2 Advanced help +C-Shift-Del Detach screen | F4 Create new window +C-g Esc Use scrollback (Esc exits) | F6 Close current window +------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Note that these bindings have been tested for xterm type terminal such as -gnome-terminal, but may need some adjustments elsewhere. +These mappings are known to work with xterm compatible terminals (eg +gnome-terminal), but may need to be adjusted for your environment.