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diff --git a/doc/screen.texinfo b/doc/screen.texinfo index d721647..c6ee63a 100644 --- a/doc/screen.texinfo +++ b/doc/screen.texinfo @@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ whole screen session is detached from the user's terminal. When a program terminates, @code{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, -@code{screen} exits. +@code{screen} exits. Shells usually distinguish between running as login-shell or sub-shell. +Screen runs them as sub-shells, unless told otherwise (See @code{shell} .screenrc command). Everything you type is sent to the program running in the current window. The only exception to this is the one keystroke that is used to @@ -154,7 +155,8 @@ Character}) and all the key bindings (@pxref{Key Binding}) can be fully customized to be anything you like, though they are always two characters in length. -@code{Screen} does not understand the prefix @kbd{C-} to mean control. +@code{Screen} does not understand the prefix @kbd{C-} to mean control, although +this notation is used in this manual for readability. Please use the caret notation (@kbd{^A} instead of @kbd{C-a}) as arguments to e.g. the @code{escape} command or the @code{-e} option. @code{Screen} will also print out control characters in caret notation. @@ -417,7 +419,7 @@ For combinations with the Set the default shell to be @var{program}. By default, @code{screen} uses the value of the environment variable @code{$SHELL}, or @file{/bin/sh} if it is not defined. This option is equivalent to the -@code{shell} command (@pxref{Shell}). +@code{shell} command (@pxref{Shell}). See also there. @item -S @var{sessionname} Set the name of the new session to @var{sessionname}. This option can @@ -792,7 +794,7 @@ Write out a @file{.termcap} file. @xref{Dump Termcap}. (help)@* Show key bindings. @xref{Help}. -@item @kbd{C-a C-\} +@item @kbd{C-a \} (quit)@* Kill all windows and terminate @code{screen}. @xref{Quit}. @@ -909,6 +911,8 @@ Synonym to @code{aclchg}. @xref{Multiuser Session}. Change character set slot designation. @xref{Character Processing}. @item chdir [@var{directory}] Change the current directory for future windows. @xref{Chdir}. +@item cjkwidth +Treat ambiguous width characters as full/half width. @xref{Character Processing}. @item clear Clear the window screen. @xref{Clear}. @item colon @@ -1343,10 +1347,12 @@ Unset an environment variable. Set the command to be used to create a new shell. This overrides the value of the environment variable @code{$SHELL}. This is useful if you'd like to run a tty-enhancer which is expecting to execute the -program specified in @code{$SHELL}. If the command begins with -a @samp{-} character, the shell will be started as a login-shell. +program specified in @code{$SHELL}. +If the command begins with a @samp{-} character, the shell will be started as a +login-shell. Typical shells do only minimal initialization when not started as a login-shell. +E.g. Bash will not read your @file{~/.bashrc} unless it is a login-shell. -@code{defshell} is currently a synonym to the @code{shell} command. +@code{defshell} is currently a synonym to the @code{shell} .screenrc command. @end deffn @deffn Command shelltitle title @@ -1725,7 +1731,7 @@ password checking. Mainly the same as @code{detach}, but also sends a HANGUP signal to the parent process of @code{screen}.@* @emph{Caution}: This will result in a -logout if @code{screen} was started from your login shell. +logout if @code{screen} was started from your login-shell. @end deffn @deffn Command pow_detach_msg [message] @@ -2032,13 +2038,10 @@ being able to do job control. @node Quit, , Suspend, Session Management @section Quit -@kindex C-\ +@kindex \ @deffn Command quit -(@kbd{C-a C-\})@* -Kill all windows and terminate @code{screen}. Note that on VT100-style -terminals the keys @kbd{C-4} and @kbd{C-\} are identical. So be careful -not to type @kbd{C-a C-4} when selecting window no. 4. Use the empty -bind command (as in @code{bind "^\"}) to remove a key binding +(@kbd{C-a \})@* +Kill all windows and terminate @code{screen}. (@pxref{Key Binding}). @end deffn @@ -3435,6 +3438,7 @@ terminal. @end deffn @deffn Command defcharset [set] +(none)@* Like the @samp{charset} command except that the default setting for new windows is changed. Shows current default if called without argument. @@ -3447,6 +3451,14 @@ windows is changed. Initial setting is @code{on} if screen was started with @samp{-U}, otherwise @code{off}. @end deffn +@deffn Command cjkwidth [state] +(none)@* +Toggle how ambiguoous characters are treated. If cjkwidth is on screen +interprets them as double (full) width characters. If off then they are seen +as one cell (half) width characters. +@end deffn + + @node Copy and Paste, Subprocess Execution, Virtual Terminal, Top @chapter Copy and Paste @cindex copy and paste @@ -5641,6 +5653,7 @@ Alternate user screenrc file. @item SHELL Default shell program for opening windows (default @file{/bin/sh}). +See also @code{shell} .screenrc command. @item STY Alternate socket name. If @code{screen} is invoked, and the environment variable |