[OT] unbelievable: #ifdef _OTHER_LIB_H

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 12:33:25AM +0200, ketmar via Digitalmars-d wrote:
[...]
> i was never big fan of screen and i never used any of it's advanced
> features, so once i dumped it in favor of dtach. and now i'm really
> happy, 'cause dtach does exactly what i want: allows me to detach from
> console program and then attach to it again. it intercepts only one
> hotkey and doesn't try to mess with escape codes at all. love it.
> 
> sure, it doesn't keep output history, you have to press something like
> ctrl+l to redraw the screen in fullscreen app (if that app supports
> it) and so on, but my, it's nothing compared to constant fighting with
> 'screen', it's configs, it's habit to steal and reinterpret escapes...
> 
> now i'm happy dtach user.

Whoa. Just looked up dtach... I like it!!!! I think I might start using
it in favor of screen, which like you said is just a mess.

Thanks for the tip!!


T

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