Is there a way to get gnu screen server to disable auto resize/fit? When admining a system from multiple locations, I will use "screen -x". I recently built a script that will a detached server in the background, then create multiple windows, and start programs within each window of the server.
The problem I have is, sometimes I access the server from more than one computer, and sometimes, not all of those computers have exactly the same terminal geometry. As it happens, gnu screen will automatically fit the window to match the first/only terminal attached to it. This becomes a problem when a larger terminal attaches to a screen first, then later a second smaller terminal to the same window. The second terminal can not "see" everything that the first terminal can "see" Rather than constantly changing sizes, I would rather pick one size and stick with it. Naturally, I pick a size that is small enough so that it will fit inside all terminals such as 80X25. I can use the script to set the initial size of each window to 80X25, but once I attach a client screen, gnu screen will resize the window to match even though I don't want it to. That is why I want to disable auto fit/resize. I did come up with a kludge solution, where I built a script to create two instances of the screen server. One server is the one that I attach to from an ssh/pts terminal. The other server is what I call a "shadow" screen server. The "shadow server" has the same number of screens in it as the useful server. The script works to create a running client program for every window in the useful server. Then the script attaches a client to each and every running window in the useful server. Because the "shadow client" connects first, it has precedence. No other attached screen client will override the geometry of the shadow client, thus it acts like a window that can not be resized. Although the does work I would rather have a solution that is not a kludge and does not wast system resources in this way. ____________________________________________________________ Can't remember your password? Do you need a strong and secure password? Use Password manager! It stores your passwords & protects your account. Check it out at http://mysecurelogon.com/manager _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
