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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-07 15:28:28 +0000
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+ ----------------------------
+ What's new in screen-3.5 ?
+ ----------------------------
+
+
+* Texinfo manpage! Thanks to Jason Merrill.
+
+* Screen now has a very large 'configure' script. If you have
+ problems with the resulting configuration please send mail to
+ screen@uni-erlangen.de.
+
+* Stackable overlay planes.
+ All commands are available even if you work with an overlay. Thus
+ you can be in copy/paste mode on several windows!
+
+* Unification of key bindings and screen commands. All keys now generate
+ commands.
+
+* Screen now reads/writes only in asyncronous mode.
+
+* Ansi parser speedup code resulting in much faster output of text.
+
+* Changed the rc file syntax. Commands now directly affect the current
+ window. The default settings are changed with 'def...' commands.
+ The 'set' keyword no longer exists.
+ Please run the 'newsyntax' script on your old screenrc files!
+
+* Emacs style isearch added to copy mode. Try ^A ESC ^R screen ^R ^R
+ to locate the last three occurrences of the word 'screen' in the
+ history buffer.
+
+* New command 'silence'. Alarms the user whenever there was inactivity
+ for a specified amount of time on a certain window.
+ Useful if you want to wait for a compilation to end.
+
+* Much better margin handling:
+ Screen now handles autowrapped lines correctly in the redisplay and
+ copy/paste functions.
+
+* New commands for pastebuffer management:
+ 'copy_reg' copies the pastebuffer to a register,
+ 'ins_reg' pastes a register,
+ 'register' fills a register with a string,
+ 'process' stuffs a register into strings input queue.
+
+* Autonuke feature. Flush the output buffer if the window gets
+ cleared. Enable this with 'autonuke on'.
+
+* Modifications to save memory: Empty attribute and font lines don't
+ get allocated. This is very useful if you have a lage scrollback.
+
+* Multi display support:
+ You can now attach from more than one terminal to a session with
+ the '-x' option.
+
+* New option '-S' to specify socket name.
+
+* Experimental multiuser support added:
+ You can start screen in multiuser Mode by prepending the socket
+ name with a '/' (or by the command 'multiuser on').
+ If another user wants to attach to the screen session, he can do
+ this by prepending the socketname with 'screenuser/'.
+ Of course he must be in the access control list for a successful
+ attach (see the acladd/acldel command).
+
+* Extension to the 'screen' command: You can now specify tty lines
+ instead of programs. This can be used for console management.
+ Added the command 'break' to send a break to the tty line.
+ Not really a new feature, but terminal initialisation now works
+ on suns.
+
+* Input/output filters added. This has been implemented to allow the
+ user to configure an open tty line, but got soon exended to allow
+ all sorts of filters. For more information read the explanation
+ of the 'exec' command in the man page and check the 'fdpat.ps'
+ document.
+
+* Screen can now be started detached (screen -d -m -S sockname).
+ This is useful if you want to start screen in your /etc/rc file
+ (e.g. as a console multiplexer)
+
+* Console grabbing added ('console on' command).
+
+* Windows can now be selected by akas, too. (Per default bound to the
+ >'< key.)
+
+* New terminal capabiliteise CS/CE for cursorkey control.
+
+* setenv/unsetenv commands added.
+
+* Expansion of environment variables ($VAR) and terminal capabilities
+ ($:TC:) in the screenrc files and detach messages.
+ Example: pow_detach_msg "Session of \$LOGNAME \$:cr:\$:nl:ended."
+
+* New commands:
+ 'hardcopydir' and 'logdir' to change the output directories,
+ 'partial' and 'allpartial' to make screen only refresh the line
+ containing the cursor if a window is selected (useful for slow
+ modem connections).
+
+* Cleanup of the provided termcap/terminfo file. Please install
+ the new one!
+
+* The program 'terminfo/checktc.c' does a visual check of a
+ termcap/terminfo entry. Please try it before calling screen and
+ in a screen session.
+
+* LOTS of bugfixes and code cleanup.
+
+Thanks to all the beta testers who helped porting screen to at least
+the following platforms: Ultrix, SunOS, Solaris, BSD43, linux, NEWSOS,
+Irix, OSF/1, Harris CX/UX, hpux, dynix/ptx, AIX.
+And even more thanks to the brave who attempted to use the 'exec'
+command features.
+
+ Donnate patches, bugreports, suggestions, money, beer & pizza to
+ screen@uni-erlangen.de
+