Thanks for the suggestion.  Sounds promising, but on the other hand screen
is on all unix distributions I know of, but dtach is harder to find.

On Feb 5, 2008 5:24 AM, Rick Moynihan <rick@calicojack.co.uk> wrote:

> If you're using gnu screen primarily for it's detach capability then you
>  may want to consider 'dtach', which is pretty much just the feature of
> screen.  Consequently it has less keybindings etc, and is more
> compatible with various programs.  I've not really used it with emacs,
> but you might consider it unless you use screens other features.
>
> R.
>
> Andrew Hyatt wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > I use org-mode religiously these days.  I blogged about my use here (
> > http://technical-dresese.blogspot.com/2007/08/org-mode.html) (please
> excuse
> > the fact that when I wrote this I didn't know about the existing
> org-mode
> > functionality to jump to the current clock).
> >
> > I generally have a problem of integrating the work I do in the shell
> with
> > the tasks in org-mode.   Plus, I often need access to the shells at home
> I
> > started from work.  I thought I'd combine these problems into a little
> > org-mode extension that ties screen and org-mode together, via
> ansi-term.
> >
> > For these to work, you have to load ansi-term, which my hack is based
> on.
> >
> > If there's enough interest, I'll make a real .el file out of this.
> >
> > The general idea is that you start a task in which all the work will
> take
> > place in a shell.  This usually is not a leaf-task for me, but usually
> the
> > parent of a leaf task.  From a task in your org-file, M-x ash-org-screen
> > will prompt for the name of a session.  Give it a name, and it will
> insert a
> > link.  Open the link at any time to go the screen session containing
> your
> > work!
> >
> > It works pretty well for me.  The only problem is that I often run emacs
> in
> > a screen session itself, and I can never get scrolling to work right in
> > screen-in-screen.
> >
> > (defun ash-org-screen-buffer-name (name)
> >
> >   "Returns the buffer name corresponding to the screen name given."
> >
> >   (concat "*screen " name "*"))
> >
> >
> >
> > (defun ash-org-screen-helper (name arg)
> >
> >   ;; Pick the name of the new buffer.
> >
> >   (let ((term-ansi-buffer-name (generate-new-buffer-name
> > (ash-org-screen-buffer-name name))))
> >     (setq term-ansi-buffer-name
> >
> >           (term-ansi-make-term term-ansi-buffer-name "/usr/bin/screen"
> nil
> >
> >                                arg name))
> >
> >
> >
> >     (set-buffer term-ansi-buffer-name)
> >
> >     (term-mode)
> >
> >     (term-char-mode)
> >
> >
> >
> >     (term-set-escape-char ?\C-x)
> >
> >     term-ansi-buffer-name))
> >
> >
> >
> > (defun ash-org-screen (name)
> >
> >   "Start a screen session with name"
> >
> >   (interactive "MScreen name: ")
> >
> >
> >
> >   (save-excursion
> >
> >     (ash-org-screen-helper name "-S"))
> >
> >   (insert-string (concat "[[screen:" name "]]")))
> >
> > And don't forget to add ("screen" . "elisp:(ash-org-goto-screen
> \"%s\")") to
> > org-link-abbrev-alist.
>
>
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