[SLL] Screen

[Will Mengarini]

* Mike Stunes <stunes at MIT.EDU> [2008-01-17 22:43]:
> What I'm wondering is, is it safe to have something like this in my .zshrc:
> 
> if [[ TERM != "screen" ]]; then
>     exec screen
> fi

In my screen sessions, TERM="xterm", because I get better color
handling.  This is configured in my .screenrc by 'term xterm'.
If you ever did something such that starting screen did not
guarantee TERM="screen", then your .zshrc would endless-loop.

The problem with a hack like 'exec screen' is that you can
forget about it - that's the whole point - so then you're very likely,
years later, to try another hack like 'term xterm',
without realizing the interactions between the two.

Testing [[ -z $STY ]] is slightly safer but still very dangerous.

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                 Will Mengarini  <seldon at eskimo.com>
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