Trying to watch two directory listings in the same screen, one by the side of the oth

stf92 · 06-01-2013, 02:22 AM

Hi: If it does not seem too lazy on my part, is there a linux utility that, like splitvt, splits the screen into two windows but not one above the other but one beside the other, i.e., two columns 40 characters wide each (assuming the screen is 80 chars wide)?

unSpawn · 06-01-2013, 02:37 AM

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Hi: If it does not seem too lazy on my part,

With all due respect that does not translate to "I have searched everywhere", does it?

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Originally Posted by stf92

is there a linux utility that, like splitvt, splits the screen into two windows but not one above the other but one beside the other, i.e., two columns 40 characters wide each (assuming the screen is 80 chars wide)?

See tmux?

stf92 · 06-01-2013, 02:47 AM

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With all due respect that does not translate to "I have searched everywhere", does it?

It certainly does not. Tmux? Not in my distro (slackware 14.0). Or perhaps in the distro disks /extra directoroies. Anyway I'll do a web search. Or perhaps learn to use mc (the midnight commander). Though to be able to use ls would be far better. mc does precisely what I was speaking about. It divides the screen into two columns.

273 · 06-01-2013, 06:13 AM

I use screen for split screens. No idea whether it's included in Slackware though.

stf92 · 06-01-2013, 06:24 AM

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I use screen for split screens. No idea whether it's included in Slackware though.

It is. Can you split vertically. I mean, half the screen on the left and half on the right? The manual is dense.

273 · 06-01-2013, 06:27 AM

Yes, you can (and I know what you mean about the manual). To do so you should enter Ctrl+a followed by the pipe symbol |. All the commands for screen begin by entering Ctrl+a.

stf92 · 06-01-2013, 06:37 AM

I type 'screen <CR>'. Then ^A |. Nothing happens. The manual says "The standard way to create a new window is to type ^A C. But this does nothing, either. It seems I'll have to spend some days reading.

Correction: if I am running less, for example, then ^A C does give me a new screen. But all of the screens are 80x25 (the whole physical screen).

273 · 06-01-2013, 06:42 AM

I suppose it's possible that the screen in Slackware isn't compiled with the split-screen functionality but that would be a little odd. This looks like a good quick reference:
http://aperiodic.net/screen/quick_reference

stf92 · 06-01-2013, 06:49 AM

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I suppose it's possible that the screen in Slackware isn't compiled with the split-screen functionality but that would be a little odd. This looks like a good quick reference:
http://aperiodic.net/screen/quick_reference

Thanks you very much.