https://github.com/cameroncros/PoorMansScreen/tree/better_screen (The main branch is how I currently use it, not at all screen-like, the better_screen branch is much closer to a screen replacement.)

It all currently works fine, albeit quite simple, and I suspect not following best practices. Please talk shit about my code so I can fix that :D

For my next stage of development, I would like to use some combo of vt100 and ratatui to wrap the shell in a border, or add a menu bar at the top or bottom to make it clear when the user is inside a "screen". Does anyone have any thoughts on how to go about doing that? I am very unskilled at ratatui.

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[–] livingcoder@programming.dev 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

I don't know anything about screen. I think it would be great if you included a nice README.md file in the root of your repo for explaining what screen is and what your repo does both differently and the same. Please let me know if you do that. I'll come and check out the repo at that point - kinda hard for me to want to jump directly into the code at the moment.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I had thought screen was pretty commonly known, but its a tool you can use to background and reconnect to a process, with the child process being completely separated from your shell. So you can ssh into a box, start a process with screen, and then logout, return later and reconnect. (It also does other stuff like read from serial consoles)

Codewise, there isnt a lot there, 3 main files (main.rs, server.rs and client.rs) all weighing in at ~200 lines.

It felt premature to add a readme at this stagr, as I dont see this as a complete thing yet, but I can add a readme later today.

[–] livingcoder@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the explanation and README. I'll check it out.

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