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diff --git a/src/doc/FAQ b/src/doc/FAQ index 6c9c8af..e4c01bf 100644 --- a/src/doc/FAQ +++ b/src/doc/FAQ @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ A: Screen always interprets control-sequences sent by the escape character (CTRL-A). Both are basic screen features and cannot be switched off. Even if it were possible to switch screen into a completely transparent mode, you could never switch - between windows, while kermit/sz/rz is downloading a file. You - must wait til the end as kermit/sz/rz will not transmit your - input during a file transfer and as kermit/sz/rz would be very + between windows, while kermit/sz/rz is downloading a file. You + must wait till the end as kermit/sz/rz will not transmit your + input during a file transfer and as kermit/sz/rz would be very confused if screen switched away the window containing the other kermit/sz/rz. Simply detach your screen session for each file transfer and start the transfer program only from the shell @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Q: When you start "screen" a page of text comes up to start you A: Just put the following line in your ~/.screenrc: startup_message off - Many peole ask this, although it is in the man page, too :-) + Many people ask this, although it is in the man page, too :-) Q: Start "screen emacs" and run emacs function suspend-emacs (ctrl-z). The window containing emacs vanishes. @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ A: Probably you got the termcap/terminfo entries wrong. Fixing this should check the terminfo/termcap databases there. If you cannot tell if terminfo or termcap is used (or you just want to be save), the do all steps in stage 3 in parallel for both - systems (on all envolved hosts). Second: Understand the basic + systems (on all involved hosts). Second: Understand the basic rules how screen does its terminal emulation. When screen is started or reattached, it relies on the TERM environment variable to correctly reflect the terminal type you have physically @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ A: Probably you got the termcap/terminfo entries wrong. Fixing this Q: I cannot configure screen. Sed does not work. -A: The regular expressions used in our configure scrip are too +A: The regular expressions used in our configure script are too complicated for GNU sed version 2.03. In this regard it is bug compatible with Ultrix 3.1 "sed": GNU sed version 2.03 dumps core with our configure script. Try an older release. E.g. from |