Shell hangs when using "screen" and "emacs"

[presgas at gmail.com]

On Wed, 7 May 2008, Gerrard Geldenhuis wrote:

> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 16:12:07 +0100
> From: Gerrard Geldenhuis <Gerrard.Geldenhuis at datacash.com>
> Reply-To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: RE: Shell hangs when using "screen" and "emacs"
> 
> Hmmm, difficult to debug. The best would be to have a key logger to see
> what keystrokes you type and then work out what screen is actually
> trying to do.
>
> I like screen but it does not work well with bash in emacs mode using
> the standard key bindings.
>
> Try Ctrl+a " to get a list of windows if it freezes up again.
>
> It could also be the bash session itself that freezes up. I know it can
> do that but I can't for the life of me remember what the shortcut was to
> freeze or unfreeze it.
>
> Not a very helpful reply, I share your pain. :-)
>
> Regards
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
>> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth Holter
>> Sent: 07 May 2008 16:06
>> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
>> Subject: Shell hangs when using "screen" and "emacs"
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I log onto your servers using SSH, and typically run emacs within a
>> screen session. I try and use shortcuts (for example Ctrl plus some
>> key) in emacs, but whenever I type an erroneous shortcut the entire
>> shell freezes and I'm forced to kill the window and restart the SSH
>> session.
>>
>> I think this problem has something to do with using emacs within a
>> screen session, but I'm not sure how to debug it. Has anyone had the
>> same problem, and knows how to correct it?
>>
>> Regrads,
>> kenneho
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I remembered that there was a package in the debian archives that "is like 
screen for emacs", but then I stumbled across this:

http://emacsen.livejournal.com/151356.html

Hope that may help you out.

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