Archive for March, 2007

GNU Screen is a UNIX tool that allows multiple console applications to be run, each in its own “window”, from the same terminal. In a single Screen session, you can run interactive shells, mail programs, SSH sessions, and other console based applications, and you can easily switch between these using hotkeys. You can even split up the Screen display so that multiple Screen windows can be viewed at the same time.

If you’ve never used Screen, but frequently use console applications, it is definitely a tool worth exploring. An introduction to Screen can be found on the Kuro5hin website.

In this article I share my experience with one of my favorite screen features: its scrollback buffer. As you interact with a Screen window, Screen stores a configurable number of lines of history in its scrollback buffer. The scrollback buffer makes it easy to browse or even search through the history of your windows. In addition, it makes it easy to copy and paste any section of text from the history.

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I’ve received numerous requests for the Samsarin PHP Widget, so I am happy to announce that is now available here. This widget makes it easy to add PHP code into the sidebar while using Automattic’s Widget plugin.

If you are not familiar with Wordpress widgets, take a look at Automattic’s Widget plugin. The plugin makes it easy to reconfigure your Wordpress sidebar by dragging and dropping widgets into place on a sidebar menu.

The Samsarin PHP Widget adds a new text widget that allows PHP to be included inline.

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