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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Multiscreens - which one is active?
Message-ID: <1331@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 23 Oct 89 15:24:27 GMT
References: <11@dynasys.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corp R&D Center
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  I can't tell you how to determine the screen in use, but I can tell
you how to force it to be the one you wrote your message to... the
sequence ESC [ XX z (where XX is 00-11, terminal number) will change the
screen. You can do something like:
	echo "Hey you!\033[01z" >/dev/tty02

  Note that this can be a REAL pain for the person using the console, so
be careful. I use this to put certain message on a problem screen and
then change to it. I use it only when something needs to be noticed
RIGHT NOW.

-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon