MULTISCREEN(M) XENIX System V MULTISCREEN(M)
Name
multiscreen - Multiple screens (device files)
Syntax
alt-Fn
alt-ctrl-Fn
alt-shift-Fn
Description
With the multiscreen feature, a user can access up to ten
different ``screens,'' each corresponding to a separate
device file. Each screen can be viewed one at a time
through the primary monitor video display.
The number of screens on a system depends upon the amount of
memory in the computer. The system displays the number of
enabled screens during the boot process.
Access
To see the next consecutive screen, enter:
Ctrl-PrtSc
To move to any screen from any other screen, enter:
alt-Fn or alt-ctrl-Fn or alt-shift-Fn
where n is the number of one of the ``F'' function keys on
the primary monitor keyboard. For example:
alt-F2
selects tty02, and all output in that device's screen buffer
is displayed on the monitor screen.
Files
/dev/tty[01-10] multiscreen devices
(number available depends on system
memory)
See Also
keyboard(HW), screen(HW), serial(HW), stty(C)
Notes
Any system error messages are normally output on the console
device file (/dev/console). When an error message is
output, the video display reverts to the console device
file, and the message is displayed on the screen. The
console device is the only teletype device open during the
system boot sequence and when in single user, or system
maintenance mode.
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MULTISCREEN(M) XENIX System V MULTISCREEN(M)
Limitations to the number of multiscreens available on a
system does not affect the number of serial lines or devices
available. See serial(M) for information on available serial
devices.
Note that the keystrokes given here are the default for ,
but your keyboard may be different. If so, see keyboard(M)
for the appropriate substitutes. Also, any key can be
programmed to generate the screen switching sequences by
using the mapkey utility.
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