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		mahmud on April 22, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What I Wish I Had Known About Developing C/C++ Fro... My development environment runs 24/7 and I can get to it from ANY machine on earth. ssh me@mysite.com $ screen -x Even the cursor stays where it was between sessions. How can I do that with ${IDE}?

eru on April 22, 2009 | [–]

Shouldn't this be possible with remote sessions of X or so?

silentbicycle on April 22, 2009 | | [–]

Yes, but screen is usually good enough for most people (self included), and is quite trivial to set up.

gaius on April 22, 2009 | [–]

VNC or RDP, to be pedantic :-)

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