Re: Switch console in xterm
From: Remco van 't Veer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the -X switch. On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 20:06, Daniel Barclay wrote: From: David Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... ... less uses the alternate screen, and you can switch back and forth with Ctrl and a mouse button ... Can that behavior of less be turned off? Thanks, Daniel
Re: Switch console in xterm
From: David Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Well there's also the concept of an Alternate Screen in xterm. That's why you don't see, for example, the last screenfull of output from less when you quit, but just your interactive commands. less uses the alternate screen, and you can switch back and forth with Ctrl and a mouse button ... Can that behavior of less be turned off? Daniel
Re: Switch console in xterm
From: David Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Well there's also the concept of an Alternate Screen in xterm. That's why you don't see, for example, the last screenfull of output from less when you quit, but just your interactive commands. less uses the alternate screen, and you can switch back and forth with Ctrl and a mouse button ... Can that behavior of less be turned off? Daniel
Re: Switch console in xterm
Use the -X switch. On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 20:06, Daniel Barclay wrote: From: David Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Well there's also the concept of an Alternate Screen in xterm. That's why you don't see, for example, the last screenfull of output from less when you quit, but just your interactive commands. less uses the alternate screen, and you can switch back and forth with Ctrl and a mouse button ... Can that behavior of less be turned off? Daniel -- splif explosion encryption Ft. Bragg PLO FSF Northold Peking abuse security General Javier Solana genetic XTC South Africa Cthulhu VX ammunition
Switch console in xterm
Somewhere I heard there exists a program that will allow you to switch consoles in an xterm. In other words it would be like switching consoles with ctrl+alt+F* but from within a single xterm window. I poked around in the packages at the Debian site but can't find anything. I don't even know what to call it. Makes it a little hard to search for:) Let me know if you've heard of such a thing. Thanks, kent
Re: Switch console in xterm
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, ktb wrote: Somewhere I heard there exists a program that will allow you to switch consoles in an xterm. In other words it would be like switching consoles with ctrl+alt+F* but from within a single xterm window. I poked around in the packages at the Debian site but can't find anything. I don't even know what to call it. Makes it a little hard to search for:) Let me know if you've heard of such a thing. You might be looking for a thing called screen it makes multiple consoles(windows) in any terminal (not just xterm) you can get it form any of the GNU mirrors eg... http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/gnu/screen/ its pretty good once you get it working properly and it'll allow you to suspend the windows and reattach them to a different session and lots of other handy things. ---Gareth
Re: Switch console in xterm
*- On 16 Jun, Gareth wrote about Re: Switch console in xterm On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, ktb wrote: Somewhere I heard there exists a program that will allow you to switch consoles in an xterm. In other words it would be like switching consoles with ctrl+alt+F* but from within a single xterm window. I poked around in the packages at the Debian site but can't find anything. I don't even know what to call it. Makes it a little hard to search for:) Let me know if you've heard of such a thing. You might be looking for a thing called screen it makes multiple consoles(windows) in any terminal (not just xterm) you can get it form any of the GNU mirrors eg... http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/gnu/screen/ Use the Debian package if this is what you want, screen is in its own Debian package in the misc section. Are you talking about switching between desktops under X? Most modern window managers under X support some form of multiple desktops and virtual desktops. -- Brian - Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Re: Switch console in xterm
Brian Servis wrote: *- On 16 Jun, Gareth wrote about Re: Switch console in xterm On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, ktb wrote: Somewhere I heard there exists a program that will allow you to switch consoles in an xterm. In other words it would be like switching consoles with ctrl+alt+F* but from within a single xterm window. I poked around in the packages at the Debian site but can't find anything. I don't even know what to call it. Makes it a little hard to search for:) Let me know if you've heard of such a thing. You might be looking for a thing called screen it makes multiple consoles(windows) in any terminal (not just xterm) you can get it form any of the GNU mirrors eg... http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/gnu/screen/ Use the Debian package if this is what you want, screen is in its own Debian package in the misc section. Are you talking about switching between desktops under X? Most modern window managers under X support some form of multiple desktops and virtual desktops. No not switching desktops in X. Switching the screen within a single xterm. I'll check out 'screen.' Thanks guys:) kent
Re: Switch console in xterm
Quoting ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Brian Servis wrote: *- On 16 Jun, Gareth wrote about Re: Switch console in xterm On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, ktb wrote: Somewhere I heard there exists a program that will allow you to switch consoles in an xterm. In other words it would be like switching consoles with ctrl+alt+F* but from within a single xterm window. I poked around in the packages at the Debian site but can't find anything. I don't even know what to call it. Makes it a little hard to search for:) Let me know if you've heard of such a thing. You might be looking for a thing called screen it makes multiple consoles(windows) in any terminal (not just xterm) you can get it form any of the GNU mirrors eg... http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/gnu/screen/ Use the Debian package if this is what you want, screen is in its own Debian package in the misc section. Are you talking about switching between desktops under X? Most modern window managers under X support some form of multiple desktops and virtual desktops. No not switching desktops in X. Switching the screen within a single xterm. I'll check out 'screen.' Well there's also the concept of an Alternate Screen in xterm. That's why you don't see, for example, the last screenfull of output from less when you quit, but just your interactive commands. less uses the alternate screen, and you can switch back and forth with Ctrl and a mouse button (right for me, but I think that's non-standard). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Re: Switch console in xterm
*- On 16 Jun, David Wright wrote about Re: Switch console in xterm Well there's also the concept of an Alternate Screen in xterm. That's why you don't see, for example, the last screenfull of output from less when you quit, but just your interactive commands. less uses the alternate screen, and you can switch back and forth with Ctrl and a mouse button (right for me, but I think that's non-standard). Cool! As they say You learn something new everyday! For me it was Ctrl-Btn2 then select Show Alternate Screen. Amazing! -- Brian - Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Re: Switch console in xterm
Brian Servis wrote: *- On 16 Jun, David Wright wrote about Re: Switch console in xterm Well there's also the concept of an Alternate Screen in xterm. That's why you don't see, for example, the last screenfull of output from less when you quit, but just your interactive commands. less uses the alternate screen, and you can switch back and forth with Ctrl and a mouse button (right for me, but I think that's non-standard). Cool! As they say You learn something new everyday! For me it was Ctrl-Btn2 then select Show Alternate Screen. Amazing! - Double Cool! I decided to try out the same thing with Gnome-term and discovered hidden/unknown functions there also. Where are these types of things docummented? BTW; ETerm does not have any. -- John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED]
