OK, now that sounds great! Somehow I was kind of prejudiced against screen. I used a userspace tool for splitting terminals under Linux a long time ago and it just didn't work well. That was what the mentioning of screen reminded me of. Anyhow: since it seems to be actually used by people it might serve better than I thought.
And as for SVGATextMode: Since I have this computer I had three different video adapters: S3, Mach64 and now Matrox. None of those worked together with SVGATextMode. That's why I didn't consider that in the first place. Maybe Matrox is supported by now. I'll check that out soon. Ciao, Nobbi On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 10:52:10AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 09:38:34AM +0200, Norbert Nemec wrote: > > > I say screw VTs. screen kicks soooo much ass, VTs are a waste of > > > time. The ability to just say 'go to the window where I'm running > > > emacs' slays 'hmm, where was emacs. VT1? nope. VT4? hm, no. VT2? ahh, > > > oh this isn't emacs. VT3, alright here we go...now what was I gonna > > > do?' VTs can be "useful" in a vague sense, but I don't think its > > > really much of a priority. > > > > For me it would be of very high priority! > > You have multiple virtual terminals provided by the screen utility. We put > a huge effort into making it work, so please use it. > > Virtual terminals will never be in the kernel, they will be in the terminal > server (or one of the two). Try a google search on colortext and you will > learn what I mean. I am sure Kalle appreciates input on this. > > However, there will be little difference between vt's in the terminal server > and the screen program from a users perspective. > > > Just as having more than just > > 80x25 characters. > > There was recently posted a port of svgatextmode to the Hurd. > Check the mailing list archive. > > > I absolutely hate the feeling of being confined to just one console. Maybe, > > I'm a claustrophobic in that aspect - but that's part of the reason I never > > got beyond a plain install of the HURD and ~1 hour of fiddling around. > > If that's the only reason, I should advise you to extend the hour to a time > that allows you to find out about screen :) I use plenty of virtual consoles > when I am working on the Hurd. -- -- ______________________________________________________ -- JESUS CHRIST IS LORD! -- To Him, even that machine here has to obey... -- -- _________________________________Norbert "Nobbi" Nemec -- Hindenburgstr. 44 ... D-91054 Erlangen ... Germany -- eMail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tel: +49-(0)-9131-204180
