On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 16:21 +0100, ermo | Rune Morling wrote: > On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 15:40 +0100, ermo | Rune Morling wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 14:02 +0100, ermo | Rune Morling wrote: > > > On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 13:17 +0100, ermo | Rune Morling wrote: > > > > Everyone, > > > > > > > > Do you use GNU Screen a lot? Would you like to reap the benefits of the > > > > usability work that has gone into the Ubuntu Server project? Then > > > > perhaps Byobu is for you. > > > > > > > > >From http://launchpad.net/byobu: > > > > > > > > Byobu is a Japanese term for decorative, multi-panel screens that serve > > > > as folding room dividers. As an open source project, Byobu is an elegant > > > > enhancement of the otherwise functional, plain, practical GNU Screen. > > > > Byobu includes an enhanced profile and configuration utilities for the > > > > GNU screen window manager, such as toggle-able system status > > > > notifications. > > > > > > > > To get your grubby hands on this sweet baby, all you need to do is a > > > > simple: 'sudo conary update byobu=/ermo.rpath....@fl:2-devel' > > > > > (snip) > > Seems the package still needs some work - 'Release early, release often' > might be the open source mantra, but it does little for the first > impressions of a what in theory is a pretty neat concept when it doesn't > work in practice. > > What I'm trying to say is that there are still some niggles with Byobu > that are entirely my fault -- the packaging needs some work before it is > ready for production use. >
Thanks to a responsive upstream and some slight digging around in the source, the issues I had with the first versions of Byobu should now be mostly fixed; in particular, the default <Fn> keybindings and the help text should now work as intended at last and the tracebacks when attempting to configure Byobu should be gone. If you want to check out/help test Byobu, remove your ~/.byobu dir and make a backup of your .screenrc before you run the new version for the 1st time. Please note that the package is still a Work in Progress and that not all upstream features work yet (mostly related to the status bar plugin system). - ermo _______________________________________________ Foresight-devel mailing list Foresight-devel@lists.rpath.org http://lists.rpath.org/mailman/listinfo/foresight-devel
