F. Caulier wrote: > I just discovered 'window' in base, a very usefull > tool! > I was used to install 'screen' to get a terminal > multiplexer but as I found 'window' which gives me > multiplexing without 'screen's' bloat and restrictive > license. > > Just two questions: > > Is there an example.windowrc available somewhere or > would someone be so kind a send me his own customized > one? > I already searched the web on this but couldn't find > much.
yes, the name "window" is highly unfortunate when it comes to using search engines, as I recall. Here is something I ultimately came up with, based on something I found...don't ask me where or how. It is admittedly imperfect, but it did the job. ==== /home/nick $ more .windowrc close all myrows = $nrow - 2 mycols = ( $ncol / 2 ) - 1 window ( 1, 1, $myrows, 80 ) # "80" in following command should be $mycols, but we'll just chop long lines window ( 1 , $mycols + 2 , $myrows, 80) label ( 1, "dvd0 (top drive)" ) label ( 2, "dvd1 (bottom drive)" ) write 1 "sleep 1 ; chkdrv 0\n" #write 1, $mycols $myrows write 2 "sleep 6 ; chkdrv 1\n" ==== it creates two windows in the current screen, with a split down the middle. It then starts a program called "chkdrv" with a different parameter in each of the windows. It's a starting point. And no, I don't really recall what the comment meant. :) This was for an app which burned a pair of DVDs regularly, and I wanted to have the final output of each burn to be left on the screen. I did ultimately replace this use of "window" with running X, auto-launching a pair of xterms running the app. I found it easier for normal users to see and look through the output. Nick.
