On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:22:32 +0200, Hannah Schroeter wrote: > Then, script (from base!) or screen (from ports) can help. > > For screen, be sure to increase the scrollback, something like > defscrollback 500 > in your .screenrc helps much.
Thanks, Hannah, but this isn't what I was asking for. I am aware of those utilities. Why would I want to skim through thousands of lines to find out which package / port comes with a short install message ? I wouldn't know why. If it can be done automatically. > And with screen, you can even cut&paste with the keyboard only. Or use > the cut&paste features of wsmoused. With all my love for full screen; doing this is not optimal. I can't take any pride in doing things the difficult way, when they can be done in a simple manner. I do not like the way my 'other system' (Debian) handles this and activates anything apt-get-ed on its own. On the other hand, I don't see why an install message is obfuscated, suggested to be recovered from pages over pages of 'script' with weird keyboard action (no, there is no need to ever carry a mouse to the server room in my sometimes weird opinion). My job is teaching CS; R&D in CS. It is not my job and pride to remember to phpxs -s after an upgrade. Neither to be able to extract an install message from a screendump. Thanks again for the suggestions, nevertheless. Uwe
