Re: Status line for text mode console

2008-10-30 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:30:15 +0100, Polytropon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:02 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sounds like something screen(1) offers. See sysutils/screen. > > Much too complicated. :-) I'm using screen on a daily basis to manage > mul

Re: Status line for text mode console

2008-10-30 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:02 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like something screen(1) offers. See sysutils/screen. Much too complicated. :-) I'm using screen on a daily basis to manage multiple SSH sessions (very comfortable tool), but for something that should run loca

Re: Status line for text mode console

2008-10-29 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 07:04:59AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > Some question, inspired by my mainframe time... > > Is there a port that allows FreeBSD to be equipped with some kind > of status line when using the shell on a text mode console? With > "status line" I mean some automagically updating

Status line for text mode console

2008-10-29 Thread Polytropon
Some question, inspired by my mainframe time... Is there a port that allows FreeBSD to be equipped with some kind of status line when using the shell on a text mode console? With "status line" I mean some automagically updating text line that informs about... date, time, terminal, actual system lo