At Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:08:42 +1100, James A Coffey wrote: > I have been using Linux for a number of years and the only gripe > I have is that I can not find a terminal emulator that has horizontal > scroll bars or I can't find away to configure my environment so that > lines scroll horizontally and I can scroll through them using arrow > keys for example. Why would I want them I hear you ask ? > Simply because when you are tailing a log file ( eg syslog from cisco > routers or worse snmp traps) having a line wrap makes viewing the logs > very difficult. All I am after is something like xnmevent viewer from > HP that doesn't wrap lines but alllows you to scroll horizontally > without stopping the real time logs.
Try xconsole for a simple light-weight solution. I'd use (x)emacs with `truncate-lines' set to true, but thats a bit of a sledgehammer if you aren't already using it for some other reason.. -- - Gus -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
