Quoting ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Brian Servis wrote: > > > > *- On 16 Jun, Gareth wrote about "Re: Switch console in xterm" > > > On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, ktb wrote: > > >> Somewhere I heard there exists a program that will allow you to switch > > >> "consoles" in an xterm. In other words it would be like switching > > >> consoles with ctrl+alt+F* but from within a single xterm window. I > > >> poked around in the packages at the Debian site but can't find > > >> anything. I don't even know what to call it. Makes it a little hard to > > >> search for:) Let me know if you've heard of such a thing. > > > > > > You might be looking for a thing called screen it makes multiple > > > consoles(windows) in any terminal (not just xterm) you can get it form any > > > of the GNU mirrors eg... > > > http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/gnu/screen/ > > > > > > > Use the Debian package if this is what you want, screen is in its own > > Debian package in the misc section. > > > > Are you talking about switching between "desktops" under X? Most > > modern window managers under X support some form of multiple desktops > > and virtual desktops. > > No not switching desktops in X. Switching the screen within a single > xterm. I'll check out 'screen.'
Well there's also the concept of an Alternate Screen in xterm. That's why you don't see, for example, the last screenfull of output from less when you quit, but just your interactive commands. less uses the alternate screen, and you can switch back and forth with Ctrl and a mouse button (right for me, but I think that's non-standard). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
