Re: terminal-metapackage

2007-11-28 Thread joseph lockhart
okay here is the first built of my terminal metapackage terminalphile, hosted at http://www.cli-apps.org/content/show.php/terminalphile?content=70610&PHPSESSID=26584a2ddcfc64625645d1153b141684 feedback would be great jwlockhart Registered Linux User #458799 this user is penguin powered

Re: terminal-metapackage

2007-11-28 Thread joseph lockhart
ok, thanks, i will look at screen closer jwlockhart Registered Linux User #458799 this user is penguin powered Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.c

Re: terminal-metapackage

2007-11-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 08:50:52PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > i have been looking at screen, and think that it may > work if i could find a way (an add-on script or > something) to create a tabbable menu of the open > screens to replace the use of next and windowlist > (almost a persist on w

Re: terminal-metapackage

2007-11-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 08:15:56PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > >> my other intrest would be to create a ncurses > >based > >> overlay for terminal that would allow multiple > >screens > >> without logging into more than one tty, though i > >am > >> not sure if one exists or not (i am also going

Re: terminal-metapackage

2007-11-27 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 08:30:54PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > > the biggest part of it is that it is a learning > experience for me, both to see what can be done > without the x server installed, and to work on > programing which is certainly not a strong suit for me > at the moment. nothin'

Re: terminal-metapackage

2007-11-27 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 08:50:52PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > > i have been looking at screen, and think that it may > work if i could find a way (an add-on script or > something) to create a tabbable menu of the open > screens to replace the use of next and windowlist > (almost a persist on

Re: terminal-metapackage

2007-11-26 Thread joseph lockhart
>> footprint of around 9GB (though several of these >are >> not essential and some are repetative like firefox >in > >Hmm. That sounds like a lot of stuff. I have quite a >bit installed as >well, a full KDE gui environment, firefox/iceweasel >plus other stuff, >yet my install footprint only reaches

Re: terminal-metapackage

2007-11-26 Thread David Fox
On 11/26/07, joseph lockhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > footprint of around 9GB (though several of these are > not essential and some are repetative like firefox in Hmm. That sounds like a lot of stuff. I have quite a bit installed as well, a full KDE gui environment, firefox/iceweasel plus oth

Re: terminal-metapackage

2007-11-26 Thread joseph lockhart
>> well to an extent this is an extension of my last >> thread. does anyone know of any metapackages that >> contain all the cli tools in one place, if not >then i >> am off to RTM at http://people.debian.org/ on >creating >> metapackages and try to work something out, though >it >> is not somethin

Re: terminal-metapackage

2007-11-26 Thread joseph lockhart
>> my other intrest would be to create a ncurses >based >> overlay for terminal that would allow multiple >screens >> without logging into more than one tty, though i >am >> not sure if one exists or not (i am also going to >look >> at twin) > >That sounds like a description of screen... yes, i ca

Re: terminal-metapackage

2007-11-26 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 12:39:52PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > well to an extent this is an extension of my last > thread. does anyone know of any metapackages that > contain all the cli tools in one place, if not then i > am off to RTM at http://people.debian.org/ on creating > metapackages an

Re: terminal-metapackage

2007-11-26 Thread Ken Irving
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 12:39:52PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > > my other intrest would be to create a ncurses based > overlay for terminal that would allow multiple screens > without logging into more than one tty, though i am > not sure if one exists or not (i am also going to look > at twin