Re: Can a program create a new window ?

2005-11-07 Thread Michael C. Toren
On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 07:25:30PM -0500, Phil!Gregory wrote: > it might not have had anything to do with the screen interface. ircii (and epic, bitchx, and friends) create multiple windows using the curses library; screen isn't involved in any way. This is the same way in which vim (":new") and

Re: Can a program create a new window ?

2005-11-07 Thread Phil!Gregory
* Nicolas Vigier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-11-07 19:06 +0100]: > Is there a way that a program running in a screen can create a new > window, and display something inside ? I think that would be a useful > feature. The brief answer to your question is yes, there's a way. I've seen epic (IRC progr

Re: Can a program create a new window ?

2005-11-07 Thread Will Maier
On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 07:06:30PM +0100, Nicolas Vigier wrote: > When I am using a textmode program such as mutt or slrn, it often happens > that while I started answering a message, I want to come back to the > message list and display the message I'm answering (or an other one), > but I don't wa

Re: Can a program create a new window ?

2005-11-07 Thread Gerhard Siegesmund
Hello Nicolas > Hmm, interesting. I didn't know that, thanks. > It means creating a patch for mutt or slrn to have a new window for each > message I want to send is possible. > Thanks, I'll try with that. Maybe the attached script may be of some help to you. I don't use it though, as I loose the

Re: Can a program create a new window ?

2005-11-07 Thread Nicolas Vigier
Buddy Burden said: > > Sure. If you type, say, > > screen fred > > while you're already inside screen, that creates a new window running > the command "fred". For instance, I do this all the time (mostly from > in my .screenrc, but it works at the command line too): > > screen -t to

Re: Can a program create a new window ?

2005-11-07 Thread Buddy Burden
Nicolas, Using screen it is possible to have many virtual windows in a term, but as far as I know, creating a new window is only possible using a key binding (like C-a c). Is there a way that a program running in a screen can create a new window, and display something inside ? Sure. If you t

Can a program create a new window ?

2005-11-07 Thread Nicolas Vigier
Hello, When I am using a textmode program such as mutt or slrn, it often happens that while I started answering a message, I want to come back to the message list and display the message I'm answering (or an other one), but I don't want to lose the message I started writting. Using a graphical pro