Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:30:15 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Status line for text mode console Message-ID: <20081030093015.2188f1f0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20081030061002.GB97010@icarus.home.lan> References: <20081030070459.11029e7b.freebsd@edvax.de> <20081030061002.GB97010@icarus.home.lan>
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:02 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> 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 locally (a local terminal session) it doesn't seem to be the right tool. > In general, this is really not something the *operating system* offers, > or the shell. This is often the responsibility of a third-party > program that manipulates the pty. That's a correct consideration. Maybe I have some ideas running a shell, along with some Ncurses stuff... -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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