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- From: roeber@vxcrna.cern.ch
- Subject: DM vs. xterm
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.113707.1@vxcrna.cern.ch>
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- Organization: CERN -- European Organization for Nuclear Research
- References: <1992Nov5.163551.2615@ttsi.lonestar.org> <1992Nov5.201427@helix.nih.gov> <1992Nov9.192837.17737@bcars6a8.bnr.ca>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:37:07 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov9.192837.17737@bcars6a8.bnr.ca>, djf@bnr.ca (Duane Fowler) writes:
- > [...] I'm interested in knowing what people see in Domain pads, editor,
- > etc. Sure the ability to search back through the pads was nice, but the
- > functionality exists with Xterms - just not as gracefully.
-
- Well, for two: the fact that lines extend off the sides (instead of
- wrapping), and you can scroll sideways; and the multi-line input
- window that can be easily held and edited.
-
- This latter can't be done in "normal" unix (as HP's DM-lite shows),
- because the pty devices used lack a way having the master measure
- how much input the child has read.
-
- The ease of the univeral editor could be provided if somebody wrote
- a callable editor object that could easily be used in programs.
- Perhaps epoch plus the emacs-client stuff could do it.
-
- I, too, wish the DM had a complete language, and compared to today's
- window manager/session manager/process manager sets, it's pretty limited.
-
- On the other hand, it doesn't need a shelf full of O'Reilly's to document!
-
- (PS: How do you get infinite scrollback in an xterm?)
-
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