On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 17:31, Paul M Foster wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 06:07:35AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 22:57, bob parker wrote: > > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 01:55, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 04:06, Alfredo Valles wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday 27 August 2003 3:59 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 07:15, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: > > > > > > > Frank Gevaerts wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 01:11:08AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > [snip] > > [snip] [snip] > > So I *am* a Luddite after all: a good text interface is just as > > good as any GUI interface, and a hell of a lot faster. > > > > I had pull-down menus, dialog boxes, etc in CP/M, when using > > TurboPascal. > > > > No kidding! I could completely do without X and GUI for anything but > programs that have to deal with graphics. A text-based (curses) > interface is sooo much faster for data entry, etc. And you can > definitely make them look decent. > > Unfortunately, it's damn hard to find curses programs and toolkits these > days. They exist, but hardly anyone codes that way now. It's all GUI. > > And while we're off topic, why does the console emulate VT100 and xterms > emulate VT102? And can anything be done about it?
Because Unix-types think that DEC went out of business after creating the VT102, back in, oh, 1980... Actually, xterm(1) says that it emulates much of the VT220. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "Vanity, my favorite sin." Larry/John/Satan, "The Devil's Advocate" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
