On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 08:21:20AM +0200, Michael Weber wrote >> Mostly everything is configurable, and revertable as user - granted. >> >> I'd like to see a announcement and an optional discussion on this list >> if base profile gets changed [0] - current case bug 449364 [1]. >> >> I'm not opposed to the specific change, or base system changes in >> general, but I don't like seeing them slip thru under the radar. >> >> Just have the honesty and brin gsuch changes to public. >> >> [In this case] having an working mouse copy'n'paste eases the way from >> stage3 to a set up X server, X server tends to break, and it doesn't >> collide with X anymore. >> So it only needs <1MB data [2], which is very usefull editing stage3 >> with it's default editor - nano. >> I see the point that's it's useless on headless virtual boxes. >> >> my 2 cents. > > Hold on a minute. There is a *MAJOR* difference between "gpm" the USE > flag, and sys-libs/gpm the mouse server. I'm one of those weird guys > who starts USE with "-*". And I do not have "gpm" the USE flag enabled. > I do, however, have sys-libs/gpm running just fine, thank you, minus the > "gpm" flag. I can assure you that gpm works just fine during the > install, even without the gpm flag. > >> I see the point that's it's useless on headless virtual boxes > > Actually, if you ssh into the virtual box from a text console, it > still works. > > If there was a move afoot to remove sys-libs/gpm from the install ISO, > I would be part of the crowd up in arms about this. But that's totally > a separate item from the USE flag. Since I've never used the gpm USE > flag, I have to ask... what additional goodies does USE="gpm" bring to > the table? How exactly, does it improve things beyond the basic > sys-libs/gpm?
For most packages, USE=gpm builds them with the gpm library, which generally allows the built program to have the same mouse support on console as it does in an X environment. For example, with vim and USE="X", do ':set mouse=a', and you can use the mouse to navigate and do selections while in X. If you add USE="gpm", you can do the same things in the console environment, which is really handy if you haven't yet mastered vim's myriad of movement commands. > > -- > Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> > I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications > -Doug
