> > I know it's just a matter of personal taste, but I personally like the
> little
> > "xconsole" program...just have it there around in a corner of your
> screen...
>
> You have a point here... I just wasn't aware that there was a way to make
> the console message appear in XWindows and that you don't have to Alt-F1
> everytime to read them. [I tried the xconsole program but no messages
> appeared there while I did get messages on the Alt-F1 screen, am I doing
> something wrong?]
I always used xconsole to watch what Lyx was up to (especially LaTeX
runs etc.) but when I upgraded to RedHat 5.2 I had no output in the
window unless I ran xconsole su'd to root, so I've got out of the
habit now.
