On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 01:06:09 -0600, _brian_d_foy wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Lunartear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> How about UI::Visterm ? > > is this thing limited to visual interfaces only? does it > specifically have features that will make it not work with > terminal readers? > > it sounds like the visual aspect of the module is not the > important part. it's the text aspect that's important, and > text can be seen, heard, or even felt.
In this case, "visual" refers to the terminal being full-screen rather than line based. It is the same sense of "visual" that TinyFugue uses, and I have traced the term's roots back at least as far as vi, the "Visual" editor. input, the top for output. [...] The two windows are separated by a status line, which can be formatted by the user as described under status_fields. - http://www.muq.org/~hawkeye/tf/help/topics/mode.html Vi explained: Vi is a screen oriented text editor. Ex is a line-oriented text editor. Ex and vi are different interfaces to the same program, and it is possible to switch back and forth during an edit session. [...] Q Exit vi (or visual) mode and switch to ex mode. - vi(1) man page -- Rocco Caputo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://poe.perl.org/
