Re: Q: how do I open xterm, run command, and continue manual input?

From: Floyd Davidson (floyd_at_barrow.com)
Date: 07/27/03 

Date: 26 Jul 2003 17:54:57 -0800

Alan Connor <xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
>On 26 Jul 2003 14:07:01 -0800, Floyd Davidson <floyd@barrow.com> wrote:

No, I didn't write a single word that you had in that article.

>It occurs to me that you are just too good to dismiss.
>
>And that by doing so, *I* am acting like a fanatic.
>
>So here's the deal: Just what can you do with YOUR preferred approach
>that is PRACTICAL, and that I CAN'T do with mine, and how does resource usage
>compare.
>
>At the moment, I am running screen on tty2 with a single xterm for for managing
>x-apps on tty7.
>
>
>NOW how does it compare?

How does what compare? I don't quite understand what you want
to compare, or why.

You actually switch back to a virtual console between each
instance of using an X application?

ATT sold a computer that did that well back in 1985... though
those old 3B1's were monochrome.

>Sorry about getting as carried away as you did...:-|
>
>It could be that it is just a difference in styles. I use VERY few x-apps...

I can sure see why you don't! Your whole user interface is so
clumsy it makes using almost anything difficult!

Screen is a *great* program for use when logged into a system
via an ascii terminal over a serial port (or anything that
emulates that, such as telnet or whatever). 

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson           <http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)                         floyd@barrow.com