On Feb 20, 2006 at 20:43, gregor herrmann praised the llamas by saying: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: gregor herrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > * Package name : multixterm > Version : 1.8 > Upstream Author : Don Libes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://expect.nist.gov/example/ > * License : Public domain > Description : drive multiple xterms separately or together > > Multixterm creates multiple xterms that can be driven together or > separately. > > In its simplest form, multixterm is run with no arguments and commands are > interactively entered in the first entry field. Press return (or click the > "new xterm" button) to create a new xterm running that command. > > Keystrokes in the "stdin window" are redirected to all xterms started by > multixterm. xterms may be driven separately simply by focusing on them. > > The stdin window must have the focus for keystrokes to be sent to the > xterms. When it has the focus, the color changes to aquamarine. As > characters are entered, the color changes to green for a second. This > provides feedback since characters are not echoed in the stdin window. > > Typing in the stdin window while holding down the alt or meta keys sends an > escape character before the typed characters. This provides support for > programs such as emacs. > Why would I want to use this? I now know how to use it, but I am still none the wiser as to what I could do with it.
You might want to rewrite the description to include some use cases for multixterm. -- David Pashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
