-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/22/06 00:12, Jameson C. Burt wrote: > We in Linux heavily use the command-line. So, I was dismayed when > my new Debian etch version displayed a Gnome interface WITHOUT > ANY XTERM (or GNOME-TERMINAL or KONSOLE) and not even any > immediate panel options for these terminals. > > Gnome's "Add to Panel" includes a trashcan and a file-manager > just like Microsoft, but not one of Unix's foundations -- a text > terminal. I eventually kludged a gnome-terminal icon onto the > Gnome panel. Or I can Applications -> Accessories --> Terminal > but this should not be the primary approach to command-line > entries. > > Yes, once I have a gnome-terminal running, future logins > re-deploy it, and that's actually an improvement to making > inclusions in ~/.xsession (although Gnome drops some applications > from later logins as Sun did 10 years ago). > > THE XTERM (or its equivalent) SHOULD BE IN MY FACE THE VERY FIRST > TIME I LOGIN, requiring at most a single obvious mouse click.
Criminy, what a whiner you are. If you're such a power user, how difficult is it for you to right-click on the Terminal icon and choose "Add this launcher to panel"? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFOxC8S9HxQb37XmcRAhtuAJ4jo4bvyhFDhnxuxxC5OagYNOfWKwCfdj/f wgUYT/J/HpqliB3kd1SmGCc= =0Mdl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]