Heimo Claasen wrote: > > As to apps: Yes, there's a number of net tools; there's > WGET, FTP clients; I don't like Pine that much though
Have you tried Elm? > Some sound tools do run from textmode command line, > And sure there's more. Then why did you say the following? > > > there are miserably few textmode _applications_ > But I think of, for instance, a simple print output > formatter just for line-printed text (no weird processor > but something allowing less crude printer output), I've seen a BASH script that does this. It's part of the muLinux distro. > a stopwatch (TSR or not), It would be simple to write a BASH script to do this. > a text tool like Buergh's LIST This has been done. I tried LIST (the ELF executable) a couple of years ago. I preferred mc. > things like that are _comparatively_ easy to craft, Indeed. > with a _comparably_ easy accessible language like Basic. Or BASH. Or Perl. Or Python. Or whatever. > I just _dislike_ C [syntax]; for just sentimental or whatever > reasons; I want an alternative. Fine, go for it. You have plenty of options to choose from. Instead of complaining about a lack of options in Linux, you really should take a good look at what is available. Cheers, Steven - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
