Re: [PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-16 Thread Gregg Berkholtz
For monitoring logfiles I use multitail, - Gregg Solid IT Support Hosting Since 1995: www.tocici.com Small Parts Design Machining: www.berkholtz.net On Jun 10, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: My previous rant on screen width reminded me - are there any programs that work like xterm

Re: [PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-16 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Jun 10, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: My previous rant on screen width reminded me - are there any programs that work like xterm but bring up two or more windows, one scrolling into the other, like two-column mode in word processors? This would be nice for working on long ascii

Re: [PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-16 Thread Michael
Keith Lofstrom wrote: From the responses so far, I think the answer is no. The goal is to use a laptop with (multiple virtual windows) to show scrolling xterm output is this scrolling xterm output a log file?  arbitrary rubblish listing from whatever? Turning the laptop screen sideways?

Re: [PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-16 Thread jgw
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:36:19PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: My previous rant on screen width reminded me - are there any programs that work like xterm but bring up two or more windows, one scrolling into the other, like two-column mode in word processors? This would be nice for working on

Re: [PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-14 Thread chris (fool) mccraw
not to be totally pedantic, but rotating your monitor is pretty easy these days (from a software POV). see xrandr(1). i had a 24 LCD rotated at my last work-desk and i could hold a ridiculously long terminal window in it. and i did. even though i use a huge font, it was still 100 lines long

Re: [PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-11 Thread Ken Stephens
Keith Lofstrom wrote: On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 05:36:27PM -0700, Paul Mullen wrote: On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:36:19PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: My previous rant on screen width reminded me - are there any programs that work like xterm but bring up two or more windows, one

Re: [PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-11 Thread Rogan Creswick
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Keith Lofstrom kei...@kl-ic.com wrote: No, I want a general purpose text terminal.  The vim capability is OK, but ls -l, email, less, man pages, command line error output, and many other text apps can run on for pages.  Yes, I can capture the session to a file

[PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-10 Thread Keith Lofstrom
My previous rant on screen width reminded me - are there any programs that work like xterm but bring up two or more windows, one scrolling into the other, like two-column mode in word processors? This would be nice for working on long ascii documents. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom

Re: [PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-10 Thread Paul Mullen
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:36:19PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: My previous rant on screen width reminded me - are there any programs that work like xterm but bring up two or more windows, one scrolling into the other, like two-column mode in word processors? This would be nice for working on

Re: [PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-10 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 05:36:27PM -0700, Paul Mullen wrote: On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:36:19PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: My previous rant on screen width reminded me - are there any programs that work like xterm but bring up two or more windows, one scrolling into the other, like