If you search on SourceForge for ratpoison you will find something similar to what Doc is doing. It is basically a 'windowmanager' with no windows. Everything is full screen. It is based of the `screen` program IIRC. Seemed kind of neat if you are into really minimal interfaces.
Spencer On Thursday 07 November 2002 02:28 am, Doc wrote: > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Mike Strickland wrote: > > This might be a dumb question...but I want a text-based > > javascript-enabled web browser. My dilemma is: 150mhz 16mb laptop > > with Debian 3.0. I recently installed X so I would be able to use a > > regular browser and hence have javascripting but...it takes more than > > 30 minutes to boot with X. I know it shouldn't take that long, and I > > haven't changed many of the display features, but I don't want X. > > However, is there any way I can validate my connection to UT's > > networks without having X? How do you guys do it? Do you all have X? > > Probably so...any help is appreciated. Thx. Ciao > > Dude, that's Just Wrong. My old Sharp 486 with 24M takes about 2 > minutes to boot, and with a 256K WD graphics adapter, will *still* run > Mozilla if I'm gentle (BIG swap partition). It only takes 3-4 minutes > to come up. > Here's a big tip, though, if you're seriously graphically challenged - > Don't run *anything* but the GUI app. On that 486 I have a user "net" > with a one-line ~/.xinitrc file: > > exec mozilla > > I have Moz configured to open tabs, no new windows, and to run > full-screen. No window manager, no xterms, no nothing but a browser. > It's raw, but it works. Slowly. > > Doc > > > _______________________________________________ > Siglinux mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux _______________________________________________ Siglinux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux
