On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 03:37:39PM -0700, Suresh Govindachar wrote: > > > Just use GNU screen <http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/>. > > There's no need for a mouse just to switch between vim and a > > shell at all. > > Thanks, but I am on Windows.
What's wrong with opening a second window for a shell and using alt-tab to switch between them? I always have two or three shell sessions open, one or more of which will be running Vim, and I never need the mouse to switch between them. About the only time I reach for the mouse is for copy and paste between windows. This idea of trying to do everything in one window strikes me as odd. It's been possible to work with multiple windows for over a decade, so why restrict yourself to trying to do everything in one place? > Also, poking around in > https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/screen leads one to the > mailing list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gnu-screen which > has the notice: > > GNU screen is NOT developed any more. > The maintainers only fix serious bugs. > > From the dates of the files, development on screen stopped > in Jan 2004. Could it be that the product works well and already has all the features it needs, so further development is no longer necessary? I haven't needed screen since I worked on a genuine character terminal, but from what I remember it was fairly feature-complete even then. -- Matthew Winn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
