Terminals

[Brian J. Tarricone]

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Julien Graglia wrote:

> In fact i just switch from Windows to Linux : DOS console can be 
> configured the way i need : dont wrap horizontally+horiz scrollbar;  and 
> i just can't imagine that the Linux console (which is much more advanced 
> coz u can do everything from it:completion, color, background, 
> transparency...fancy options..) can do the same. I do man / google / 
> news / ask friends ... none knows how to do that..

that's actually a separate issue - the completion and color is a 
function of the shell itself (bash, tcsh, etc.), and the 
background/transparency/scrollbars are a function of the implementation 
of the terminal emulator (xterm, gnome-terminal, etc.).

> may be it is not in linux philosophy...  

that actually sounds like it could be the case.  i have _never_ seen a 
linux/unix terminal emulator app that has horizontal scrolling 
capability.  and i've never thought of the possible need for one until 
you mention it now.  personally, i wouldn't need such a thing - when i'm 
interacting with a terminal, i want to see all output without having to 
touch a thing.  the only thing i want to use the mouse for is selecting 
text to be copied (or pasting).

	-brian