windows on normal terminals
chris at umcp-cs.UUCP
chris at umcp-cs.UUCP
Mon Jun 16 07:30:50 AEST 1986
I happen to have written a windowing library that runs on `standard'
terminals. Someone else wrote a window shell on top of that.
(Actually, two people wrote two different window shells.) We also
have the 4.3BSD `window' program (which, incidentally, is clearly
a distant relative of my library code). So we have a number of
windowing programs available locally. However, I rarely use any
of them. Why? I am not entirely certain, but I think the main
problem is that 24x80 (or 30x80 or even 33x80) is already too small,
or perhaps just barely adequate. I do not intend to put down
anyone's efforts; but before you invest in a windowing system, make
sure you are really going to use it. . . .
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