RE: xterm
RE: xterm
- Subject: RE: xterm
- From: "Woodford, Paul" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:19:16 -0500
- Thread-topic: xterm
> Since copying and pasting with a mouse is an entirely
> visual activity, why should you have to use keys?
Because you only have a one-button mouse....
Actually, there are occasions when I like to copy some text, paste it somewhere, do some editing that de-selects the original text, paste the text again, etc. That's where the keystrokes are useful.
> For instance, I have a different color background if I'm using an xterm
> from a production box than from a development one.
You can do this in Terminal.app as well. After you have a window set up as you like it, you can Save As... You can save a single window or a group of windows.
> One major feature of xterms is that I can easily dynamically resize the
> fonts.
[...]
> I like to be able to turn off autowrap when I'm looking
> at something where I only care about the first part of each line.
Just tried both of these in Terminal.app, and they worked.
> We should save some energy for religious wars over editors.
Why should they have all the fun?
Paul
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