Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!haven!decuac!e2big.mko.dec.com!bacchus.pa.dec.com!decwrl!uunet!mcsun!i2unix!inria!mirsa!avahi.inria.fr!colas From: colas@avahi.inria.fr (Colas Nahaboo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Re: uw (Unix Windows) Message-ID: <1990Aug10.191141@avahi.inria.fr> Date: 11 Aug 90 16:35:41 GMT References: <1990Aug8.155752.12968@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <1990Aug9.111433.5851@math.lsa.umich.edu> Sender: news@mirsa.inria.fr Reply-To: colas@avahi.inria.fr (Colas Nahaboo) Organization: Koala Project, Bull Research France Lines: 20 In article , steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) writes: > There is an alternative: an application called "screens" that runs on > the Unix machine can let you "flip" among several virtual terminals > by using a hot key. With that alternative, you get a full screen > rather than windows, which can be an advantage in some applications. > However, you can't watch the output of multiple programs under > screens. Yes, but the new screen will be downloaded at 1200 bauds... Whereas all data in uw (or better: term) is kept local, so refresh is instantaneous! -- Colas Nahaboo, Bull Research France -- Koala Project -- GWM X11 Window Manager colas@avahi.inria.fr Phone: (33) 93.65.77.70, Fax: (33) 93 65 77 66 INRIA - Sophia Antipolis, 2004, rte des Lucioles, 06565 Valbonne Cedex, FRANCE