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From: kathy@bakerst.UUCP (Kathy Vincent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Tossing windows out the ... er, window
Message-ID: <914@bakerst.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 21-Sep-87 07:12:48 EDT
Article-I.D.: bakerst.914
Posted: Mon Sep 21 07:12:48 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 23-Sep-87 02:10:00 EDT
References: <840@atari.UUCP> <97@wjh12.HARVARD.EDU>
Reply-To: kathy@bakerst.UUCP (Kathy Vincent)
Organization: Chocoholics Anonymous UnLtd, Winston-Salem, NC
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Keywords: 3B1 windows windy STORE


Sorry.  I can't post a followup to this group ...

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In article <97@wjh12.HARVARD.EDU> gst@wjh12.UUCP (Gary S. Trujillo) writes:
>In article <840@atari.UUCP> dyer@atari.UUCP (Landon Dyer) writes:
>
>> Has anyone successfully thrown away the entire windowing system on the
>> 3B1?  I've already removed the "exec" line from my .profile script,
>> but I'd like to be able to use the ENTIRE SCREEN for editing and so
>> on.  (I'd also like to make the mouse invisible).
>
>  [ Gary posted info about 'windy' from the Store ]


Something else that's rather nifty was posted not long ago to
unix-pc.general by Jim Rosenberg (amanue!jr) - the option of
using multiple gettys and establishing several virtual terminals.
This doesn't take care of the status line or the mouse, but Jim
may have some ideas about that, too, and he just hasn't posted
them yet.  

Several of us have been using the multiple getty approach, and
I, for one, like it quite a bit.  All it takes is adding a 
couple of lines to your /etc/inittab file (thank you, KB).
You've got one - that looks like this:

	vid:2:respawn:/etc/getty window 9600

Now, for each extra "window" you want, add another line.  I've
got two.  Someone else has six extra.  8-}

	vi1:2:respawn:/etc/getty window 9600
	vi2:2:respawn:/etc/getty window 9600

You have to log in to each "window," but that's no big problem.
To switch back and forth, just hit the "Suspd" key, select a
window, and hit the "Enter" key, and there you are. 
Someone recently told me that the window manager from the Store
would make switching easier - enabling you to step between
"windows" with the "Resume" key.  This approach cuts back on the
number of "windows" available to 'ua', but if you're not using 'ua',
you probably don't care.

Jim also posted a program that enables you to label your "windows"
so that you don't just get the "Unknown Contents" line for
each window.  I don't have that running yet, myself.


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