Re: terminal emulator

[gary%duzan.org@localhost]

"Brad Spencer" <brad%anduin.eldar.org@localhost> wrote:

> "Greg A. Woods" <woods%planix.ca@localhost> writes:
>
>> At Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:32:50 -0700, Alistair Crooks
>> <alistaircrooks%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>> Subject: Re: terminal emulator
>>>
>>> For me, its problem is the lack of tiled tabs. I like having a large
>>> window, and using screen or tmux to multiplex within that, but I also
>>> like
>>> to see more than 1 tab at a time. Couldn't find a way to do that with
>>> Terminal.app, am I overlooking something?
>>
>> Well the macos/aqua way is to just open another window, but of course
>> that's not going to be "tiled" -- you have to position and resize each
>> window individually yourself.
>>
>> Apparently some people use emacs as a terminal emulator (I guess with
>> term-mode), and it of course supports tiled "windows" within each
>> "frame".  Despite being an ardent user of emacs myself I've never much
>> liked its terminal emulation support.
>
> Or... just "shell" in emacs...  You get a shell inside of a mostly
> editable emacs window / buffer / etc..

   Alistair, you mentioned screen, so just in case you weren't aware, it
does have the "split" and "split -v" commands, which effectively tiles
within a single terminal window. I find switching among the splits to
be awkward, but it is still useful on occasion.

                             Gary Duzan