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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Using X 6B
  • Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:30:11 +0000

In Response To <20070311165705.B293 AT gmail.com>:
> In Response To <20070312120335.39d71897.ln8d-on8g AT dea.spamcon.org>:
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> > Does screen even need an xterm? From my reading it
> > appeared that screen could function right on top of
> > X without wm/xterm. Or did I understand wrong?
>
> Never thought to try that! If it worked, I wonder if xapps
> would run in the screen ptys? I used w3m-img for a while, which
> displays images in place within a webpage, and _it_ ran in a
> screen window (in an xterm w/window manager).
>
> If not, with 7K window managers available...
>
> But Libncurses on _top_ of the xlibs is a problem for us
> minimalists. (Perhaps that library could be whittled down
> a good bit, keeping just what's necesssary for screen.)
>
> You may be onto something and I'm going to give this
> some serious thought and maybe play with it too.

Never mind. I had forgotten just how big screen itself
is too: 500KB+

With 10K window managers and 20K xterms available...

Lee

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