Re: [Mingw-users] mShell: mSys spawning system

[Greg C. <chi...@co...>]

On 2006-3-9 15:44 UTC, Keith MARSHALL wrote:

[msw console versus rxvt]

> The resize capability is, again a *very* minor issue

I agree.

> Regarding copy and paste operations, well I really can't see
> what all the fuss is about

Neither do I.

However, keeping a history of pasted commands could be nice:
a drop-down picklist, for instance. Command history answers
this need, but only in shells that have it. Just a thought.

And pasting with Shift-Ins would be handy (or Ctrl-whatever
for those who aren't old enough to remember CUA/SAA). Right
button versus middle button doesn't matter: what's important
is being able to issue the command the same way as in any
other application.

> Compared to KDE's Konsole, both are frankly, well "crap".  It
> seems that Julien's aim is to provide a Konsole-like interface

An mdi interface would be great. Right now, I have nine open
console sessions involving two different shells, each serving
a different purpose:
  committing branch X to cvs
  committing branch Y to cvs
  updating all branches from cvs
  building branch X
  building branch Y
  grepping library Z's source
and so on. Even so, I do a lot of pushd and popd. I really
want more sessions, but I don't want the 'taskbar' to get
unreasonably big.

And if the configuration of all mdi children could be saved
and restored, then I'd save a lot of time setting this all
up every time I have to reboot msw.

I've looked here:
  http://konsole.kde.org/
  http://konsole.kde.org/screenshots.php
but don't see anything else nearly as exciting as mdi, at
least not as far as my personal needs go.