Bug#353777: ITP: multixterm -- drive multiple xterms separately or together
On Feb 20, 2006 at 20:43, gregor herrmann praised the llamas by saying:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: gregor herrmann <gregor+debian@comodo.priv.at>
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> * Package name : multixterm
> Version : 1.8
> Upstream Author : Don Libes <don@libes.com>
> * URL : http://expect.nist.gov/example/
> * License : Public domain
> Description : drive multiple xterms separately or together
>
> Multixterm creates multiple xterms that can be driven together or
> separately.
>
> In its simplest form, multixterm is run with no arguments and commands are
> interactively entered in the first entry field. Press return (or click the
> "new xterm" button) to create a new xterm running that command.
>
> Keystrokes in the "stdin window" are redirected to all xterms started by
> multixterm. xterms may be driven separately simply by focusing on them.
>
> The stdin window must have the focus for keystrokes to be sent to the
> xterms. When it has the focus, the color changes to aquamarine. As
> characters are entered, the color changes to green for a second. This
> provides feedback since characters are not echoed in the stdin window.
>
> Typing in the stdin window while holding down the alt or meta keys sends an
> escape character before the typed characters. This provides support for
> programs such as emacs.
>
Why would I want to use this? I now know how to use it, but I am still
none the wiser as to what I could do with it.
You might want to rewrite the description to include some use cases for
multixterm.
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David Pashley
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