Messages in this thread | | | From | (Miquel van Smoorenburg) | Subject | Re: Bash Issues | Date | 13 Dec 1999 21:04:25 GMT |
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In article <cistron.38554210.2C92AE83@timpanogas.com>, Jeff V. Merkey <jmerkey@timpanogas.com> wrote: >for Linux it's (n)curses, except Linux has the poorest look and feel of >the three because the default for these shells don't let you use all >ASCII charaters to make cool little boxes and such without a lot of work >and research into how shells work.
It doesn't have anything to do with the shell.
You have some kernel experience. Ever used "make menuconfig" in /usr/src/linux ?? Find out how that works (hint: /usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog/)
>Again, the point that is missed is that for all you "unix hacker guru >types" having to do "set meta-on" an such in a /.inputrc file may not be >a big deal, but end user customers are lazy and don't want to do a weeks >worth of research just to get their displays to look like what they are >used to with NetWare, DOS, NT, Windows 95/98, etc.
I've never set anything in my .inputrc, yet "dialog" and "lxdialog" (and tons of other programs) happily show nice lines and boxes even in color
Try "make menuconfig". And be amazed ;)
Mike.
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