Re: New screen features available

[Andy Harrison]

On 2/9/07, Brian Mathis <address@hidden> wrote:
> This feature in vim is definitely similar, but that's just one
> application.  There are many more where making this type of
> functionality available would apply across the board.  It would be
> useful in all sorts of editors, email clients, irc, etc...  and not
> everyone uses vim.  The beauty of screen is that you don't need an
> implementation of this type of window control in every app
> independently.  I think it takes the idea of virtual terminals to a new
> level.

My take is that if it were viewed by the community as a extremely
useful feature, you already would see it some of those applications.

Just my $0.02.  I'd use the feature if it was there, I'd just rather
see other features get priority.

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Andy Harrison