mla@enea.se (Mats L|fstr|m) (11/23/90)
I'm looking for a "window manager" for character based terminals.
The basic requirements are:
- Ability to maintain at least two "screens" and to toggle
between them.
- Ability to split each screen in at least two parts, each
part "connected" to a process.
- The processes writing to the screen, should NOT be aware of
the fact that they are actually talking to this "window
manager".
- Output from an idle process, i.e. a process that don't have
access to the keyboard input, should be display without delay.
On top of these basic requirements, it would be nice have any, or all,
of these:
- Ability to handle "any" number of "windows", each connected
to a process.
- Each "window" should be adjustable in size.
- A stack of "windows" and functions for poping/pushing.
Anyone out there who knows of such a beast? It might be a commercial
product or PD, it doesn't matter.
Regards
mla
P.S.
If this "window manager" exists AND is combined with a menu handler,
I'd be more than happy!
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------pmoore@hemel.bull.co.uk (Paul Moore) (11/26/90)
The is a book called "programming in C with Curses, Lex and Yacc ( a windows shell)" (not mine no axe ... etc). This book describes using those tools to produce what you are after , I think. Plus you can order the software that goes with it (to save all the typing etc) for about $30 via an order card that comes with the book . (I just found it in a catalogue - Prentice Hall , auth:Schreiner).
ralfi@pemstgt.PEM-Stuttgart.de (Ralf Holighaus) (11/27/90)
There is SCO MultiView, but you don't even tell us what OS you're using... rgds ralf h. -- Programmentwicklung fuer Microcomputer | Ralf U. Holighaus PO-Box 810165 Vaihinger Strasse 49 | >> PEM Support << D-7000 Stuttgart 80 West Germany | holighaus@pemstgt.PEM-Stuttgart.de VOICE: x49-711-713045 FAX: x49-721-713047 | ..!unido!pemstgt!ralfi
jag@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com (Janice Gee) (11/28/90)
There is a product called Facet/Term, available on UNIX. It maintains up to 10 sessions, works on a vast array of terminal types, and is highly customizable. Structured Software Solutions, Inc. 4031 W. Plano Parkway Suite 205 Plano, TX 75093 (214) 985-9901 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Janice Gee