[Konsole-devel] [Bug 92638] Vertically split screen for very long listings (watch/top/tail/less/...)

[Jakob Østergaard]

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------- Additional Comments From joe evalesco com  2005-01-03 09:35 -------
Well, yes and no.

A program such as 'less' does allow for some flexibility when viewing text output from other programs (by means of pipes). I could imagine an extended less program which (using curses) could do some of what I ask.

I see this pretty much like the scrolling feature of Konsole. You can argue that there is *no* need for a scroll bar in Konsole, because less already allows you to scroll. Just add less to your pipes and you're done.

The above is only partially true, of course - less will not, for example, allow me to keep visible a long history of commands and outputs, like the Konsole scroll bar does. My 'column view' feature is an extension of the scroll feature - it will not only allow me to access a large number of lines (be they output or written input), it will allow me to keep it all immediately visible.

It is interesting that you mention "a text viewer" where I can have split views, folds, etc. Well, as I see it, Konsole is exactly a text viewer GUI program that displays text from the commands I run, and my request was, precisely, for such a feature :)

So, unless we're misunderstanding each other, I think we agree perfectly on what it is I want. Maybe we do not agree whether the feature belongs in Konsole or not  ;)     (?)

I guess I should learn the Konsole code, write it myself and submit it - I just hoped someone would feel it was a good enough idea to actually want to beat me to it  ;)

Thanks for your feedback!

For Steven's comment:  A 22" CRT weighs a lot more than what I can comfortably rotate on my desk, when I need 1200x1600 resolution - I think I understand your idea, but I also think that there are too many practical problems in it (which, I would argue, could be comfortably solved with this little column-view feature)  :)