Re: ANNOUNCE: GTerm (emacs-style UI)

[Edward Betts <edward hairnet demon co uk>]

On Mon, 31 Aug, 1998, Dietmar Maurer wrote:
> What is GTerm
> =============
> 
> GTerm is a first approach to implement an emacs-style user interface
> framework for Gnome applications (see the proposal from Jim Pick at
> http://www.jimpick.com/gnome/ui-proposal/). GTerm is based on Gnome MDI
> using the notebook mode. If the user starts a gterm aware application
> (a gterm module), gterm simply creates a new window in the notebook
> instead of creating a new top-level window. This prevents the user from
> any interaction with the mouse.
> 
> There are two gterm modules at the moment - gsh (Shell) and
> gtless. Working with gsh is like working on the linux console, where
> the user can switch between several virtual terminals. gtless is mainly
> an
> example, showing how to support multiple views for one document.
> 
> GTerm is most useful for typical unix users, who prefer the keyboard
> as primary input device. But beside the fact that there is a small
> additional menu (the buffer menu) on the left side, gterm modules
> behaves like normal gnome application. So it makes no difference for
> the novice user if an application is a gterm module or not.
> 
> Status
> ======
> 
> Although the two example modules are quite usable, GTerm is still in
> an early development stage. The module API is subject to change, and
> things like the status-bar (minibuffer) are not implemented yet. The
> primary purpose of this release is to get feedback from you. I'll
> continue this work if:
> 
>  * there is enough interest (and maybe some volunteers to
>  support development).
>  * the architecture of the current implementation has no
>  general drawbacks (please let me know if you find one).
> 
> 
If it is interest that you want, I am interested, I love emacs way of
multitasking and I think it should be the default.

Random thought: your message should have gone to gnome-announce?
-- 
Edward Betts