[GRASS-dev] return of the OSX xterm question

[Glynn Clements]

William Kyngesburye wrote:

> > Also, isn't there anything like xterm which uses the native GUI? Or is
> > there something about the nature of the GUI which makes that
> > impossible?
> 
> I saw an alternative recently, and it claims xterm compatibility.   
> It's in beta right now.  One small problem is requiring/suggesting  
> yet another extra on a user's system.
> 
> But mainly, I can't understand how the xterm compatibility part would  
> work: to be able to handle the xterm flags, it has to be able to run  
> from the CLI, but when run from the CLI an application executable  
> opens a completely new instance of the whole application, not a new  
> window (exactly the same problem as the browser issue I'm working on).

And what's the problem with that?

I can see why this might be a problem for a browser; I don't see why
it's a problem for a terminal.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>