[GRASS-dev] Re: a better console and better diff

[Glynn Clements]

Michael Barton wrote:

> I personally don't mind separate input and output windows. Many people
> who use terminals are accustomed to having input and output in the same
> window, and using the STC, it is minimal effort to have this kind of
> interface. But maybe command line users like the idea of separate input
> and output windows.  We probably can also visually merge the 2 windows
> so that the input acts more like a command line prompt that never
> scrolls up. I guess I'd recommend whichever way terminal users are most
> comfortable with in this regard.

I think that separate windows make more sense, but it's worth allowing
the input window to be a multi-line field with line-wrap and vertical
scrolling, rather than a single-line field with horizontal scrolling.
The latter can be annoying when entering long commands.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>