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

[Martin Landa]

Hi,

2009/12/16 Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>:
>> 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.

I agree, GPrompt should be improved in this way...

Martin

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