[GRASSLIST:1510] RE: multiple terminal sessions

[mdeneen at japple.org]

you should use the screen utility.  It is included in most linux/bsd 
variants.

It is basically a window manager for terminals.

-M


On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Ed Davison wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 13:31, John Gillette wrote:
> > 
> > Have you tried background execution, i.e.
> > ^Z
> > bg
> 
> Well, I thought of that but if you have ever used v.in.tig.basic you
> will know that it is a very "noisy" program and I cannot work with all
> of those dots running by on the screen, even in the background.  I
> suppose I could have dumped the output to a file ...
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion; I will try it out next time.  
> 
> Still, I wonder, how does tcltkgrass get multiple xterm sessions
> running, though ... ?
> 
> > > ...  For example, right now I have a large data
> > > load taking place but I would like to be able to do other things with
> > > layers and maps that are not being loaded (the load will likely take
> > > about 6 hours even on my fast computer).
> > > 
>