Re: ASCII window manager and installer

["Marco Fioretti" <m fioretti inwind it>]

>  Framebuffer drivers for the kernel would make more sense, perhaps in
> conjunction with libsvga where appropriate for low-key graphics.

Whatever. I am drooling at the end result, and have no particular
interest at the method used to get it. I mentioned SVGAText just
because I read somewhere that it was faster than the alternatives, or
at least able to go beyond 1024x768.

And I also seem to remember, but again might be wrong, that TWIN
does have some method of resizing its consoles.

>  Higher resolution console plus virtual terminal support plus a good
> set of text-mode programs like VIm, pine/mutt, etc. can make a handy
> environment for those who want a break from graphic eye-candy though.

Right on, Bill: sometimes I go on for days using only the programs
that you mention, I'd like to do it faster. And that would be very good
both for desktop use with very low RAM, and for development on medium/low end machines: thinks of all those megs and CPU cycles freed
from X and going to gcc....


	Ciao,
			Marco Fioretti