Command Line Interfaces

[Pete Holsberg]

Brian McKee pounded out the following on his or her keyboard on 
10/4/2007 2:46 PM:
> On 04/10/2007, Pete Holsberg <pjh42 at pobox.com> wrote:
>   
>>  What is the difference between the command line screen you get by typing
>> Ctrl-Alt-F[1-6] and what you get by using a "terminal" program?
>>     
>
> <tongue in cheek>
> The program used to display that screen to you....
> </tongue in cheek>
>
> Using a terminal program the results go back and forth thru that
> program, whether it's konsole or gnome-term or xterm or whatever you
> are using, then thru X, then to the system.  Using a terminal program
> lets you change font size, colour, copy and paste with your mouse etc.
> The console has one fixed sized font, doesn't understand mice, etc so
> most of those options aren't available.
>
> The console has a lot less overhead - doesn't require X to be
> installed, etc etc etc
>
> What you can do in that window is identical.  The console tends to be
> less pretty and always available - A terminal program in X tends to be
> prettier.
>
> The prompt is a shell like bash or dash that interacts with the
> system.  It's the same shell regardless of how it's displayed to you.
>
> HTH
> Brian
>
> PS  unix geeks know the above is a gross oversimplification - but I
> think it most accurately answers the question as posed....
>   

What controls the resolution in the console?

Pretend I'm a Unix geek. Now what's your answer? :-)

Thanks.

-- 
Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ

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