Command Line Interfaces

[Samuel Thurston, III]

Hello,

I may be dating myself as a linux geek here but what the heck, this
may prove informative for anyone who uses a console frequently.

On 04/10/2007, Pete Holsberg <pjh42 at pobox.com> wrote:

> 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.


that last sentance caught my attention.  I recall that in the old days
of slackware installation, when X wasn't always part of the default
install, that during installation you could choose from a littany of
console fonts.

The package 'console-tools' allows one to change the font of the console.

Also please note that the package 'gpm' allows the console to be
mouse-aware to a degree.

I hope someone finds this useful, although nobody probably will :)