On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 21:48 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
William L. Maltby wrote:
On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 21:40 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:
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There exists a command-line command to do this as well, 'chvt' which is part of the kbd package.
I want to add openvt, just for completeness and because it lets me get really greedy about VTs. With default of 6 (*usually* more than enough) and occasional need for more, I can then use 7->24(? unless default X is running, then 8->*). Since I don't have to login to the new terminal screens, it satisfies my laziness gene.
BTW, I meant to mention earlier, that when in virtual terminals on the console, a nice little feature is rotation through the virtual terminals provided by the <ALT>-<LEFT | RIGHT> key combos. Of course, when you encounter the X terminal, you'll need to use the <CTL>-<ALT> key with a function key to leave there.
I'm not sure when this next thing would be useful, but another thing that I think has a high degree of "coolity" is that I can "openvt" from an X terminal and work in the standard (usually 80x25) console screen.
... Oh wait! When my old eyes get tired of squinting (sometimes even virtual workspaces with a lower screen resolution and larger fonts don't seem to prevent eye strain after long hours), I find the standard 80x25 very soothing and restful. Since I prefer CLI anyway, ...
It's probably just preconditioning since I "grew up" on these types of screens. But I am getting more comfortable with the X stuff.
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-Ross
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-- Bill