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[MrDurtal]

Thanks very much for all of the effort.

MrDurtal

[rhadon]

Hi,

I have a general question. I can write

[01micko]

Hi Rolf..

[rhadon]

Thanks Mick

I wasn't aware about '*)' in case...esac. Will give it a try.

I also know that it's only for one special version. If woof changes (I know it does often ), everything must be done again and maybe it doesn't work in newer versions or at least it must be changed. Too annoying to do it everytime. But a good feeling to be able to do so and it works. That's the fun.

Cheers
Rolf

[SkullyRipz]

Bruce...

... thank you. This is exactly what I needed. I appreciate all the time spent. Its very well put together and easy to follow.

[rufwoof]

Reviving this old but excellent thread

Text User Interface isn't just a # (root) or $ (user) prompt and having to type in commands, it also includes ncurses or similar 'screens' as well.

Here are some snapshots of some of mine for instance http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=1029923#1029923. Where I use tilda as my preferred terminal, that is sized to near full screen (but leaves the bottom gui tray still visible), and where that tui shows/hides when toggled by pressing F1. Quick and easy access to both tui and gui.

So for instance pressing F1 with my tui (tput based) MENU being shown, that includes a range of options such as 'r' to reboot - then F1, r, Enter and the system starts to reboot.

I have that tui arrangement all auto-load at startup, so they're all accessible from the get-go. Two/three keypresses typically to get to a wide range of programs. In addition to the images in the link above I do also have wordgrinder and sc for tui based word processing and spreadsheet, but tend to prefer gui based versions of those myself (libreoffice). Although sc can be handy as a form of more advanced 'calculator'.



A nice feature with tilda as the terminal is that it supports right click context cut/paste options and also simple clicking (later versions, with Fatdog (older version of tilda) you have to use ctrl click) of url links to open the link in whichever browser you have set by default (I like chrome). Which means you can have a simple text file of your bookmarks/links, perhaps with that text file being displayed using mc editor, for quick and easy access/launch of those bookmarks. Keeping your bookmarks outside of the browser also means that you can start each session (reboot), with a brand new/fresh version of the system and browser (less cookies/tracking).

I love being able to boot Fatdog using a usb, and have everything loaded into ram, including multi-session saves, such that the usb can be unplugged after bootup. No risk whatsoever of the mbr, vmlinuz, initrd, main sfs or saves being compromised due to being physically disconnected. cli/tui has advantages in some cases/usage, disadvantage in other cases/usage. Quick and easy access to both tui and gui opens up the benefits of being able to select which to use at any one time that best meets your needs/objectives.

[rufwoof]

Hi comfi

[williams2]

[Makoto]

[gcav]

for the tui/cli aficionados...

try telnet telehack.com

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