Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[sunburnt]

This is great! Tabbed interface for all apps. that can use them I've always said.

Pizzasgood brings up a really important point, rxvt incompatabilities.
I'm writing an app. that uses a console for file display, so I'll have to call rxvt explicidly.
If Sakura is included in Barry's Puppy releases, maybe I'll make it the default.

[Pizzasgood]

Getting it to work with PETget without altering PETget wouldn't be hard. Just write a script named /usr/bin/rxvt that parses the parameter list, removing everything that Sakura can't handle. Then it would pass what's left to Sakura itself.

As far as I'm aware, the only important parameter ever passed to RXVT is the -e <command>, which Sakura does support. Everything else is just icing (colors and such).


Or you could just go through the PETget script and remove the extra paramters. The problem with that approach is that there are several more scripts with the same issues that you'd need to track down. (Maybe run a search program that can read files and locate anything containing the string "rxvt").

IMHO, the former method is simpler than the latter. Especially because it doesn't break any third-party programs that the user might install.

[SirDuncan]

I gave this a try (I've been wanting tabbed console windows), but I have a slight problem. Everything installs fine, but backspace does not function properly. It removes the last char from the input stream, but the screen still shows the char and adds a strange symbol to represent the backspace. The arrow keys have similar issues.

Anybody else have this problem?

[sunburnt]

The -e for execute is definitly needed, but the colors is reletively important also.
Kinda like writing html for different browsers, you could write apps. with a test for Sakura
& feed it the proper commands, & default to rxvt if Sakura isn't available.
This is a pain, & it doesn't do anything for other apps. that use rxvt.

[vovchik]

Dear Puppians,

I also like Sakura and the tabbed interface. My problem is that the backspace keys, delete and arrow keys don not work. I looked at /etc/termcap but was not able to determine the problem. It would be nice if somebody would provide some advice. Thanks in advance...

With kind regards,
vovchik

[alcy]

As SirDuncan and vovchik mentioned, even I have similar problems...backspace and left/right arrow keys don't work and print random characters when used. It would be nice to get rid of the issue..can be irritating at times . Thanks.

[ttuuxxx]

Hi Guys
I've Contacted the developer about these issues, Cursor keys/delete/backspace and colours, Just waiting for his/her response
ttuuxxx

[alcy]

^^Thanks for the help (and the .pet too)

[alienjeff]

[ttuuxxx]

[alienjeff]

@ttuuxxx

Tender nerve, mon ami?

Thanks for the personal attack. You're showing your true colors. Again.

And please ease up on the sophomoric metaphors.

[Pizzasgood]

Nothing against eye-candy, but I don't like to have anything on my table but food. Flowers just get in the way, and they smell stuffy (though most do look okay until they get all withered up and nasty). I say decorate the table with food, and keep the flowers outside in the ground. It's kinder to the flowers.


I'm in the middle of something right now, but when I finish I'll take a look at your Sakura package and see if I can figure out what's going on.

[Pizzasgood]

Okay. I haven't bothered to track down exactly which entries in the termcap file are relevant, but if you drop in the one from the old Sakura package (which was at a different place and under another name) everything seems to work properly. Just decompress this (gunzip termcap.gz) and stick it in /etc, overwriting the existing copy.

[muggins]

In the interests of consensus, can't we have edible flowers on the table? Some people rate feijoa as being the best edible flower, but I prefer some yuccas I've tried.

[Pizzasgood]

I guess, as long as nobody complains when they start to disappear.