Evolution of shells in Linux (developerWorks) [LWN.net]

Evolution of shells in Linux (developerWorks)

Posted Dec 9, 2011 0:06 UTC (Fri) by grg (guest, #76756)
In reply to: Evolution of shells in Linux (developerWorks) by cortana
Parent article: Evolution of shells in Linux (developerWorks)

essential features such as multiple tabs, run-based selection and the ability to click URLs are entirely absent

I use xterm and reject all other X based terminal emulators. Its small, fast, and has enough features for me. I don't need multiple tabs or the ability to click urls and I don't know what the hell run-based selection is supposed to be - these don't seem particularly essential.

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Evolution of shells in Linux (developerWorks)

Posted Dec 9, 2011 2:44 UTC (Fri) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link]

Run based selection as opposed to block based selection. In Windows you can only select by block. This drives me up the wall whenever I have to use Windows!