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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to yeti   
   Re: terminal only for two weeks   
   26 Nov 24 21:24:41   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:22:50 +0042, yeti wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Also, running a command line through a GUI terminal emulator lets you   
   >> take advantage of cut/copy/paste between windows, which is a feature   
   >> not available on a pure-command-line system.   
   >   
   > I still can use Cut&Paste on Linux's "real VTs" but I'd prefer a   
   > decorationless fullscreen XTerm over those if I would try to work   
   > GUIfree for a while because of easier size switching, Sixel and TeK40xx   
   > graphics.   
      
   But then it becomes difficult to have more than one terminal session open   
   at once.   
      
   I typically have about two dozen.   
      
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