[openbeos] Re: Checkins

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 03:26:12 +0100 CET

"Jared Eldredge" <jared@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Oh no, please no lynx. I like "man" but only for its informations 
> > not 
> > for its usability. I think we should have a "man" command that just 
> > opens the HTML page with the standard web browser.
> > It would even be more convenient as it wouldn't block the terminal.
> personally, i think this would be A Bad Idea.  i can't imagine how 
> frustrated a person could become when, connected via telnet, the 
> man command simply spawns a browser on the box.  sitting locally 
> at the machine i can agree with axel - net+ is way better than 
> viewing_with/blocking the terminal.  but remote connections via 
> telnet 
> require something other than _just_ a GUI browser option.  perhaps i 
> over-use telnet?

Maybe :-)
I think one thing which would be great to have is remote desktop 
capability - but that is something for R2.

Bye,
   Axel.


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