>> PS. What the hell is it with Linux and "commands" that fill three
>> screenfulls of a terminal console?! What's that about?
> 
> If there's a problem, you can look back and see what the error was and 
> fix it.
> 
> I suppose it's the theory that too much information is better than too 
> little.

No, I mean... why would you need commands that freaking long in the 
first place??

> BTW, only three screens full of info?  That's a pretty small program, 
> relatively speaking.  Compiling Rockbox for my iPod fills more than that 
> easily.  :-)

Well, when you're in text-mode, it's not easy to measure how many 
screenfulls are scrolling past faster than the refresh rate of your 
monitor. :-P

Post a reply to this message