Accessing usb in text

Rick Stevens ricks at alldigital.com
Wed Oct 2 16:30:13 UTC 2013


On 10/02/2013 07:16 AM, Ian Malone issued this missive:
> On 2 October 2013 14:02, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>>> Something someone in Development ought to create is the ability to
>>> multitask in the text environment.
>>
>> There are things that allow it.  I'm not sure about how convenient they
>> are to use, though.
>>
>
> Screen, bash job control, x windows virtual consoles.

Tim has it. In the text environment, multiple text consoles work 
(ALT-F1, ALT-F2, etc.), the "screen" virtual console system works, job
control works. There's lots of tools already out there if you research
it.
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