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335: 90: 276:. However, being an interface to existing software, Escreen has the advantage of providing additional capabilities like multiple regions per display, detach/reattach capability, seamless remote session support, 233:, consequently he could not have any other program run inside the windows drawn by Twin. In late 1999, he resurrected twin by 340: 112: 544: 549: 417: 554: 69: 43: 359: 129: 178: 226: 322:, a general network-transparent display client, used to attach/detach more displays "on the fly". 348: 230: 277: 254: 8: 353: 89: 493: 471: 489: 288: 261: 167: 221:
Written by Massimiliano Ghilardi, Twin started in 1993 as his first big program for
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itself (it is possible to display a Twin on, or "inside", another Twin);
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sessions within a single window. This feature works similarly to the "
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or Twin. This allows Eterm to support multiple sub-
523:. 2000-04-03. Twin - a Textmode WINdow environment 268:" sessions offered by terminal emulators such as 536: 469: 88: 309:, where it can be used as a multi-window 537: 488: 283:Twin supports a variety of displays: 225:immediately after having learned the 416:Massimiliano Ghilardi (2009-02-17). 341:Free and open-source software portal 13: 49:0.9.0 / January 6, 2021 14: 566: 463: 333: 303:, Twin's own terminal emulator); 470:Shannon Behrens (2006-07-06). 448: 435: 409: 379: 16:For the Windows emulator, see 1: 372: 249:has an interface layer named 253:for interoperating with the 154:for "Textmode WINdow") is a 7: 326: 10: 571: 360:General Graphics Interface 216: 15: 299:compatible terminal, the 135: 123: 111: 99: 68: 64: 42: 38: 28: 240: 545:Free windowing systems 418:"And what about Twin?" 349:Computer accessibility 245:The terminal emulator 227:C programming language 174:clients, all inside a 550:Terminal multiplexers 441:"Escreen" section of 255:terminal multiplexers 156:windowing environment 51:; 3 years ago 34:Massimiliano Ghilardi 181:. Twin is tested on 555:Text user interface 517:"Twin project page" 354:Text user interface 280:support, and more. 25: 490:Greve, Georg C. F. 455:Twin's README file 289:computer terminals 23: 168:terminal emulator 145: 144: 562: 531: 529: 528: 512: 510: 509: 485: 483: 482: 457: 452: 446: 439: 433: 432: 430: 429: 420:. Archived from 413: 407: 406: 404: 403: 383: 343: 338: 337: 336: 118:Windowing system 101:Operating system 92: 87: 84: 82: 80: 59: 57: 52: 26: 22: 570: 569: 565: 564: 563: 561: 560: 559: 535: 534: 526: 524: 515: 507: 505: 498:Brave GNU World 480: 478: 476:JJinuxLand blog 466: 461: 460: 453: 449: 440: 436: 427: 425: 414: 410: 401: 399: 385: 384: 380: 375: 339: 334: 332: 329: 301:virtual console 243: 219: 95: 77: 60: 55: 53: 50: 21: 12: 11: 5: 568: 558: 557: 552: 547: 533: 532: 513: 492:(2003-03-03). 486: 465: 464:External links 462: 459: 458: 447: 434: 408: 377: 376: 374: 371: 370: 369: 363: 357: 351: 345: 344: 328: 325: 324: 323: 317: 314: 304: 274:GNOME Terminal 242: 239: 218: 215: 164:window manager 143: 142: 140:GitHub project 137: 133: 132: 127: 121: 120: 115: 109: 108: 103: 97: 96: 94: 93: 74: 72: 66: 65: 62: 61: 48: 46: 44:Stable release 40: 39: 36: 35: 32: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 567: 556: 553: 551: 548: 546: 543: 542: 540: 522: 518: 514: 503: 499: 495: 491: 487: 477: 473: 468: 467: 456: 451: 444: 438: 424:on 2010-02-26 423: 419: 412: 398: 394: 393: 388: 382: 378: 367: 364: 361: 358: 355: 352: 350: 347: 346: 342: 331: 321: 318: 315: 312: 308: 305: 302: 298: 294: 290: 286: 285: 284: 281: 279: 275: 271: 267: 263: 259: 256: 252: 248: 238: 237:it to Linux. 236: 232: 228: 224: 214: 212: 208: 204: 200: 196: 192: 188: 184: 180: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 141: 138: 134: 131: 128: 126: 122: 119: 116: 114: 110: 107: 104: 102: 98: 91: 86: 76: 75: 73: 71: 67: 63: 47: 45: 41: 37: 33: 31: 27: 19: 525:. Retrieved 506:. Retrieved 497: 479:. Retrieved 475: 450: 437: 426:. Retrieved 422:the original 411: 400:. Retrieved 390: 381: 319: 282: 250: 244: 231:multitasking 220: 147: 146: 30:Developer(s) 18:Willows TWIN 502:GNU Project 494:"Issue #47" 445:manual page 287:plain text 539:Categories 527:2017-08-14 508:2010-03-07 481:2010-03-02 428:2010-03-02 402:2010-03-02 373:References 258:GNU Screen 70:Repository 56:2021-01-06 392:Freshmeat 320:twdisplay 199:DEC Alpha 195:Power ISA 176:text mode 172:networked 162:support, 106:Unix-like 83:/cosmos72 366:DESQview 327:See also 278:firewall 397:Geeknet 297:ncurses 293:termcap 270:Konsole 251:Escreen 235:porting 217:History 207:FreeBSD 191:PowerPC 179:display 152:acronym 136:Website 125:License 54: ( 521:GitHub 504:. Twin 472:"Twin" 387:"twin" 266:tabbed 223:PC DOS 209:, and 79:github 443:Eterm 362:(GGI) 356:(TUI) 311:Xterm 291:(any 262:shell 247:Eterm 241:Usage 211:macOS 203:SPARC 183:Linux 160:mouse 158:with 85:/twin 170:and 148:Twin 113:Type 81:.com 24:Twin 307:X11 272:or 205:), 187:x86 130:GPL 541:: 519:. 500:. 496:. 474:. 395:. 389:. 213:. 201:, 197:, 189:, 166:, 530:. 511:. 484:. 431:. 405:. 313:; 295:/ 193:/ 185:( 150:( 58:) 20:.

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Stable release
Repository
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Operating system
Unix-like
Type
Windowing system
License
GPL
GitHub project
acronym
windowing environment
mouse
window manager
terminal emulator
networked
text mode
display
Linux
x86
PowerPC
Power ISA
DEC Alpha
SPARC
FreeBSD
macOS
PC DOS

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