Could be [tiny]core improved?

[Rich]

Hi neonix

Is it possible to offer another flavour, called tiny core deluxe?

Is it possible, yes.
Is it likely, absolutely not.

One of the reasons for Tinycore is you get to pick and install
the extensions you want, instead of having to remove extensions
that come prepackaged and you don't want.

If you feel you need  "tiny core deluxe"  because installing extensions
is too much work, then maybe Tinycore is the wrong distro for you.

There are other distros available with multiple apps preinstalled.

[Rich]

Hi neonix

Is it possible to add copy and paste function to aterm?

It already has copy/paste.

To copy, using the mouse, highlight the text with the left button held down.

If you then click the middle button, it will paste the text in the terminal
at the current cursor location.

Or, if you left click in an editor, then click the middle button, it will paste the
text in the editor at the current cursor location.

You can copy/paste from an editor to a terminal the same way.

[neonix]

Hi neonix

Is it possible to add copy and paste function to aterm?

It already has copy/paste.

To copy, using the mouse, highlight the text with the left button held down.

If you then click the middle button, it will paste the text in the terminal
at the current cursor location.

Or, if you left click in an editor, then click the middle button, it will paste the
text in the editor at the current cursor location.

You can copy/paste from an editor to a terminal the same way.

It's not possible on touchpad.

[GNUser]

Hi Rich. The select-to-copy, middle-button-to-paste is a great feature. X11 called it "primary selection." I'm happy to say labwc kept it.

The feature may be absent from GNOME and Firefox soon, though, because it is "unexpected." And, you know, "Goodbye X11" and all. https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-firefox-middle-click-paste-removal

I'm chomping at the bit to live in the GNOME utopia where nothing from yesteryear remains, where everything is shiny and new.

[Leee]

I think something similar to the "Tiny Core Deluxe" idea can be achieved simply through the use of alternative "onboot.lst" files to load sets (collections) of extensions to achieve the desired level of deluxity.  If that functionality is sufficient for what you have in mind then it's already there and is highly customizable right from the start.

@Rich - is it possible to specify multiple extension lists (at the same time) right from the boot loader?  So that you could specify, for instance, a base onboot.lst (common to all configs) -and- a desktop.lst or a web_server.lst etc to set up for a specific task?  Just thinking out loud on this - it doesn't seem all that hard to just load additional extensions after the initial bootup.

[Rich]

Hi Leee
The problem with that idea is that onboot.lst (or an alternative "onboot.lst") relies
on the extensions already being present in the cde directory.

So now we need to create ISOs that are bloated up with a bunch of extra extensions.
This sounds like it flies in the face of Tinycore philosophy.
 

[nick65go]

is it possible to specify multiple extension lists (at the same time) right from the boot loader?  So that you could specify, for instance, a base onboot.lst (common to all configs) -and- a desktop.lst or a web_server.lst etc to set up for a specific task?  Just thinking out loud on this - it doesn't seem all that hard to just load additional extensions after the initial bootup.

I think this is already possible, by using a new line in your boot-loader (grub or syslinux) and in that line just use use TC parameter lst=MyOnbootList-example.lst; multiply this line as many time as you like, just changing (in grub.cfg) your lst=

Or just enter in edit mode in grub and change on the fly your LST (if you have if already created and remember its name). But in general is so easy to just boot with minim TCZ and then just tce-load -iw multiple extensions in one go / line.