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cf100clunk 2y ago
To me, name collisions are only a big deal if the app or project exists in very similar use case scenarios. In this case, I'd say confusion could easily happen if ''screen'' replaced ''screen'' in the path or a call. How about "Soloterm"? Have you thought of others?
- jeffhuys 2y ago
  Not only confusion, but inability to just install on mac/linux, right? I believe both come with screen by default… Edit: let me actually think a bit before commenting - it would probably just install, but then you run screen and you might or might not get your newly-installed software (so yeah confusion). Not a great first experience at worst
  - aarondf 2y ago
    It's a package you install into your PHP application. It's impossible for it to collide. You cannot run Solo Screen as a standalone tool.
    - jeffhuys 2y ago
      Heh, should’ve thought a bit longer apparently. But, in my defense, I work an office job and it’s Friday evening. Iykyk
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- aarondf 2y ago
  It's a package you install into your PHP application. It's impossible for it to collide.
  - cf100clunk 2y ago
    Question: can you call GNU screen from within screen?
  - aarondf 2y ago
    > Question: can you call GNU screen from within screen? No. It's literally just an in memory buffer that you interact with from PHP. In Solo (https://github.com/soloterm/solo https://github.com/soloterm/solo) we do use GNU screen though.
    - cf100clunk 2y ago
      Thanks, good to know. You and others may have noticed some odd activities in this thread (I use Refined Hacker News and can see them) so I'm glad for your responses to my well-meant comments.
      - aarondf 2y ago
        Yeah someone's really got a vendetta against SA and HN right now huh? Weird stuff!
    - jmholla 2y ago
      It seems to me that you can, from within the terminal that it provides, I supposed depending on what shell you run within the emulator. Your example even shows you running tail, so I expect it's running some sort of shell I'd expect screen could be available on. Unless, this terminal emulator is missing specific features that mean screen doesn't work in it, which would make me feel the definition has been stretched a little here. Either way, I have to heavily agree with duskwuff's take: > They're both pieces of software which implement or interact with terminal emulators; I think some deconfliction is warranted here. Edit: I've learned from a different comment [0] that the latter is indeed the case. This isn't really a terminal emulator. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43438797#43439716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43438797#43439716
  - duskwuff 2y ago
    They're both pieces of software which implement or interact with terminal emulators; I think some deconfliction is warranted here.
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To me, name collisions are only a big deal if the app or project exists in very similar use case scenarios. In this case, I'd say confusion could easily happen if ''screen'' replaced ''screen'' in the path or a call. How about "Soloterm"? Have you thought of others?

jeffhuys 2y ago
Not only confusion, but inability to just install on mac/linux, right? I believe both come with screen by default… Edit: let me actually think a bit before commenting - it would probably just install, but then you run screen and you might or might not get your newly-installed software (so yeah confusion). Not a great first experience at worst
- aarondf 2y ago
  It's a package you install into your PHP application. It's impossible for it to collide. You cannot run Solo Screen as a standalone tool.
  - jeffhuys 2y ago
    Heh, should’ve thought a bit longer apparently. But, in my defense, I work an office job and it’s Friday evening. Iykyk
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aarondf 2y ago
It's a package you install into your PHP application. It's impossible for it to collide.
- cf100clunk 2y ago
  Question: can you call GNU screen from within screen?
- aarondf 2y ago
  > Question: can you call GNU screen from within screen? No. It's literally just an in memory buffer that you interact with from PHP. In Solo (https://github.com/soloterm/solo https://github.com/soloterm/solo) we do use GNU screen though.
  - cf100clunk 2y ago
    Thanks, good to know. You and others may have noticed some odd activities in this thread (I use Refined Hacker News and can see them) so I'm glad for your responses to my well-meant comments.
    - aarondf 2y ago
      Yeah someone's really got a vendetta against SA and HN right now huh? Weird stuff!
  - jmholla 2y ago
    It seems to me that you can, from within the terminal that it provides, I supposed depending on what shell you run within the emulator. Your example even shows you running tail, so I expect it's running some sort of shell I'd expect screen could be available on. Unless, this terminal emulator is missing specific features that mean screen doesn't work in it, which would make me feel the definition has been stretched a little here. Either way, I have to heavily agree with duskwuff's take: > They're both pieces of software which implement or interact with terminal emulators; I think some deconfliction is warranted here. Edit: I've learned from a different comment [0] that the latter is indeed the case. This isn't really a terminal emulator. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43438797#43439716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43438797#43439716
- duskwuff 2y ago
  They're both pieces of software which implement or interact with terminal emulators; I think some deconfliction is warranted here.
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