[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: [OT] Screen (was Affecting Inst. Change)



-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On 05/09/07 17:49, Tyler Smith wrote:
> On 2007-05-09, Amy Templeton <amy.g.templeton@gmail.com> wrote:
>> mmiller3 <mmiller3@iupui.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Amy" == Amy Templeton <amy.g.templeton@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I do not use or install mouse-based programs if
>> I can avoid it (I use the Stump Window Manager, and generally have
>> only two frames open at any given moment:  an Emacs, in which I do
>> all of my editing, emailing/mail reading, web browsing, music
>> playing, etc., and an xterm running GNU Screen for miscellaneous
>> tasks). 
> 
> First, for someone who claims not to be a *nix wizard you are not very
> convincing. There aren't a lot of 20 year-old non-compsci geeks around
> that don't at least use a graphical browser ;)

She's a user wizard, not an admin wizard.

> Second, and more to the (OT) point, what does screen do better than
> multiple xterms, or shell-mode in Emacs? I'm pretty mouseless most of
> the time, emacs and xterm being my primary tools, but I keep seeing
> reference to this screen thing. Just curious... I'm going to have to
> take a look at Stump now too, since Fluxbox does still have me mousing
> around for a few things, mostly arranging my multiple xterms.

Screen(1) is what Unix users used before x terminals and PCs were
inexpensive enough for everyone to have one.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)

iD4DBQFGQmsyS9HxQb37XmcRAluPAKDvJwFBjk3jnJFVBAqy2S2nv5aEngCY8dvh
bRuxagzHCvsfCyAwGrNdFQ==
=h/F9
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----



Reply to: