Re: [OT] Screen
Tyler Smith <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> 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 ;)
Well, I do also use Iceweasel, but the Hit-a-Hint extension isn't
always reliable and the Conkeror extension doesn't always work with
my school's website. Also, I don't browse the web a whole lot in
general, since for the most part if my computer's on (which is as
rare as I can manage; I'm all about that thing with the
umm...trees, I think? Real world. That's the phrase), I'm working
on a paper and/or answering emails. The reason I took the time to
learn this setup isn't just that I don't do mousiness; it's mostly
that I can do my work with a minimum of distraction and frustration
this way, and be done with it when I'm done. But yeah, Iceweasel's
useful for looking at random comics or YouTube videos on occasion.
> what does screen do better than multiple xterms
Mouseless paste (that's how I found out about it, actually). Also,
I just prefer having fewer windows open. And if for some reason I
have to restart X, I don't lose whatever was going on in the
terminal since it just "detaches" instead of closing and killing
whatever process is running.
> 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.
You may actually prefer ratpoison (the predecessor of stumpwm, by
the same primary author), which at this point is somewhat more
featureful/clean. The reason I use Stumpwm instead is that I can
control it from within Emacs (I know, I'm not helping my case; but
I'm really just a literature nerd, I swear!), since it's written in
lisp. Ratpoison's in the Debian repos, I believe (stumpwm is too,
but it's just a CVS snapshot, which is what's available).
Amy
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