-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/09/07 17:49, Tyler Smith wrote: > On 2007-05-09, Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> mmiller3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>> "Amy" == Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
