On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 07:50:34AM EDT, Tyler Smith wrote: > On 2007-05-10, Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 ;) > > > > I'm all about that thing with the > > umm...trees, I think? Real world. That's the phrase), > > As a botanist I can relate. Even more so as a student with a thesis > pending... > > > >> what does screen do better than multiple xterms > > > > Mouseless paste (that's how I found out about it, actually). > > That is something worth having.
And you can do some fun things like copying a rectangular block: Ctrl-A [ M 20l <space> c 10l 5j C <space> .. lets you copy a five-line / 10 column rectangle starting at the middle of the screen (M) in col 20 on the current display. I'm not sure (and I honestly don't care..) whether you can do this with a mouse .. Comes in handy when text is indented .. part of an html table .. etc. > > Also, I just prefer having fewer windows open. Well naturally .. I used to fire up xterms all over the place .. and once in a while things got out of control and I would have to do the garbage collection manually.. No such worries now that I use gnu/screen. > > 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. > This has come up a few times. I don't really understand. Some > experimenting is in order I think. Your choice .. Nor sure if it has already been mentioned, but another useful feature of gnu/screen is that you can have it monitor your different sessions and display a message on the hard status line when an event occurs. > > 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). > > > > I installed stumpwm from the repos last night. It runs from a lisp > REPL! You have now officially blown your cover. Just waiting for the > photographic proof that you are actually a crusty old AI hacker with a > long beard and sandals... aha! here you are: > > http://www.perturb.org/display/entry/462/ > > > -- > > When marriage is outlawed, only outlaws will have inlaws. Good luck with it .. Thanks, cga -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
