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. > 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. This has come up a few times. I don't really understand. Some experimenting is in order I think. > 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. > :) Cheers, Tyler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
