On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote:
> I know the idea of "windows" is fast disappearing from modern
> ("mobile") computing; you have "apps" instead that commandeer the whole
> screen. Personally, I find that a big step backwards. I want to be able
> to subdivide the screen for many windows that represent different
> contexts and tasks.Duh! :) I'm currently working on Sikorsky (all my computers have names, of course), with six Xfce workspaces. On those, my text editor (SciTE) and MUD client (Gypsum) are set to "Always on visible workspace"; everything else is whereever I choose to put it (VMs on workspace 2, most of my primary activity on workspace 3, Alice: Madness Returns on workspace 6, etc). Each workspace is subdivided into approximately five million terminal windows, because that's what I do everything with :) One web browser window, or maybe two; occasional other stuff; but mainly, lots and lots of terminals. I can't imagine trying to get any serious work done without loading up multiple consoles, some of them SSH'd to other boxes, and being able to copy and paste between them. The Windows 8 / Unity / GNOME 3 model annoys me greatly. Can't get work done like that. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
