On 07/26/2013 03:13 PM, akhiezer wrote: >> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:39:55 -0500 >> From: Bruce Dubbs <bdu...@linuxfromscratch.org> >> Subject: Re: [blfs-dev] Vim 7.3.1314 >> >> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Fernando de Oliveira >> <fam...@yahoo.com.br> wrote: > . > . >>> >>> For my personal use, I learned to use vim because it was the default >>> editor in LFS, and noticed that gvim is now my preferred, because it >>> keeps the terminal free for other uses. >> >> Try using konsole. You don't need to run the KDE window manager. It runs >> great in an xfce based system. The tabs allow you to move around without >> another window. Sometimes I'll have 10 pr more bash instances running >> at once, but only two instances of konsole. On my normal system I >> usually have mail, browser, and two konsole instances running without >> needing to overlap the windows. >> > > - yep, a 'me-too' for konsole from here; works jus'-fine in twm & xfce; easy > to have it auto-open exactly how many windows, tabs-per-windows, > startdir-per-tab, etc via its cmdline-opts and usual shell-alias/wm-config. > Also never have problems with its resource consumption - e.g. 4 windows, 8 > tabs > per win, long-term, no probs at all. > > Fernando, you might like also (if not already) to have a look at 'screen'.
I would also recommend Screen. Once you learn it, you'll never need more than one terminal window. -- Igor Živković http://www.slashtime.net/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
