On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:54:56 -0400 Chris Jones <cjns1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 08:20:58PM EDT, John Hasler wrote: > > Chris Jones writes: > > > I guess so.. though I'm not sure about the usefulness thereof, > > > save for demo'ing the flexibility of, what's the word.. Window > > > Managers..? > > > > Organization. I can have an FVWM "desktop" with a couple of dozen > > "panes" for each of umpteen projects. I can then, for rxample, > > switch quickly from the environment where I am working on Chrony, > > with a couple of Emacs instances, a debugger, an xterm running > > "tail -f" on a log, etc, to the desktop where I am studing music > > theory and have Noteedit, Solfege, etc running. > > Yes John, but why would one need all shapes of xterms with > extraordinary dimensions to achieve this..? I mean, most terminal > screen-oriented apps assume some form of 4:3 geometry to begin with.. > > If you need the editor, a shell, a debugger, and a log tail displaying > concurrently on the one physical screen to achieve what you are > working one faster and more effectively, fine.. but as I hinted > above, I suspect that in most circumstances, having all that stuff > visible on the same display is often a case of showing off one's > environment.. screenshot feed, no more.. > > Sounds like you're talking IDE.. but correct me if I'm wrong, doesn't > text-mode emacs provide all of this, and more - even on a barebones > linux console..?? > > But never mind, what I really was saying is that I'm as much of an > idiot as the next guy for wasting huge amounts of time to set up, > modify, etc. my computing interface.. and all the same I often feel > that better folks than myself do not care too much about such aspects. > > I mean.. I'm a mediocre hobbyist programmer, trying to make some sense > of some C code that clearly shows its age, via vim and gdb.. Now, do I > really need, am I really going to keep an eye on, half a dozen five > line xterms that tail all my system's logs while I chug along..? > > In my case the tradeoff at this point is to have whatever I'm working > on full screen - with some form of split/windowed display when > useful.. and a minimal one-line last (status in gnu/screen > parlance..) line of the screen display a bunch of automatically > refreshed counters that provide me with a summary of what's going on > in my system.. as much as I can grasp in one eyeful. > > And naturally use different X desktops in order to instantly switch > to a different environment as necessary. > > Thanks, > > CJ > > Chris, I've found Compiz-fusion useful to keep multiple things going.. ctrl-alt--> giving a new desktop quickly... YMMV. Jack -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
