On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 18:02, Tom wrote:
> I use xmms, xmms-flac, and xmms-shell with some custom scripts.  I do 
> all my interacting with xmms via the command line.  (I've never 
> understood why every SOUND PLAYER in the world had to get mixed up with 
> showing flashy colors to the music or drawing dumb bitmaps on their U/I.  
> Must be a penis thing.)
> 
> Anyway, it bugs me to have my music stop when I leave X.  Is there way 
> to run XMMS without X?  Something in the spirit of abcde (the coolest 
> wrapper in the world)?

Well, I'm not sure if it's possible to start XMMS without an X-server,
but assuming that there is a way to do so just run it in 'screen'. I
generally listen to ogg's while I'm using my computer, so I just do a
'screen ogg123 -@ my.list' followed by a quick ^a, ^d.

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