On Wednesday, 22 February 2012 at 00:03:35 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
It lets me fire up my (text-based) mail client
mutt???? I switched to mutt from the terrible webmail in... 2007 I think. Rarely look back (only when I need to view images when on a separate computer). I handle 200-300 emails a day. I don't think I could handle it if not for how awesome mutt is.
music is finished, run mplayer to start new music, etc..)
mplayer rox. I also use a play script that runs sox (or timidity) for simple files. gui music sux. I use a screen session for this stuff though. window 0: the background noise controller window 1: mutt window 2: alsamixer window 3: random notes to self for later Usually, I only two two at a time. C-a a is the best thing ever. Then I use a separate screen for work things. Now, here's something cool: from my laptop, running Windows 7, I use putty to connect to the house. But, here's what I did: it automatically runs screen, with the escape set to s, rather than a, and a fixed session name. First off, C-s is easier to hit on the laptop than C-a since the Fn key is on the far left, instead of ctrl. So it is a more natural action anyway. Aaaand I can run other screens inside! screen -d -r ffmp3 # the one with mutt, etc C-s c screen -d -r work Now, I can C-s s to swap between the two things... and C-a a to swap sub tasks. Nested screens is pretty amazing. And that automatic session means I can open and close it at will, picking up exactly where I left off every time.