On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 03:26, Tzafrir Cohen <tzaf...@cohens.org.il> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 05:09:03PM -0700, green wrote: >> I have been using screen (the terminal multiplexor) for a long time. It is >> one >> of those really useful utilities that just sticks. >> >> Also, I recently started using the awesome wm which is worth checking out if >> you like to increase your productivity elegantly (yeah, elegantly). >> >> So in the past I have often had multiple terminals running on multiple >> workspaces (using the openbox wm) all connected to a single screen session. >> This worked fine. >> >> But now with awesome, I always have exactly 2 terminals (ROXTerm) running >> screen, no more or less. I don't want fewer and don't need more because I >> can >> tell awesome to show those terminals on multiple workspaces. It works very >> well, or would if screen wasn't being goofy. > > I find awesome here very goofy. My current WM (IceWM) makes it very > simple to move terminals between windows. And yet I don't use it much. > > I tried awesome a number of times to see what this buzz is all about. It > took me a while to get a usable configuration (unlike IceWM). And then I > ran into the problem of constantly resized xterms. > > After looking up a bit, I realised that the handling of awesome was > really poor. Because they assume you use konsole or gnome-terminal where > there is a single terminal window with multiple windows.
I disagree. Sure, some people use a tabbed term with awesome, but I use urxvt, and based on the mailing list and IRC I feel like most users use xterm or (u)rxvt. > Those are not really under the control of the WM. And their poor users are > already used to them being constantly resized and generally in wierd sizes. I guess it all depends on how you use it. I normally don't move terms between tags, I just set up my terms as soon as I start X, and then use each tag and each term for it's own specific purpose. I just started using urxvt in daemon/client mode which allows many terms to share one instance, reducing the overhead of many terms (not that that is a lot anyway). As for the actual problem of resized terms (especially within screen), I unfortunately don't know of a good solution. You could try on the awesome mailing list or IRC. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
