On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 08:19:35AM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > 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.
So in fact you're merely using virtual desktops. > > 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). I use mlterm to get that effect. > > 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. Maybe I would. But IceWM Just Works for that case. And as I mentioned, sharing a terminal is not really needed for me. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
