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On 2016-12-10, Kevin Monceaux <Kevin@××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 07:41:51PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>> I think he meant that from a "desktop productivity" standpoint, the |
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>> two are the same: you have to close every single program you are using |
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>> and then start over. |
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> I'm old fashioned. I use text based apps as much as possible. I'm using |
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> mutt and vim to compose this e-mail, for example. |
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It's slrn and emacs for me. |
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> They're running under screen, which is running in an rxvt-unicode |
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> terminal under dwm. I could detach my screen session, exit |
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> rxvt-unicode and bounce dwm without having to exit vim or mutt. I |
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> also have music playing via moc in another screen session. Thanks |
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> to screen I could bounce my window manager without missing a beat. |
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> :-) |
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Yep, there are long-running things that I run in screen so that I can |
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restart X, or continue using them from a different location or |
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whatever. But, that's pretty far removed from what most people (even |
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Linux users) do with a "desktop". |
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Grant |
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