From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Maciek Pasternacki Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs for everything? Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 02:29:18 +0100 Organization: Towarzystwo Message-ID: <87r7me92xd.fsf@lizard.king> References: <87pt2ej98v.fsf@node1.ddorf.de> <87zn1g2t5j.fld@barrow.com> <876540gxzw.fld@barrow.com> <86brdqp4au.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> <87mzx8bao8.fsf@lizard.king> <86hdnef42h.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> <87mzx6q8ud.fsf@lizard.king> <867jo9nfsc.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> <871xeftdvj.fsf@lizard.king> <86zn13oyuo.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1101605383 18720 80.91.229.6 (28 Nov 2004 01:29:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 01:29:43 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 28 02:29:38 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CYDsd-0007MQ-00 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 02:29:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CYE1x-00008J-MK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:39:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CYE1o-00007o-Uh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:39:05 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CYE1o-00007O-6q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:39:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CYE1o-00007L-3P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:39:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CYDsS-0002KK-2L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:29:24 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CYDsR-0000cD-00 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 02:29:23 +0100 Original-Received: from 83.238.46.34 ([83.238.46.34]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 02:29:23 +0100 Original-Received: from maciekp by 83.238.46.34 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 02:29:23 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 39 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.238.46.34 X-japhy-version: 21.944 X-Favourite-Drink: Cherry-Coke X-Favourite-Pizza-Place: Anker X-Jabber-Id: maciekp@japhy.fnord.org X-Balcerowicz: Musi odejsc! X-Fnord: xefitra X-Face: "z$0S%vIy|*@uf~&cUy(t.|Ww`"[=wFe(FAC->(lhsd_}0Y\^STZ&LL%W~ikh(=7DBY*>LV )*~d, +@xH3!+USJ8tt"etVnco#l:Yg.'1QEoqEb'aft~ List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:22386 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:22386 On Boomtime, The Aftermath 40, 3170 YOLD, Kai Grossjohann wrote: >>> What's missing for screen is the equivalent of C-x b or iswitchb. >> >> What's wrong with l (windowlist)? I rarely use more than >> eight windows so I don't need sophisticated methods to choose... > > Well, you use multiple separate screen instances, I think. > > But for the use case where you have one screen containing all sessions > (with multiple xterms attached via "screen -x"), you'll get many > sessions. Something that's useful is to give them names that say > something about the purpose. : title RET > It seems to be natural for me to type C-o b frumple RET, say, to > switch to the screen session where I logged in on frumple. Or C-o b > root@frumple RET for the root session on frumple. <hotkey> ' <title> RET (select) <hotkey> " (windowlist) > But that's not my usage pattern. I create sessions on demand, and > then the number is not predictable. You can create sessions with screen -t (either from shell-under-screen (`screen' command in shell under screen sees $STY environment variable and knows where it is) or from <hotkey> : command line), you can give title to a session with <hotkey> : title. Greets, --japhy -- __ Maciek Pasternacki <maciekp@japhy.fnord.org> [ http://japhy.fnord.org/ ] `| _ |_\ / { I tell you this, no eternal reward will forgive us now ,|{-}|}| }\/ for wasting the dawn! } \/ |____/ ( Jim Morrison ) -><-