From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 27 21:09:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47603106564A for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:09:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corky1951@comcast.net) Received: from qmta03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E39FA8FC1D for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:09:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta21.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.72]) by qmta03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id cL6c1f0021ZXKqc53M98Yu; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:09:08 +0000 Received: from comcast.net ([98.203.142.76]) by omta21.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id cM961f0011f6R9u3hM96d4; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:09:08 +0000 Received: by comcast.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:09:04 -0800 Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:09:04 -0800 From: Charlie Kester To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101127210903.GA34337@comcast.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4CED8855.23373.40E2965D@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <4CEEC055.15679.45A559A8@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <20101125212508.82f1a646.freebsd@edvax.de> <4CEF9A55.29535.48F8EF07@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <20101126221846.2588d4c4.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101126223123.GJ85826@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101126223123.GJ85826@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.20 X-Composer: Vim 7.2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:09:08 -0000 On Fri 26 Nov 2010 at 14:31:23 PST Chip Camden wrote: >Quoth Polytropon on Friday, 26 November 2010: > >FIVE! Using a tiling window manager like xmonad, just open another >xterm. Either share a workspace between them, or put one of them in a >different workspace, depending on whether you like to be able to see >both at the same time and/or have multiple monitors. SIX! sysutils/dvtm tiles console or terminal windows, similar to tmux.