On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 09:34:29AM -0700, Robin Laing wrote: > >Why do you use xterms? > > Simple. > > When moving, editing or changing files around, I open an xterm session > and 'cd' into the directory that I am working with. Open another > xterm session and 'cd' into another directory. > > ls gives me a listing and then I can do what I want. Moving files > around is as easy as mv xxx.file to /location/. Renaming files is as > easy as mv xxx.file yyy.file It's been said, the main advantage of running a a windowing environment is the ability of having multiple xterms visible at the same time. That is the same reason I like and I use emelfm2 as my file manager. IMHO, it's the best thing since sliced bread! Very configurable, built in command line/xterm, and can open xterms at will from anywhere. Plus it has the classic 2 pane gui. Check it out. http://dasui.prima.de/e2wiki/emelFM2. Something for everyone in this gem of a program. -- LPIC-1 Linux Certified http://lottalinuxlinks.com Linux user since 1996
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