[NTLUG:Discuss] Dec demonstration: CLI tricks of a long time user

[Mittelgeek]

Terminator is a GUI based Terminal. It allows for multiple terminals on
screen within a single window, a la gnome-multi-term or quadkonsole. It's
not screen but has some behaviors similar to screen, e.g., splitting a
single terminal up, moving the terminals within the same windows around.
Some other interesting capabilities are zooming in on one of your open
terminals, mouse focus that moves between terminals, grouping of windows so
input can be pushed to all the grouped terminals, etc. Some pretty neat
stuff.

I use mine split up to monitor logs, htop, if-top, and to have a terminal
available to type in any command(s) that I need at any time.

I love screen as well. I use it when I have a box with no gui. It was a
life saver on a crappy Intertubes connection to a couple of headless boxes
that I used to monitor back in the day.  ;-)

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Brian Koontz <brian at pongonova.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 05:37:31PM -0600, Mittelgeek wrote:
> > Whoo who!! Command line baby.  :-)
> >
> > Got any screen goodness in there as well? What about if-top? pgrep?
> > Strictly command line outside of a gui or command line from within a gui
> as
> > well? Cause I'd have to say terminator would be something good to show
> off
> > for in-gui stuff.
>
> I've been using the CLI for years and have never heard of terminator
> until now.  Any great improvements over screen?   I figure if I've
> gone this long without, I can probably survive without...but I'm
> always willing to listen to a compelling reason to try something new.
>
>  --Brian
>
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