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Rather than doing all that, for Linux why not just switch to the terminal with ctrl-alt F1 and running vim from the console? Even better still, run it through
by iuguy 16y ago
Rather than doing all that, for Linux why not just switch to the terminal with ctrl-alt F1 and running vim from the console?
Even better still, run it through screen, then you can use console mode for full screen and use screen -x to simultaneously attach from X terminals. We use screen -x over SSH to provide multi-user scratchpads during on-site jobs.
- preek 16y agoSee my answer to a similar question: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1893742 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1893742 Your proposal is valid, but mine is as well. Different tasks need different approaches. Besides, "all that" implies like 2 minutes of work if you don't count writing a blog post about it(;