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I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by moconnor »

j45 wrote: post #96
moconnor wrote: post #69

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No, I wanted to try something radical and crazy and new. Frankly, I expected to be back on my MacBook by now. This has been as much a surprise to me as anyone!

I tried out an iPad app called Koder, it was nice but still lacked some things. Your post has got me wondering about Vim again.. :) Making the switch to Sublime Text has got me appreciating a more shell-like interface for some things. Have you ever found yourself wanting to code and not have an internet connection? I think that's a pretty rare scenario, I'm rarely offline.

I haven't wanted to code offline for months. Maybe if I flew for more than two hours I'd miss it. Even the trains have wifi in Germany.

The few times I have wanted to code offline, I've also wanted to look something up >.<

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by scott_s »

scottschulthess wrote: post #109
scott_s wrote: post #57

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I saw two people below who say they prefer tmux over Screen, so I just looked it up. What I care about most is persistence; I use multiple terminal sessions if I want to have multiple windows. Did you find any difference for that feature?

Can you explain your question better? I don't understand it enough to take a shot at an answer

The only feature I care about is persistence. Is there a difference between Screen and tmux regarding persistence?

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by scottschulthess »

moconnor wrote: post #34
kayoone wrote: post #26

You could actually do the same thing WITH a Macbook Air/Pro. The beauty of a cloud linux instance + gnu screen isnt limited to the ipad and so you could still have a bigger screen and the possibility to go back to GUI apps if you need them. I like this for travelling on the go, but spending my normal workday in 1024 resolution ? Naaa.

This is true, but I'd be sacrificing the silence, the portability and the battery life. And the hipster factor, I guess. 102x768 isn't for everyone, but in text-mode it's all the same. I've no idea how many hours I've spent on a huge high-res monitor staring at a relatively tiny terminal window surrounded by a pretty desktop picture.

I see your point, but still, battery life/silence/portability doesn't seem to be worth the flexibility of having full osx esp when compared to an Air

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by froseph »

scott_s wrote: post #57
pyrhho wrote: post #48

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Since we're pimping terminal multiplexers, I quite enjoy tmux ( http://tmux.sourceforge.net/ ). I used to use screen, but found tmux to be faster, smoother, and have more logical key-combos (your mileage may vary).

I saw two people below who say they prefer tmux over Screen, so I just looked it up. What I care about most is persistence; I use multiple terminal sessions if I want to have multiple windows. Did you find any difference for that feature?

I've been using screen for years, and just switched to tmux since so many people have been raving about it. The reasons I switched were:

1/ Configs for status prompt were easier to grok

2/ Actively maintained. I used to use vertical split all the time and tmux had that where as gnu screen required hack patches.

If you only want persistence, screen, tmux, dtach do pretty much the same thing.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by scottschulthess »

agentultra wrote: post #35

This has to be the most ergonomically inefficient set-up ever! I also cannot fathom how to work with 21" at least). And a tiling window manager. And a decent mechanical keyboard... ok ok.. Interesting setup. I'd be interested in knowing how it works out in the long term.

Having multiple monitors isn't good eronomically IMO. I always prefer what I'm working on to be on direct center, and I don't really see the point of having other stuff that isn't direct center. I prefer to alt-tab.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by spicyj »

moconnor wrote: post #95
Ogre wrote: post #84

This is partly a testament to what a great app iSSH is. I haven't used it as a daily work environment, but I've gotten some pretty great things done with it, even the iPhone version. My favorite was sitting in a crappy motel room with barely Edge, and still managing to build a GPX converter (not build as in write, build as in download and compile), convert some map routes to a format I needed for another phone app, a…

This is really true, although depending entirely on a low-price, commercial app makes me uneasy. I'd be happier if I knew iSSH made enough to support a small company. I'd be happiest with an open source version I could contribute to.

Panic's Prompt (http://www.panic.com/blog/2011/04/introducing-prompt-ssh-for...) probably doesn't make them enough to support their company, but they've been around for a long time and I don't expect they'll go anywhere. I'm not sure whether it supports 256 colors.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by moconnor »

spicyj wrote: post #116
moconnor wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is really true, although depending entirely on a low-price, commercial app makes me uneasy. I'd be happier if I knew iSSH made enough to support a small company. I'd be happiest with an open source version I could contribute to.

Panic's Prompt ( http://www.panic.com/blog/2011/04/introducing-prompt-ssh-for... ) probably doesn't make them enough to support their company, but they've been around for a long time and I don't expect they'll go anywhere. I'm not sure whether it supports 256 colors.

At least when I last checked, Prompt doesn't support VNC. If I had to switch apps, one would time out in the background. I think that'd be get frustrating pretty quickly.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by guyht »

scott_s wrote: post #57
pyrhho wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since we're pimping terminal multiplexers, I quite enjoy tmux ( http://tmux.sourceforge.net/ ). I used to use screen, but found tmux to be faster, smoother, and have more logical key-combos (your mileage may vary).

I saw two people below who say they prefer tmux over Screen, so I just looked it up. What I care about most is persistence; I use multiple terminal sessions if I want to have multiple windows. Did you find any difference for that feature?

I used to use screen, but then moved on to tmux.

Main reasons for my move were

* Tmux handles split screens better (had horrible lag in screen, its a known bug)

* Panel and window navigation is easier in Tmux

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