Linked by Greg Afinogenov on Wed 3rd Sep 2003 07:19 UTC
It is not fashionable nowadays to speak of the merits of the command line, in an age where things like streaming video and Aqua are an integral part of our daily life. However, I do not think that typed-in commands must necessarily be consigned to the dustbin of computer history. Of course, I am not suggesting that we all drop X and Windows and pretend like we are living in the early eighties. The command line interface still has much to offer us, and many of its benefits simply cannot physically be emulated or even replaced by graphical ones.
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I agreed with mh. 'screen' is my BEST friend when using CLI or text console terminal. Currently, my desktop (XFree86 + evilwm) only have, 2 virtual desktops, 1 desktop for 4 windows of rxvts and one of it, permanenty runs on 'screen'. Other virtual desktop runs mozilla in full screen right now (while typing this comment). Previously, before using "screen"; my desktop ussually cluttered with nearly 10 or more rxvts (console terminals) and quite painfully to handle it. Now, everythings are in order and well organized, thanks to "screen". 'screen' also have capabilities to spilt consoles as many as you want, so, you see/monitor all terminals simultaneously.
Other than 'screen'; this text windowing system (TWIN) also cool and I have used it for long time before I use 'screen'.
http://linuz.sns.it/~max/twin/
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4280
the 'screen' homepage:
http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/screen/index.php3