Tiny, Write-Only, Always-On-Top Windows
It can be useful to have tiny, write-only, always-on-top windows. Here’s an example:
This is a little command-line window that lets me enter commands on a remote server. The font is tiny—6-point Lucida Console—and is barely legible. But that’s OK. I don’t really need to read this window; I just need to be able to type stuff into it. It sits in the lower-right corner of my screen.
Tiny, write-only, always-on-top windows are useful in other contexts as well.
This is a little command-line window that lets me enter commands on a remote server. The font is tiny—6-point Lucida Console—and is barely legible. But that’s OK. I don’t really need to read this window; I just need to be able to type stuff into it. It sits in the lower-right corner of my screen.
Tiny, write-only, always-on-top windows are useful in other contexts as well.
posted by Jonathan at
8/13/2009 03:18:00 p.m.
2 Comments:
I'm using "consoles" for this (and any other shell-related stuff).
For gtk/gnome you have guake (and others), for QT/KDE you have yakuake. At first when I started using these, it seems somewhat strange and I kept using normal terminals. However before long I started using regular teminals less and less and now I only use these Quake-like dropdown consoles.
If you haven't played Quake then just have a look here http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=yakuake&search_type=&aq=f, you'll see what I mean.
I'm sure there are Windows-alternatives as well.
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tsb, at 8/15/2009 2:39 a.m.
Thanks tsb! Checking it out now.
By
Jonathan, at 8/15/2009 11:16 a.m.
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