As I discussed in my last post I configured bitchx to run more or less as part of my background through various bits of trickery. Looked great, especially when all my windows were minimized and there was a steady stream of chat happening in the room. It would have made an excellent screen shot as well. But like plastic surgery it comes with a price. Unlike having conky glued to your desktop, if you left clicked on where bitchX was you would get nothing because Eterm doesn’t have a context menu. And when bitchX consists of roughly a 1/3 of your screen that poses a problem. So since then, I have gotten rid of that and instead I just have Eterm open up as a normal window on boot. Minus all the annoying Windows 95 like bars that come with mind you.
It was nice will it lasted I guess…
Enjoy the Penguins!
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Back when I had a dual monitor setup on my desktop I used two urxvt’s ‘embedded’ in my desktop (one for irssi, one regular terminal).
On such a large space it not only looked good, but it was also quite convenient.
Now that I only have one screen (only a laptop), I have to agree with you that the good looks don’t measure up to the practicallity of being able to click anywhere on the desktop. Especially when using a WM like Openbox.