[Novalug] renaming the stuff before the prompt

Nino R. Pereira ninorpereira@gmail.com
Mon Jan 21 18:38:18 EST 2013


Jim,

that's a good idea, I didn't think of that.

Now, how do you put that 'launch panel' (which I assume is the place
the little icons you can click on go to) on the left, and the
'task bar' (which is what I mistakenly called the 'tool bar') to the right?

Pray tell explicitly.

Thank you,

Nino

On 01/21/2013 06:20 PM, James Ewing Cottrell III wrote:
> Now that terminals are wide, space in the Y direction is more important
> than space in the X direction. I therefore put my Launch Panel on the
> Left Edge of the screen, and move my Taskbar to a separate panel on the
> Right Edge. I load the Left Panel up with whatever Apps I care about
> (usually Konsole, Firefox, Thunderbird), the Lock Screen/Logout Buttons,
> a Clock and Calendar, and various Performance Monitors.
>
> Of course, each Panel has to be wide enough to read, anywhere from 50 to
> 80 Pixels...but at least I still have my entire Y Space available.
>
> JIM
>
> On 1/18/2013 5:16 PM, Nino R. Pereira wrote:
>> List,
>>
>> sometimes I have lots of windows open. Then, I have insufficient space
>> on the toolbar
>> on the bottom of my screen (stock Ubuntu gnome) to see the names of
>> these various
>> windows: they all start with 'pereira@steve' (which is the name of the
>> machine).
>>
>> How do I get rid of this 'pereira@steve' designation, or at least make
>> it shorter
>> so I see a little of what comes after? Or, lengthen the toolbar?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Nino
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