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Old habits are hard to break

ziggy on 2004-01-15T14:52:11

So, I'm reading something in Safari, then I alt-tab to Terminal to check something out.

I'm done checking something out, so I issue the fg command to bring the previous program back to the foreground. And bash gives me this helpful error message: 

-bash: fg: current: no such job
Hm... I sit in puzzlement for a half a second before I realize that the job I wanted to bring into the foreground was running in an alternate universe.

I'm waiting for Mac OS XI, FreeBSD 6.x-STABLE, Debian 4.x, Longhorn, or whatever operating system ships with DWIM support integrated all the way down the stack....

Damianize It!

Theory on 2004-01-15T16:37:13

I think you'll have to wait for Damian OS for that one. ;-)

David

Re:Damianize It!

ziggy on 2004-01-15T16:49:13

Great. So I'll have to learn some secret ancient Latin incantation to get the computer do what I want it to do, or I'll have to phrase all of my commands in the prepare-for-battle tense:
resume the-application-that-was-previously-in-use-a-moment-ago OR DIE!
No thanks. I'd upgrade fg to be an "application switcher/news reader/web browser/email client" first. :-)

Re:Damianize It!

jmm on 2004-01-15T20:47:05

I think you'll have to wait for Damian OS for that one.

I have to use Windows at work. I am used to waiting for the Damn OS.