diveintomark rssfeedsspamassassintaintorg url httpdiveintomarkorgarchives20021007htmlmy_good_easy date 20021007t1759050500 _joe gregorio_ next pet project1 8220trying recreate good easy2 windows machine8221 also made halfhearted attempts direction forced use windows day say halfhearted im still applicationcentric dont go far keyboard shortcuts could dont use desktop never system dont use ctrl alt keyboard shortcuts personally find awkward ymmv must use windows first step towards productive system managing start menu use main level start menu numbered shortcuts common programs 0 control panel3 1 mozilla4 2 emacs5 3 dos home 4 dos work 5 dos incoming gives command line different directories 7 python6 9 ie also explorer home explorer work explorer incoming open explorer windows various useful directories directories dos shortcuts shift key held yes intentionally set went work folder lessused programs taken useless submenus installed moved directly programs submenu given unique first letters needed adaware7 excel8 im netscape 49 paint shop pro query tool odbc10 vmware11 word12 submenus except startup removed programs menu yes delete accessories honestly ever use probably sign larger productivity problem things never need run manually like winzip quicktime removed programs menu maintaining clean programs menu ongoing struggle well worth modern keyboards key next left alt key opens start menu press left thumb without taking fingers home keys otherwise ctrl esc always works menu 4 gives new command prompt work directory menu p n runs netscape 4 compatibility testing day job ugh mozilla emacs almost always open quit lesserused applications soon im done using mostly laptop doesnt lot memory install cygwin13 command line actually useful cygwin collection windows ports favorite unix utilities including mv cp scp ssh man tar less grep patch ncftp cvs many others bash dont use dislike handles windows pathnames also set properties command line shortcuts set window size 120 x 50 almost full screen 1024 x 768 screen buffer size 120 x 3000 set window position 0 x 0 dont let system position window mozilla set home page aboutblank set internet search search google use tabbed browsing open tabs instead windows possible cases always show tab bar load links background essential weblog surfing ctrl click links open new tabs background scripts plugins allow scripts open unrequested windows turn sidebar turn site navigation bar delete preinstalled bookmarks create two bookmarks one takes webmail another takes internal site search14 find bookmarks need internet explorer set home page page edit weblog since thats thing internet explorer alt tab back forth mozilla ie easier ctrl pguppgdown tabs within mozilla since textareas mozilla lose focus switch tabs making copying pasting weblog entries virtually impossible use emacs locally vi remotely default behavior emacs heinous render unusable instance editing cgi script named foocgi web server emacs would generate foocgi backup file worldreadable sent plain text browser asks try sometime favorite web site among things emacs file actually called _emacs windows instructs emacs store backup files single directory dbackup treat xml files docbook cgi scripts python sql scripts plsql use cygwins bash shell mxshell use single maximized frame menubar titled name current file show column numbers accept n yesno questions blink beep close current file press mw use weird registry hacks hacked notepadexe get text files open emacs got idea ultraedit15 _emacs file second backedup possession dont use windows useless directory structure user home directories drive dhome contains directories books personal projects cvs control8212also set home directory using home environment variable dwork contains directories work project also cvs dincoming set default download directory programs download things dbackup used emacs temporary storage instance storing originals checking newly created cvs projects dont know care whats c drive tried many many address books still store contacts email addresses snail mail addresses phone numbers vital personal information text file called phone stored dhomephone particular format plain text usually including blank lines entries categorize people simple keywords parentheses name use mxoccur emacs search keyword file single backedup possession essential free windows utilities use particular order tweakui 16 cygwin17 guidescope18 zonealarm19 1 httpbitworkingorgoct2002htmlx631695997519494480 2 httpwwwwinterspeakcomcolumns082001html 3 httpwwwannoyancesorgexecshowarticle02013 4 httpwwwmozillaorg 5 httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareemacswindowsntemacshtml 6 httpwwwactivestatecomproductsactivepython 7 httpwwwlavasoftusacom 8 httpwwwopenofficeorg 9 httpsillydogorgnarchive 10 httpgpoulosehomeattnet 11 httpwwwvmwarecom 12 httpwwwopenofficeorg 13 httpwwwcygwincom 14 httpdiveintomarkorgmtmtsearchcgi 15 httpwwwultraeditcomdownloadsindexhtmlnotepad replacing notepad ultraedit32 16 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