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Wmii Python script to monitor remote machines

Date: 2009-12-22 | Modified: 2010-03-05 | Tags: linux, python, ssh, ubuntu, urxvt, wmii

I like to monitor our web servers by ssh'ing into the remote machine and watching "top", tailing log files, etc. Normally, I open a terminal, ssh into the remote machine, run the monitoring command (e.g. "top"), then repeat for the rest of the remote machines. Then I adjust the window sizes so I can see everything at once.

My window manager, wmii, is great for tiling a bunch of windows at once. It is also scriptable with Python, so I wrote a Python script to create my web server monitoring view. Below is my script. I also put ...

How to make urxvt look like gnome-terminal

Date: 2009-11-02 | Modified: 2009-12-29 | Tags: linux, softwaretools, ubuntu, urxvt | 3 Comments

My terminal of choice is rxvt-unicode (urxvt) because it is fast and lightweight. However, I recently opened up gnome-terminal and it was so much prettier than my urxvt. Here's how I made my urxvt look like gnome-terminal. The last step involves compiling urxvt from source because the latest source includes a patch to configure horizontal spacing of letters.

Set up colors

Add the following to your ~/.Xdefaults file:

! to match gnome-terminal "Linux console" scheme
! foreground/background
URxvt*background: #000000
URxvt*foreground: #ffffff
! black
URxvt.color0  : #000000
URxvt.color8  : #555555
! red
URxvt.color1  : #AA0000
URxvt.color9  : #FF5555
! green
URxvt.color2 ...

How to get anti-aliased fonts for Cygwin with urxvt

Date: 2007-09-25 | Tags: cygwin, softwaretools, urxvt | 1 Comment

urxvt, or rxvt-unicode, is a better alternative to rxvt and xterm that supports xft (read anti-aliased) fonts. Here's how to make your terminal pretty:

You need: Cygwin with X, urxvt, and fontconfig (all available through Cygwin's setup utility)

To see the list of available fonts run: $ fc-list

Select a font and put it in your ~/.Xdefaults file. e.g.

URxvt*font: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=12
Urxvt*boldFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=12:style=Bold

Run: $ urxvt

For reference, here is the list of fonts I got:

Bitstream Charter:style=Bold
Bitstream Charter:style ...

Cygwin, X, ratposoin, screen, rxvt setup

Date: 2007-09-04 | Modified: 2008-09-07 | Tags: cygwin, ratpoison, softwaretools, urxvt | 4 Comments

Here are my configuration files for my current Cygwin, X, ratpoison, screen, urxvt, bash setup.

General Cygwin and bash

I changed filename completion to be case-insensitive since we're on Windows. To do this, see the last line in ~/.bashrc and the last line in ~/.inputrc below.
I changed the "/cygdrive" prefix to just "/". To do this, type this command once: "mount -s --change-cygdrive-prefix /"
I added aliases to use "grep" and "ls" with color. And I added aliases to start various windows applications. See ~/.bashrc.

urxvt

urxvt (rxvt-unicode) is a better alternative to rxvt and xterm. See the ~.Xdefaults file ...

My software tools list

Date: 2007-08-10 | Modified: 2010-05-28 | Tags: android, c_cplusplus, colinux, conkeror, cygwin, django, eclipse, emacs, keyboard, linux, mercurial, preferences, python, softwaretools, subversion, ubuntu, urxvt, wide, wmii | 6 Comments

Inspired by Mark Pilgrim's 2006 Essentials list, below is a list of my current software tools. If you notice a lot of "I switched from ..." statements, keep in mind that I am a programmer who likes shiny things.

Other lists¶

Mark Pilgrim's Essentials, 2008 edition
Adam Gomaa's Essentials (2008)
Here is a 2010 update for Mark Pilgrim. After 2 and a half years, I still have several items in common: Ubuntu running rxvt-unicode and Emacs 23, the Unicomp keyboard, an Android phone, Gmail, Google Reader, Google Docs, and Pandora.

Contents¶

Operating System: Ubuntu / Windows
Window Manager: wmii ...

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