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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# uleft, uright, ukill, ufull, unext - start & kill urxvt with
+# preferred geometry. the terminals persist when their shells exit
+# (they just start a new one).
+
+# any arguments passed to this script are passed thru to urxvt.
+
+GLEFT="96x53+0+0"
+GRIGHT="88x53+968+0"
+GFULL="185x53+0+0"
+
+murder_shell() {
+	# kill the shell that called the shell that's running this script
+	kill $( ps -o ppid --no-headers $( ps -o ppid --no-headers $$ ) )
+	exit 0
+}
+
+get_next_geom() {
+	# lets this script alternate between starting left and right terminals
+	if [ ! -e ~/.uleftright ] || grep -q right ~/.uleftright; then
+		G=$GLEFT
+		echo left > ~/.uleftright
+	else
+		G=$GRIGHT
+		echo right > ~/.uleftright
+	fi
+
+	echo "$G"
+}
+
+case "$0" in
+	*kill*) murder_shell         ;;
+	*left*) G=$GLEFT             ;;
+	*full*) G=$GFULL             ;;
+	*next*) G=$( get_next_geom ) ;;
+	*)      G=$GRIGHT            ;;
+esac
+
+urxvt -g "$G" "$@" -e sh -c "while true; do bash -login; done" &>/dev/null &
+disown