screen_name="$1"; shift
app_name="$1"; shift
echo "$(date_stringer ' '): starting $screen_name now..."
- screen -L -S "$screen_name" -d -m nice -n $NICENESS_LEVEL mono "$app_name"
-##why? --debug
-#no, makes it ugly: -console=basic
+#hmmm: version check for if we're using old screen? this -L change was a mistake though for the screen project owners on ubuntu.
+#local boguslog=$HOME/screen_junk_$(date_stringer).log
+#maybe they unbroke it in 17.10?
+ screen -L$boguslog -S "$screen_name" -d -m nice -n $NICENESS_LEVEL mono "$app_name"
echo "$(date_stringer ' '): $screen_name started."
# only sleep if we are not at the last process that gets started.