app_name="$1"; shift
echo "$(date_stringer ' '): starting $screen_name now..."
#hmmm: version check for if we're using old screen? this -L change was a mistake though for the screen project owners on ubuntu.
-#local boguslog=$HOME/screen_junk_$(date_stringer).log
+local boguslog=$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"