Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:34:47 -0400 From: "leegold" <goldtech@worldpost.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: win managers/where's Pine? Message-ID: <000a01bfda0c$49b49f60$bbdda4d8@beefstew> References: <8F68F32EB034D311A4A700508B4417D70267BF88@RATATOSK.sveg.se.sykes.com>
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I tried wxm. talk about clean! ( I think wm2 is even more barebones. ) /stand/sysinstall somewhere durring my playing around also installed some files w/an "ice" prefix (?). But wxm seems "fast" and clean -what I was looking for. I'm going to play w/ this wm. Also where's PINE? The mail manager? Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jukka Similä <jukka.simila@sveg.se.sykes.com> To: 'leegold' <goldtech@worldpost.com> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 3:25 AM Subject: RE: win managers > > > can anyone recommend a simple and well documented (i need > > more than man > > pages) win manager. > > Well, I think that if you don't want those overwhelmed GUI's then ctwm is > your choice. It's just an extension to twm with better looks. (You can make > it look nicely 3d) > The bad thing in it is that there is only manpage available, but the good > thing is that the man page is pretty complete. I printed manpages for ctwm > to paper when I started to config it and used the default .ctwmrc file as a > base. (I think the default file is at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ctwm/system.ctwmrc) > > > > > so far i have tried windowmaker, fvwm2, fvwm95, kde. > > > > i am looking for something simple, w/SUPPORT AND > > DOCUMENTATION, fvwm is ok > > but learning that config file is like learning another hi > > level computer > > language while kde is just plain too much gui for me. > > Another nice thing to try is xfce, thou there isn't any config files you > could modify. You do everything in GUI, but that doesn't matter, as there > isn't so much to change. Xfce has a help button, that will open an HTML page > in netscape, so at least there is some additional info. > > > > > there also has to be intro documentation other than man pages. > > > > any recommendations appreciated. > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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