From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jun 19 9:34:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B92C37B68F for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:34:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from goldtech@worldpost.com) Received: from 216-164-221-187.s187.tnt4.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com ([216.164.221.187] helo=beefstew) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id 1344Uy-0005lb-00 for freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:34:08 -0400 Message-ID: <000a01bfda0c$49b49f60$bbdda4d8@beefstew> From: "leegold" Cc: References: <8F68F32EB034D311A4A700508B4417D70267BF88@RATATOSK.sveg.se.sykes.com> Subject: Re: win managers/where's Pine? Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:34:47 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To: 'leegold' 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