Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:31:37 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1016566298.36148c@mired.org> To: <mstacy@angstrom.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: X Message-ID: <15504.64153.939949.16035@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020314091240.GK68827@roman.mobil.cz> References: <00a701c1cb06$254e1100$0301a8c0@480mhz> <20020314091240.GK68827@roman.mobil.cz>
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In <20020314091240.GK68827@roman.mobil.cz>, Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> types: Roman, please respect the charter of the list and leave people on the Cc: list. Your message may never have gotten to Mike Stacy since you dropped him the list of recipients. > > From: "Mike Stacy" <mstacy@angstrom.net> > > what would be the best desktop environment for a beginner....... > Depends. Browse the /usr/ports/x11-wm/ directory, read the pkg-descr > files, install those managers that you think you might like, and you > will eventually uninstall all but one. Personally, I keep two around. That's because some applications just don't fit well with rat-avoiding window managers. Which is what I wanted to point out. Ratpoison is designed to work like screen, and it ignores the mouse pointer, except to have a command to put it in a corner of the screen. plwm is a window manager construction kit, and includes plpwm, which is modelled after ratpoison, except it takes advantage of some of the functionality offered by plwm. If the idea of a window manager that ignores the rodent doesn't appeal to you, but you like the idea of minimalist window managers, I like lwm. Which I keep around for oddball applications that don't deal with plpwm very well. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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