From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Dec 26 17:39:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from Amelia.bsdprophet.org (cherry46.theshop.net [63.67.33.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7500337B416 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 17:39:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from bsdprophet.org (localhost.bsdprophet.org [127.0.0.1]) by Amelia.bsdprophet.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fBR1dIU00404; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 19:39:19 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from scott@bsdprophet.org) Message-ID: <3C2A7BC6.D160AA87@bsdprophet.org> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 19:39:18 -0600 From: Scott Corey X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: leegold Cc: Marcia Barrett Nice , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: not happy w/any window managers References: <3C32C464@operamail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I recommend Icewm it will give you all the resizing you want. It is available in /usr/ports/x11-wm/icewm. Also you might want to install icepref, this is a gui configuration program for icewm. Also located i/usr/ports/x11-wm/icepref/ Scott leegold wrote: > > I'm trying to avoid KDE/Gnome and just find > a WM that can do resizing as described below. > I'm too worried about it. If I was real worried > about it I'd get an Apple w/os X. > > >===== Original Message From Marcia Barrett Nice ===== > >Have you tried KDE2.x? I am running it and can resize windows as described. > >Not that I'm pushing my preferred wm or anything... > > > >Marci > > > >On Wednesday 26 December 2001 04:49 pm, leegold wrote not happy w/any window > >managers: > >| I have been try many wm's and have not found one > >| > >| that let's me resize windows like MS win. > >| ie. you position the point ANYwhere along a > >| window's edge and the hand turns into a "double arrow" > >| indicating you can reposition. If done at a corner you > >| can change size of both x and y too. > >| > >| Anybody know which one can do this? > >| > >| It has been frustrating, many wm's default to > >| an eye candy screen and have a skeevy/tricky feel > >| There's nothing I would like more than a gui that > >| would replace my win2k - I am trying. > >| > >| > >| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >| with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > >-- > >So why, pray, sign anything as long as every word, letter, penstroke, > >paperspace is a perfect signature of its own? > >- James Joyce, Finnegans Wake > > > >_________________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > >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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message