Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 19:24:29 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@btsslc.com> To: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ctwm (was: Where to get fvwm...) Message-ID: <199601270217.SAA14330@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <125156370@toto.iv>
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Gary Kline writes:
> On a tantential subject, has anyone played around with
> ``ctwm''? At work on our Suns, a few people have switched
> over from twm to ctwm. It look nice; full of nifty
> features. But....I'm not sure that I want to hassle with
> changing the dot files.
>
> Can anybody summarize what these different window managers
> do that good ol' twm doesn't?
ctwm gives you multiple workspaces, ala HP-VUE, without much more
overhead than twm. If you install and use the Xaw3d library, it will
also give you window gadgets (borders, iconify button, etc) that look
similar to Motif. Fvwm does a lot more, but eats huge amounts of
memory; on my 16m DX/2-66, ctwm is an ideal tradeoff.
ctwm will also understand your .twmrc just fine. Best bet is to copy
.twmrc to .ctwmrc and add a feature at a time.
--
I'd rather be sailing.
Wes Peters BTS SLC wes@btsslc.com
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