Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:57:13 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GUI Suggested? Message-ID: <20100924005713.GF2780@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20100924003120.GA19235@guilt.hydra> References: <3368057398-783131724@intranet.com.mx> <20100923152023.GA14903@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <AANLkTikECugKYAg%2Bt%2BQv%2BSGBgdfSg4kR1eAQO1Yffq8U@mail.gmail.com> <20100924003120.GA19235@guilt.hydra>
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--oPmsXEqKQNHCSXW7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chad Perrin on Thursday, 23 September 2010: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:24:58PM -0500, Neal Hogan wrote: > >=20 > > If you like xmonad, check out scrotwm. It's inspired by xmonad, > > lightweight, written in C by oBSD dev, actively maintained, and > > vim-like (among other things ;-). >=20 > Why is "written in C" considered such a great benefit by the Scrotwm > developer(s)? Earlier today, I read this on the site: >=20 > "On the other hand xmonad has great defaults, key bindings and > xinerama support but is crippled by not being written in C." >=20 > What's up with that? How does Haskell "cripple" xmonad? >=20 > --=20 > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] I wondered the same thing myself. Haskell is compiled, and the result is= =20 very efficient. I also wondered why the mentions about being actively maintained -- it seems to me that xmonad gets updated pretty regularly. But I'm willing to give it a look. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --oPmsXEqKQNHCSXW7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMm/dpAAoJEIpckszW26+RFPcH/RU5T/sMQndFLQhWQOEi6X9a b6KiDyNGsZK9WPsgRlfWvT8erOlQpJJFFAmi/B+MJiimsselFoHxp8zZlCeKJHOU 7MYh1h82QfbNzMU/RR2g+tZ8/Ma0Lo5iK1tOgLdoNPHafRr5J4tBv7AtZpLZ6izV Ct4PIejZGXYYn47wUVjhvu+02s7ndzOks+Y6asUDV0EWLqShtRGeDVYvPcOHjVJw /EcF6z0/IIAszmpUNYM7bBQ4LMG/zl3M3qLjKaDDLGKB5coQ0Zcf3YIs2ICmO/1Y QeAmPOcV2eM/3A+ixhoX0CoqvkzeP3Lc8zpawmiUFRFbNRvegbRcLLKZ71Qq5J8= =GHHZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oPmsXEqKQNHCSXW7--
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