From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 24 02:20:35 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73C30106564A for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:20:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 069DB8FC0C for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:20:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb33 with SMTP id 33so2993588wyb.13 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:20:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=1MMiOwl5u+UHjfm0Z+6PiIl9AoxPCbM+5lOAdNBJwwQ=; b=ElaqIBLQ1IWCLixSvKv/LV+WTpJFIrtkr8F3o9EyZDxv+jLYBESvmAaIkKlMt1mXf7 fGNIlpHYZLjGkxhYwK8F8Iwrs/utnFCNvlvSG+6o1hflcNym6+bkW2akYSN3UCcSn/hU NjfQrFi6p91DQC1MWW4aQs7NKRFGz4VRzFsgU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=klSyia0VDLiP4+wIGkGsKPDNG7KrtFSJFGK5UPQIP9zEhS8nUQyJ5h+1AxjyzYCtDv uUHXTtsX2lVWlk4t3hTsrKdHcRvgwkmX6k7OFYLo3CbiFs2UsdxZOr+FzMjpBZOm3m8l 3PRwjJ2nxA32dg4aX+bBnijssjuTo26dxJ1wk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.12.139 with SMTP id 11mr2178707wez.63.1285294833786; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:20:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.3.136 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:20:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100924005713.GF2780@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <3368057398-783131724@intranet.com.mx> <20100923152023.GA14903@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100924003120.GA19235@guilt.hydra> <20100924005713.GF2780@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:20:33 -0500 Message-ID: From: Neal Hogan To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: GUI Suggested? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:20:35 -0000 On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Chad Perrin on Thursday, 23 September 2010: >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:24:58PM -0500, Neal Hogan wrote: >> > >> > 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 ;-). >> >> Why is "written in C" considered such a great benefit by the Scrotwm >> developer(s)? =A0Earlier today, I read this on the site: >> >> =A0 =A0 "On the other hand xmonad has great defaults, key bindings and >> =A0 =A0 xinerama support but is crippled by not being written in C." >> >> What's up with that? =A0How does Haskell "cripple" xmonad? >> >> -- >> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] > > > I wondered the same thing myself. =A0Haskell is compiled, and the result = is > very efficient. > > I also wondered why the mentions about being actively maintained -- it se= ems > to me that xmonad gets updated pretty regularly. > I only mention scrotwm's active development, not to compare it's development to xmonad's, but to point out that your issues will be taken seriously . . . in a timely manner. . . not that they won't be take seriously in the xmonad setting. Please, use xmonad if it meets your requirements. I apologise for suggesting "something." Chad P., take a pill ;-)