From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Dec 14 12: 4:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 852B137B401 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 12:04:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from idiom.com (idiom.com [216.240.32.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F00A43EDA for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 12:04:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ixian@idiom.com) Received: from idiom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by idiom.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBEK49PM000915; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 12:04:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ixian@idiom.com) Received: (from ixian@localhost) by idiom.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBEK48nq000864; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 12:04:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ixian) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15867.36532.591291.393709@idiom.com> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 12:04:04 -0800 From: Eric De Mund To: Karo Salminen Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lightweight WMs (was: Libretto 100ct and X) In-Reply-To: <20021214111325.3ba5c06a.karo@karo.kaista.com> References: <20021213153430.D21307@namodn.com> <20021214111325.3ba5c06a.karo@karo.kaista.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under Emacs 21.2.1 Reply-To: Eric De Mund X-Humans-Reply-To: Eric De Mund X-URL: X-Mailer: GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386--freebsd) X-POM: The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (79% of Full) Organization: Ixian Systems, Inc. Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Karo, ] I have tried ion, evilwm, and ratpoison. They all have their ups and ] downs. I think evilwm is pretty nice, except it has lack of keybinding ] support, and window control features. ] ] What can people suggest for a lightweight, keyboard focused WM? Here are some pointers. I'm only personally familiar with Blackbox, which I like: Blackbox Window Manager (VA Linux systems shipped with this as the default WM for a while) http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/ Matchbox Window Manager http://handhelds.org/~mallum/matchbox/ Here are several discussions on the topic, which I find more useful than a straight list of choices such as you'd find at Freshmeat : Slashdot | Matchbox -- a Small Footprint Window Manager http://slashdot.org/articles/02/08/01/0257258.shtml Slashdot | Best Mouse-free Windowmanager? http://slashdot.org/articles/02/03/21/166215.shtml Slashdot | Lightweight Window Managers? http://slashdot.org/articles/01/11/26/1559211.shtml Regards, Eric -- Eric De Mund | Ixian Systems, Inc. | 53 49 B2 23 AF 6C 20 81 http://www.ixian.com/ead/ | Mountain View, CA | ED DD 4C 81 AA C9 D1 A5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message