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Date:      08 Apr 2001 08:19:45 EST
From:      "Mark Sergeant" <msergeant@snsonline.net>
To:        sphinX@euromedia.ro, Heiko Recktenwald <uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>, David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, sphin X <sphinX@euromedia.ro>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ports
Message-ID:  <200104081319.f38DJm711384@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010408113104.79FAB36F9@sitemail.everyone.net>
References:  <20010408113104.79FAB36F9@sitemail.everyone.net>

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I am not sure of ALT-TAB in twm but in Blackbox using bbkeys it is easy to
program keys to do whatever you like. I tried enlightenment, windowmaker,
gnome, kde, cde, twm, fvwm, olm, icewm, sawfish & blackbox and the wm I always
came back to was Blackbox, small codebase, Clean and fast... what more do you
need ?

Cheers,

Mark

On Sun, 8 Apr 2001 04:31:04 -0700 (PDT), sphin X said:

> hi heiko, i've just started with x and use twm for about 3 hours now...
>  
>  not sure if its rude to ask, is there any chance we get a copy of this script so to have a starting point??? i'm planning to stick with wtm for the moment and try to configure it to learn. dont wanna fall into the trap of downloading and trying all bloody window managers from my 56k connection.
>  
>  u know, one thing i realy miss from ms-win is the alt-tab thing to switch between windows(and brink them forward as well). can this be done on wtm? it just pisses me off that i got to move the mouse all the time to change window and have to click to brink it forward...
>  
>  thanx a lot.
>  
>  --- Heiko Recktenwald <uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>
>  > wrote:
>  >> > KDE is a windozish desktop, you dont need it, it is confusing.
>  >> > twm, that is the default when you install X, is all you need to run things
>  >> > like xv, basic image manipulation, or gimp, or netscape.
>  >> 
>  >> Surely there's better window managers than twm! If you want still want
>  >> it small, fast and efficient (even more so than twm), then use Blackbox.
>  >
>  >Well, everybody has his personal favourites. I was thinking about somebody
>  >new to Unix.
>  >
>  >But I like twm. No junk on the screen. I dont need more than one desktop.
>  >And all thge items that could be usefull on the desktop are in the left
>  >mousekey. The most essential things. Like gyroscope, a calculator, xmix.
>  >Much better ;-)
>  >
>  >Somebody from this list helped me a lot in setting up a .twmrc. Beauty in
>  >use.. Worth the efford.
>  >
>  >H.
>  >
>  >
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