From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MmdNS-00074S-NU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:55:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 487E2E064E; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:55:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BF9F2E064E for ; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:55:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 13 Sep 2009 00:55:35 -0000 Received: from p548520C9.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO gmx.net) [84.133.32.201] by mail.gmx.net (mp008) with SMTP; 13 Sep 2009 02:55:35 +0200 X-Authenticated: #20088476 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19zDuVi0q9zLm9eNSGEQtG2H6GN1l/XG/6FNKQlwl vAvxqXLNC/mdSF Received: by gmx.net (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 Meino.Cramer@gmx.de; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:55:35 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:55:34 +0200 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] In search of a "good" windowmanager Message-ID: <20090913005534.GA8194@solfire> References: <20090912134056.GA29695@solfire> <58965d8a0909121137v5e795624h162b2ba88805baec@mail.gmail.com> <89548dd3f55673f1436a1c07dbeb02c2@smtp.hushmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <89548dd3f55673f1436a1c07dbeb02c2@smtp.hushmail.com> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.57 X-Archives-Salt: 126f61ca-4972-46c6-97b0-ac2373f1524b X-Archives-Hash: f204f1ead4753fcaa3fec4683dc88085 forgottenwizard [09-09-13 02:12]: > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 01:37:45PM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:40 AM, wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > for a long time I used IceWM as my windowmanager since I dont > > > want to mimicry other OSses (...) or want session management. > > > One thing, which is a must-have of windowmanagers I want to use > > > is the possibility to control the windowmanager nearly completly > > > with the keyboard (hotkeys configurable) which does *not* > > > imply "uncontrollable by mouse" ;) > > > Furthermore I should not be a hana-bi or anything else eye-candy > > > like (nothing against hana-bi as hana-bi!) -- most of the time > > > I will use the windowmanager instead of only looking at it -- which > > > does not imply: "black anmd white ugly ascii thingy". > > > > > > Since IceWM seems to be gone into hibernation phase I am looking for > > > a replacement which should > > > -- be widely configurable via ascii files > > > -- be as far as possible controllable by keyboard > > > -- be also useable with the mouse > > > -- no eye-candy > > > -- not ugly > > > -- NOT tiling > > > -- FAST! > > > > > > I would like to hear from others what experiences they made with > > > what windowmanagers. > > > > > > Thank you very much in advance for any help! > > > Best regards and have a nice weekend! > > > Meino Cramer > > > > try Openbox, tiny but modern > > > > Another vote for Openbox. Good little wm. If you want a panel for it, > I'd suggest fbpanel. > Hi, Currently I am playing aroung with fluxbox. The previously missing feature of a keyboard useable applikation menu is nearly "fixed" :) I also installed fbpanel -- what I miss are the two mini-graphs of the IceWM-Taskbar, which shows CPU load and net traffic throughput. Can I get this anywhere in a way that it is incorparated into fbpanel? mcc -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.