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 1MmXTn-00016L-S0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:37:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6017BE0798; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:37:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f197.google.com (mail-yx0-f197.google.com [209.85.210.197]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43BB9E0798 for ; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:37:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe35 with SMTP id 35so7774433yxe.2 for ; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:37:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=l/57FCbwrcVdq6iFzLfytbP4b9by0CaLaW/rnKVKXN8=; b=SKHKdtojc2Y55xm9ezjw7d5tXbkOj2W72OFmHZ/xtwA0n3pNHhAqpPg8GygXegGyGv yLHGJaPRWdApbOemCuQbNMmBPMCE1345iF3fxhd3nqER6fGkxK2dh4xuSUpMisfmR0XU kpcpvWAeAl6DJ7yaRUvInKGtyhi7Ed2RG+j14= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=BDk7WaWJHkLijmooBysJz3vIFJKbriMpoR74FCTtMgFduViigXHuAJIsDvrHoj7nFh GJW0Y+qd3R+dO6VUxxr1ZPLbpoYryfb/CygUmTVvn/rpbkSHcfJrd0+Pe97kT5CJ/Det XZDy8R9UGmwo6k56EcAAVjvQOLHsaDhzDmoYM= 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.101.5 with SMTP id y5mr7141801ybb.85.1252780665770; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:37:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090912134056.GA29695@solfire> References: <20090912134056.GA29695@solfire> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:37:45 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: cad156af9e47f6be Message-ID: <58965d8a0909121137v5e795624h162b2ba88805baec@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] In search of a "good" windowmanager From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 88d04ddc-6455-4fe3-8f5b-b74e698125ed X-Archives-Hash: 140a7f137142174b9cf5fb56d3920d18 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