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On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:52:40 -0500, forgottenwizard |
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<phrexianreaper@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 02:55:34AM +0200, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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>> forgottenwizard <phrexianreaper@××××××××.com> [09-09-13 02:12]: |
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>> > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 01:37:45PM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>> > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:40 AM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > Hi, |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > for a long time I used IceWM as my windowmanager since I dont |
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>> > > > want to mimicry other OSses (...) or want session management. |
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>> > > > One thing, which is a must-have of windowmanagers I want to use |
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>> > > > is the possibility to control the windowmanager nearly completly |
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>> > > > with the keyboard (hotkeys configurable) which does *not* |
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>> > > > imply "uncontrollable by mouse" ;) |
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>> > > > Furthermore I should not be a hana-bi or anything else eye-candy |
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>> > > > like (nothing against hana-bi as hana-bi!) -- most of the time |
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>> > > > I will use the windowmanager instead of only looking at it -- |
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>> > > > which |
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>> > > > does not imply: "black anmd white ugly ascii thingy". |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > Since IceWM seems to be gone into hibernation phase I am looking |
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>> > > > for |
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>> > > > a replacement which should |
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>> > > > -- be widely configurable via ascii files |
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>> > > > -- be as far as possible controllable by keyboard |
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>> > > > -- be also useable with the mouse |
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>> > > > -- no eye-candy |
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>> > > > -- not ugly |
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>> > > > -- NOT tiling |
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>> > > > -- FAST! |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > I would like to hear from others what experiences they made with |
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>> > > > what windowmanagers. |
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>> > > > |
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>> > > > Thank you very much in advance for any help! |
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>> > > > Best regards and have a nice weekend! |
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>> > > > Meino Cramer |
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>> > > |
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>> > > try Openbox, tiny but modern |
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>> > > |
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>> > |
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>> > Another vote for Openbox. Good little wm. If you want a panel for it, |
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>> > I'd suggest fbpanel. |
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>> > |
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>> |
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>> Hi, |
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>> |
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>> Currently I am playing aroung with fluxbox. The previously missing |
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>> feature of a keyboard useable applikation menu is nearly "fixed" :) |
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>> |
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>> I also installed fbpanel -- what I miss are the two mini-graphs of |
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>> the IceWM-Taskbar, which shows CPU load and net traffic throughput. |
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>> Can I get this anywhere in a way that it is incorparated into |
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>> fbpanel? |
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> It may be possible, but I don't know how. I used fbpanel as just a |
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> panel, though if you scale it down in width you could run conky and get |
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> the info you want in the exposed area. |
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You can use the fluxbox "slit" to embed wmaker applets, there are quite |
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a lot on portage under the category x11-plugins/ but also in many more |
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places. |
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You could as well use gkrellm which does a lot of things in a very |
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reduced space. |
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Jesús Guerrero |
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