I recently switched from wmii using a custom wmii-python a month or so ago to dwm. I tried using dwm but, because of the lack of a different layout per workspace (or whatever you want to call it) and non-column system, I was never fond of dwm (besides for the simple code and minimalism). Wmii is great but the developers are stuck on plan9 stuff (the bash script is always changing and neglected) and development is slow, community small. I switched to awesome a few weeks ago too and haven't looked back.
So far, I'm enjoying awesome a lot but I do miss being able to select left, right, up and down via h-j-k-l. (For non-wmii users if I have a screen with 6 terminals, all equally sized on my screen, 3 on each "side" of the screen... with wmii I was able to directly go from the "center" terminal on the left side to the "center" terminal on the right side with a simply MODKEY-l. With dwm, awesome, x-modnad and almost every other tiling window manager, you've gotta use the mouse or press 'j' or 'k' until you've got the right window. I've thought about writing my own layout tracking thing or something to do this to support switching virtual columns or something but I'm seeing if I can get used to just cycling through with j and k. Maybe I'll work on this tomorrow, as I too found it convenient. -Aaron On 19:08 Mon 23 Feb , bruce wrote: > Hello > I've been using awesome for few weeks. I enjoy using it but I regret wmii > layout on my widescreen. > I found the colum system really conveniant. > Is there any way to obtain this layout in awesome? > > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
