On 03/05/12 20:39, Brandon Falk wrote: > I've been thinking for a while about possibly making an extremely > lightweight environment that supports full monitor resolution, custom > fonts, and terminals... that's about it. > > Essentially, an x11 that only supports tiling xterms all over the place. I > do everything through terminals, and I think it'd be a fun project to make > something that's only purpose is to make it so you can use your entire > screen to its fullest (larger resolutions, smaller fonts, etc). Just a > graphical tty. > > Not sure how stupid this idea sounds (or if it even is already done). I've > seen graphical terminals that use 1024x768 VESA graphics, but I've never > seen one that can tile multiple terminals over say, 4 monitors at 1080p. > I'm completely oblivious to how X11 actually gets data to the screen > (besides drivers that depend on X11 itself... and this is not stripped down > X11, it's a 'replacement' for people who don't need a graphical > environment, but would appreciate a much more expandable terminal > environment), and I'd love to get some advice or maybe even work with a > team if someone thinks this idea is good. Seems like it'd be a driver > specific thing at the very core of the issue. Do drivers tie in with X11, > or do they do what I think they should... draw graphics where commanded to > (via some universal OpenGL style API, not OpenGL->Xorg->Driver). Perhaps > that's how they are... I'm rambling. > > Tell me if you need any clarifications, as I'm lacking in sleep and > tomorrow when I read this it will probably not make any sense. > > -Brandon > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Ratpoison is in ports and I think it does what you're asking...aka a tiling wm aimed at keyboard control. Just use a very minimal xinitrc? Matt _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
