On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 02:55:34AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > forgottenwizard <phrexianrea...@hushmail.com> [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, <meino.cra...@gmx.de> 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 >
It may be possible, but I don't know how. I used fbpanel as just a panel, though if you scale it down in width you could run conky and get the info you want in the exposed area.