On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 08:52:16AM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > Alexander Polakov wrote: > >* Predrag Punosevac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080613 18:19]: > > > >>Alexander Polakov wrote: > >> > >>>* Predrag Punosevac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080613 11:53]: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Okan Demirmen wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>On Thu 2008.06.12 at 11:28 -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>Daniel B. wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>Hi, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>I can't get the response desired to some of the default keybindings > >>>>>>>in > >>>>>>>cwm. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Some of them: M-/, C-/, M-?. With the first and the third, I just > >>>>>>>hear a > >>>>>>>beep (or a Wuff!! in screen). The second delete my window if not in > >>>>>>>screen, or just "Wuff!!" in screen. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Any hints? Thank you. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>can we see your .cwmrc? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>I would try to arise ~/.cwmrc from your home directory. The another > >>>>>>thing is that you should carefully read man pages for cwm and make > >>>>>>sure you understand the meaning of M (meta key). > >>>>>>Meta key is different on different keyboards. So I do not know what > >>>>>>is meta key on your key board but on mine IBM (M type) it is ALT. I > >>>>>>like CWM very, very much but I didn't ditch the > >>>>>>OpenBox just because I thing that CWM is rapidly changing and the > >>>>>>configuration process is not 100% bullet proof. Namely if you go to > >>>>>>web-site CWM you will see that configuration is very different than > >>>>>>of the one in the base of OpenBSD. So obviously it has been modified > >>>>>>by OpenBSD developers. I must however say that CWM looks impressive > >>>>>>to me and I hope they fix few issues and maybe introduce few new > >>>>>>features which would probably make it one of the best WM around. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>yes, our cwm is now very different. > >>>>> > >>>>>can you elaborate on the "few issues"? there are a few, but i'm sure > >>>>>you can help by informing us of issues we are not yet aware ;) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>Disclaimer: I played with CWM little bit so > >>>>my statements should not be taken too seriously. > >>>> > >>>>I personally had hard time trying to configure CWM to lunch > >>>>applications. In another words > >>>>according to documentation on > >>>>CWM web site one needs to edit > >>>> > >>>>~/.calmwm > >>>> > >>>>but OpenBSD man pages say that > >>>>~/.cwmrc > >>>> > >>>>is correct file to edit. > >>>> > >>>>Even after the editing ~/.cwmrc I could not > >>>>open the menu with the right button on the mouse which according > >>>>to CWM web-site should list the applications. > >>>> > >>>>That was on OpenBSD 4.2 release. I have not pursue the issue seriously > >>>>as according to > >>>>discussion on misc about WM from about 2-3 months ago CWM is in > >>>>development. > >>>> > >>>>The only thing that I personally miss in CWM > >>>>are virtual desktops. I DO know that if people start saying things like > >>>>that and developers start listening the CWM will soon become bloated. I > >>>>do not wish that. CWM is one of the best because it is minimalistic and > >>>>gets job done. It is also great thing that is in the base. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Bloated? What are you talking about? dwm [1] is less that 2000 LOC and > >>>it has > >>>virtual desktops, various tiling alghorithms, nice panel, window > >>>matching and what not. > >>>[1] http://dwm.suckless.org > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>We were not even talking about dynamic window manager dwm. We were > >>talking about CWM which is in the base. Those are two different things. > >>Have you ever tried dwm? > >> > > > >Are you joking? Of course I did. I have been using dwm since its first > >release. > > > > > >>Do you know that when you try to use full screen mode in Xpdf on dwm the > >>Xpdf will be unable to find it because of the way dwm is coded. > >> > > > >I dunno what do you mean by full screen mode. There's 1px border around > >the window in fullscreen mode, you mean that by it 'being unable'? > > > > > >>Have you tried panel for dwm? > >> > > > >Tried? Hmmm... It just works. > > > > > >>Please do and then lets talk about it. > >> > >>I like dwm but it is not for everyone. One of the reasons I said what I > >>said above about CWM is that I would like to see CWM remaining as minimal > >>as possible which in practical terms means competing with DWM which is > >>the king of minimal. > >> > > > >My point was cwm is already bigger in size but less featurish, so I can't > >see > >any way for it to be 'not bloated'. > > > > > Then you have a point:-) > > Best, > OKO
Holy crap, this is bad quoting.
