Re: Default window manager

2021-11-30 Thread Kristjan Komloši
On 27. 11. 21 22:34, jwinnie@tilde.institute wrote: Hello OpenBSD users and devs, I am wondering if there are plans to change the default window manager in OpenBSD. Currently, the default WM is fvwm, with cwm and openbox available as alternatives. However, none of these are particularly user

Re: Default window manager

2021-11-28 Thread Chris Bennett
On Sun, Nov 28, 2021 at 04:36:58AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > jwinnie@tilde.institute said on Sat, 27 Nov 2021 16:34:48 -0500 > > >Hello OpenBSD users and devs, > > > >I am wondering if there are plans to change the > >default window manager in OpenBSD. > >

Re: Default window manager

2021-11-28 Thread Christopher Turkel
Henderson wrote: > On 2021-11-27, jwinnie@tilde.institute wrote: > > Hello OpenBSD users and devs, > > > > I am wondering if there are plans to change the > > default window manager in OpenBSD. > > > > Currently, the default WM is fvwm, with cwm and > &g

Re: Default window manager

2021-11-28 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2021-11-27, jwinnie@tilde.institute wrote: > Hello OpenBSD users and devs, > > I am wondering if there are plans to change the > default window manager in OpenBSD. > > Currently, the default WM is fvwm, with cwm and > openbox available as alternatives. However, none > o

Re: Default window manager

2021-11-28 Thread Steve Litt
jwinnie@tilde.institute said on Sat, 27 Nov 2021 16:34:48 -0500 >Hello OpenBSD users and devs, > >I am wondering if there are plans to change the >default window manager in OpenBSD. > >Currently, the default WM is fvwm, The only thing wrong with fvwm is it ships with such

Re: Default window manager

2021-11-27 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi, jwinnie@tilde.institute wrote on Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 04:34:48PM -0500: > I am wondering if there are plans to change the > default window manager in OpenBSD. No, i don't think there is any interest. Experience taught us that importing additional code into the base sytem is

Re: Default window manager

2021-11-27 Thread Christopher Turkel
Feel free to send patches. BUT your definition of "user friendly" may not be someone else's. On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 5:37 PM wrote: > Hello OpenBSD users and devs, > > I am wondering if there are plans to change the > default window manager in OpenBSD. > >

Default window manager

2021-11-27 Thread jwinnie
Hello OpenBSD users and devs, I am wondering if there are plans to change the default window manager in OpenBSD. Currently, the default WM is fvwm, with cwm and openbox available as alternatives. However, none of these are particularly user-friendly, simple, or modern, and I think it might be

Re: Window Manager performance impact on applications

2021-03-03 Thread Ed Gray
hardware but I'm not aware of any technical reasons why Firefox should be significantly faster with one rather than another. You'd still be using gtk either way I imagine. Regards Ed Gray On Wed, 3 Mar 2021, 3:48 pm Mihai Popescu, wrote: > Hello, > > Technically speaking, is it

Window Manager performance impact on applications

2021-03-03 Thread Mihai Popescu
Hello, Technically speaking, is it possible for a window manager to have a performance impact on running applications in the GUI area? Real case: i had to run firefox very fast on a fresh snapshot install, so i used the default fvwm instead of cwm. The graphical response is instant, much much

Re: How to make the cwm window manager reread new config

2018-09-18 Thread Okan Demirmen
On Sun 2018.09.16 at 17:10 +, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2018-09-16, ?? wrote: > > Thank you very much, it works. > > I always thought this would restart my whole session and I would loose > > all my open windows. > > It does actually rest

Re: How to make the cwm window manager reread new config

2018-09-16 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2018-09-16, Родин Максим wrote: > Thank you very much, it works. > I always thought this would restart my whole session and I would loose > all my open windows. It does actually restart the window manager, but information relating to the session (group etc) is stored "attached&q

Re: How to make the cwm window manager reread new config

2018-09-16 Thread Родин Максим
Thank you very much, it works. I always thought this would restart my whole session and I would loose all my open windows. 15.09.2018 21:38, Antoine Jacoutot пишет: On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 08:41:52PM +0300, Родин Максим wrote: Hello, May be a silly question, how can I make the cwm window

Re: How to make the cwm window manager reread new config

2018-09-15 Thread Erling Westenvik
On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 08:38:25PM +0200, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 08:41:52PM +0300, Родин Максим wrote: > > Hello, > > May be a silly question, > > how can I make the cwm window manager reread its config file > > without loosing my working

Re: How to make the cwm window manager reread new config

2018-09-15 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 08:41:52PM +0300, Родин Максим wrote: > Hello, > May be a silly question, > how can I make the cwm window manager reread its config file > without loosing my working session? >From cwmrc(5): BIND FUNCTION LIST restart Restart the runni

How to make the cwm window manager reread new config

2018-09-15 Thread Родин Максим
Hello, May be a silly question, how can I make the cwm window manager reread its config file without loosing my working session? -- Maksim

Re: cwm window manager usage, hidden windows

2016-12-05 Thread Okan Demirmen
On Mon 2016.12.05 at 14:21 +0100, Rudolf Sykora wrote: > Hello, > > I've been trying cwm for a while and would like to > ask a question about it. As cwm seems to be developed > within openbsd, I dare ask here. > > I seem to need desktops, thus my .cwmrc contains > > sticky yes > bind M-1

cwm window manager usage, hidden windows

2016-12-05 Thread Rudolf Sykora
Hello, I've been trying cwm for a while and would like to ask a question about it. As cwm seems to be developed within openbsd, I dare ask here. I seem to need desktops, thus my .cwmrc contains sticky yes bind M-1grouponly1 bind M-2grouponly2 bind M-3grouponly3 bind M-4

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-07 Thread L.R. D.S.
>At 7 Apr 2015 05:07:58 + (UTC) from Joel Rees : > >Switch back to the virtual console you ran startx from after you try the >menu items and read the messages waiting there for you. > >(Of course, I was confused until yesterday, too.) You're right ... I thought I saw that the WM changed, but w

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-07 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 06 Apr 2015, Kevin Chadwick wrote: [snip] > > https://opensource.conformal.com/wiki/spectrwm > > Is a tiling wm and hacked up by OpenBSD devs. I'd be using that but I'm > not sure I could make it easy for my users to use it (not it's aim) and > until I have time to find out then I like to use

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread Joel Rees
On Apr 7, 2015 8:42 AM, "patrick keshishian" @ gmail.com > wrote: > > On 4/6/15, L.R. D.S. @ mail.com > wrote: > >>At 6 Apr 2015 23:12:43 + (UTC) from Brian Callahan @ devio.us >: > >> > >>Or, and this is just a hypothesis, you don't have all those other things > >>and FVWM lists those for conv

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread Tuyosi Takesima
says that i3 is a tiling window manager, completely written from scratch. The target platforms are GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems, our code is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) under the BSD license. --- tuyosi takesima

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread patrick keshishian
On 4/6/15, L.R. D.S. wrote: >>At 6 Apr 2015 23:12:43 + (UTC) from Brian Callahan : >> >>Or, and this is just a hypothesis, you don't have all those other things >>and FVWM lists those for convenience. > > No, I can load everything normally... > ok, I'm a bit worried now. I always check the sig

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread L.R. D.S.
>At 6 Apr 2015 23:12:43 + (UTC) from Brian Callahan : > >Or, and this is just a hypothesis, you don't have all those other things >and FVWM lists those for convenience. No, I can load everything normally... ok, I'm a bit worried now. I always check the signatures before/after install. You fol

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread Henrique Lengler
On Mon, Apr 06, 2015 at 07:12:43PM -0400, Brian Callahan wrote: > Or, and this is just a hypothesis, you don't have all those other things > and FVWM lists those for convenience. I include CWM and FVWM, I don't know why include two WM. -- Regards Henrique Lengler

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread Brian Callahan
On 04/06/15 19:08, L.R. D.S. wrote: >> At 6 Apr 2015 22:55:07 + (UTC) from Ted Unangst : >> >> Huh? > Well, I was MitM'd ? The current snapshot (install57.iso) have all that > packages here... > When 'startx' they enter on Fvwm by default and when click on screen have: > (Re)Start > WM's > O

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread L.R. D.S.
>At 6 Apr 2015 22:55:07 + (UTC) from Ted Unangst : > >Huh? Well, I was MitM'd ? The current snapshot (install57.iso) have all that packages here... When 'startx' they enter on Fvwm by default and when click on screen have: (Re)Start > WM's

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread Ted Unangst
L.R. D.S. wrote: > I think developers could do with WM the same done with lynx, remove and put > on ports. > I don't think someone need all the 9 WM on base system (fvwm, cwm, wm2, twm, > ctwm, flwm, mwm, openbox and tvtwm). Huh? carbolite:~> wm2 ksh: wm2: not found carbolite:~> ctwm ksh: ctwm:

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread L.R. D.S.
I think developers could do with WM the same done with lynx, remove and put on ports. I don't think someone need all the 9 WM on base system (fvwm, cwm, wm2, twm, ctwm, flwm, mwm, openbox and tvtwm). That's bloat. And flwm need fltk 1.3.X. JWM is really user friendly, minimal, don't have depende

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Mon, 6 Apr 2015 22:11:21 +0900 Joel Rees wrote: > On my twelve or thirteen year old single-processor 32-bit box running > a Japanese IME and stuff that works with Japanese, fvwm doesn't really > feel any lighter. Typing really lags sometimes when the processor gets > busy. > > Which is what I

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread Steve Litt
>> patience. > >> > >> (I need to check my X11 configuration.) > >> > >> But fvwm, the "default" window manager, is no lighter than XFCE4. > > > > > > Do you mean xfwm which is based on fvwm, if so the lightness is > > likely

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas
Eivind Eide writes: >> i recommend jwm as window manager . > > Second that. It's a good WM for slow systems. But obsd port sticks at 2.1.0 > http://openports.se/x11/jwm > while upstreams have 2.2.2 > http://www.joewing.net/projects/jwm/release-2.2.shtml#v2.2.2 > ..

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > On Mon, 6 Apr 2015 15:19:57 +0900 > Joel Rees wrote: > >> I'm using XFCE4 okay. It's a bit heavy, but I can use it, with patience. >> >> (I need to check my X11 configuration.) >> >> But fvwm,

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-06 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Mon, 6 Apr 2015 15:19:57 +0900 Joel Rees wrote: > I'm using XFCE4 okay. It's a bit heavy, but I can use it, with patience. > > (I need to check my X11 configuration.) > > But fvwm, the "default" window manager, is no lighter than XFCE4. Do you mean xfw

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-05 Thread Joel Rees
Otsukaresama desu. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Tuyosi Takesima wrote: > thanks fo reply . > i understand jwm's state at present. > > openbsd's default X window manager(i don't know it's name) is > difficult to use especially non-english language user . >

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-05 Thread Tuyosi Takesima
i use ibus-anthy $ pkg_info | grep ibus ibus-1.5.5 intelligent input bus framework ibus-anthy-1.5.4japanese input engine for ibus and start by it /usr/local/bin/ibus-daemon -d -x -r i'll try cwm someday after studing it . thank you. --- tuyosi takesima

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-05 Thread Bryan Linton
On 2015-04-06 09:59:29, Tuyosi Takesima wrote: > thanks fo reply . > i understand jwm's state at present. > > openbsd's default X window manager(i don't know it's name) is > difficult to use especially non-english language user . > > it's defect is

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-05 Thread Henrique Lengler
On Mon, Apr 06, 2015 at 09:59:29AM +0900, Tuyosi Takesima wrote: > thanks fo reply . > i understand jwm's state at present. > > openbsd's default X window manager(i don't know it's name) is > difficult to use especially non-english language user . OpenBSD hav

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-05 Thread Tuyosi Takesima
thanks fo reply . i understand jwm's state at present. openbsd's default X window manager(i don't know it's name) is difficult to use especially non-english language user . it's defect is that it doesn't show the state of input method. jwm show the state of input

Re: jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-05 Thread Eivind Eide
> i recommend jwm as window manager . Second that. It's a good WM for slow systems. But obsd port sticks at 2.1.0 http://openports.se/x11/jwm while upstreams have 2.2.2 http://www.joewing.net/projects/jwm/release-2.2.shtml#v2.2.2 ...probably have to read myself up on updating obsd ports

jwm ; speedy window manager

2015-04-05 Thread Tuyosi Takesima
Hi , all . i recommend jwm as window manager . it is light ant easy to use . so it is used on puppy linux . 1) pkg_add jwm 2) .xinitrc jwm 3) startx that all tuyosi takesima

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-05-02 Thread Steffen Daode Nurpmeso
On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:50:50 +0100, marc wrote: > Hi all, > Subject: Choosing a window manager... All of you - you are completely misguided. The redmoondian horror misled you to use crude stuff. (Hey, if you're american: crude is *not* a noun here!!!) 'Cause there is one, and onl

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Fasil Alemante (falem...@princeton.edu)
No. Before that. - Original Message - From: marc Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011 5:09 pm Subject: Re: Choosing a window manager... To: Kevin Chadwick Cc: misc@openbsd.org > > If there's a beginning to time then what started it or what made > what> started time. What ma

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Jona Joachim
On 2011-03-15, Bret Lambert wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Kevin Smith wrote: >>> I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of >>> preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? >>> >> >> What you're asking is akin to: >> >> "Hey everyone,

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread marc
> If there's a beginning to time then what started it or what made what > started time. What made what made dark matter. are you talking about the console? :)

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread roberth
On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:32:50 +0300 Krutov Mikle wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 02:50:50PM -0400, marc wrote: > > > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any > > of them? > > > > Thanks, > > Marc > >

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:23:36 -0400 Fasil Alemante (falem...@princeton.edu) wrote: > There should be at least one evangelist. Fuck off ya gay Only kidding... ...yeah that's too polite for a stereotype evangelist Still kidding

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Fasil Alemante (falem...@princeton.edu)
There should be at least one evangelist. - Original Message - From: Kevin Chadwick Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:05 am Subject: Re: Choosing a window manager... To: misc@openbsd.org > If you want security use something with a smaller code base or no xorg > at all (switch off

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> More northern than the North Pole :: Earlier in time than the > beginning of time itself We can always measure north more accurately by whatever parameters we define. If there's a beginning to time then what started it or what made what started time. What made what made dark matter. The paradox

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Krutov Mikle
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 02:50:50PM -0400, marc wrote: > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > > Thanks, > Marc > Hello, list! Just for my information: I can not even imagine 'security issue

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-17 Thread Kevin Chadwick
If you want security use something with a smaller code base or no xorg at all (switch off the x aperture with sysctl), if you want features, use your choice of kde. > I've always found it important to believe in something. I'm of the belief > that I'm always right and everyone else is wrong. It

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-16 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | thx bryan. | | btw. im atheist. I've always found it important to believe in something. I'm of the belief that I'm always right and everyone else is wrong. It helps me get through the day. ;) -- James A. Peltier IT Services - Research Computing Group Simon Fra

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-16 Thread Fasil Alemante (falem...@princeton.edu)
Hey Brian, thanks for asking this question, saved me from having to type this out...quietly awaiting response now. -F - Original Message - From: marc Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:33 pm Subject: Re: Choosing a window manager... To: Bryan Irvine Cc: marc , misc@openbsd.org >

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-16 Thread marc
thx bryan. btw. im atheist. > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:50 AM, marc wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of >> preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of >> them? > > what's wrong with afterstep? ;-)

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-16 Thread Denny White
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:03:02PM -0700, Kevin Smith spoke thusly: > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > > > > What you're asking is akin to: > > "Hey everyone, I'm trying to decide be

OT: Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Bryan
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 17:56, Amit Kulkarni wrote: > This is really funny. > >> I'd suggest kde, xfce, gnome, and then fluxbox, according to your preference. > > Scrotwm... it's like tmux, but for your desktop. Easy, light, intuitive (i miss it when I have to work in our labs on CentOS). Hell,

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Amit Kulkarni
This is really funny. > I'd suggest kde, xfce, gnome, and then fluxbox, according to your preference.

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread J Sisson
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 1:50 PM, marc wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > > Thanks, > Marc I'd suggest kde, xfce, gnome, and then fluxbox, according to your preference.

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Grumpy
> > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > > what's wrong with afterstep? ;-) It used to be better when its name was written `bowman'. Grumpy

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread David Coppa
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Kevin Smith wrote: > What you're asking is akin to: > > "Hey everyone, I'm trying to decide between: > Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. > > What's the best?" rotfl :) :) You made my day. cheers, david

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Jan Stary
On Mar 15 14:50:50, marc wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > preference). If that's your order of preference, then KDE, obviously. > Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > > Thanks, > Marc

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Francois Pussault
you should consider buddhism the way to real life, to get freedom in your mind, in your heart and on your computers ... > > From: Bret Lambert > Sent: Tue Mar 15 21:22:32 CET 2011 > To: Kevin Smith > Subject: Re: Choosing a window manager.

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Bret Lambert
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Kevin Smith wrote: >> I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of >> preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? >> > > What you're asking is akin to: > > "Hey everyone, I'm trying to decide between: > Catholicism

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Kevin Smith wrote: > What you're asking is akin to: > > "Hey everyone, I'm trying to decide between: > Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. > > What's the best?" > Buddhism, you dummy! :-) -- chs,

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Bryan Irvine
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:50 AM, marc wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? what's wrong with afterstep? ;-)

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:03:02 -0700 Kevin Smith wrote: > > I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > > > > What you're asking is akin to: > > "Hey everyone, I'm trying to decide between: > Cath

Re: Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread Kevin Smith
> I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of > preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? > What you're asking is akin to: "Hey everyone, I'm trying to decide between: Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. What's the best?"

Choosing a window manager...

2011-03-15 Thread marc
Hi all, I'm deciding between kde, xfce, gnome, and fluxbox (in order of preference). Any experiences? Any relevant security issues on any of them? Thanks, Marc

Re: .xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread Chris
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Peter Hessler wrote: > ln -s .xinitrc .xsession > > > On 2009 Aug 19 (Wed) at 11:32:05 + (+), Chris wrote: > :I am trying to get a new wm (scrotwm) and added it to .xinitrc but > :it's not working. Every time I press ALT-CRTL-Backspace and log back > :again

Re: .xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez
keep it simple. #!/bin/sh # exec scrotwm # #exec /usr/X11R6/bin/scrotwm # 2009/8/19 Joachim Schipper : > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:32:05AM +, Chris wrote: >> I am trying to get a new wm (scrotwm) and added it to .xinitrc but >> it's not working. Every time I press ALT-CRTL-Backspace and log

Re: .xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread Peter Hessler
ln -s .xinitrc .xsession On 2009 Aug 19 (Wed) at 11:32:05 + (+), Chris wrote: :I am trying to get a new wm (scrotwm) and added it to .xinitrc but :it's not working. Every time I press ALT-CRTL-Backspace and log back :again, I get landed on fvwm. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. :The same .x

Re: .xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:32:05AM +, Chris wrote: > I am trying to get a new wm (scrotwm) and added it to .xinitrc but > it's not working. Every time I press ALT-CRTL-Backspace and log back ^^^ > again, I get landed on fvwm. No

Re: .xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread Gregory Edigarov
What do you use? xdm or startx? if you use xdm - you should use .xsession instead On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:32:05 + Chris wrote: > I am trying to get a new wm (scrotwm) and added it to .xinitrc but > it's not working. Every time I press ALT-CRTL-Backspace and log back > again, I get landed on

Re: .xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread neal hogan
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:32:05AM +, Chris wrote: > I am trying to get a new wm (scrotwm) and added it to .xinitrc but > it's not working. Every time I press ALT-CRTL-Backspace and log back > again, I get landed on fvwm. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. > The same .xinitrc works on another box r

.xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread Chris
I am trying to get a new wm (scrotwm) and added it to .xinitrc but it's not working. Every time I press ALT-CRTL-Backspace and log back again, I get landed on fvwm. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. The same .xinitrc works on another box running bash shell for a normal user. My shell is ksh, user chr

Re: xidle, xlock with awesome window manager

2008-10-26 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 05:33:34PM +1100, Chris wrote: > xidle -delay 3 -sw -program "/usr/X11R6/bin/xlock -mode bat" -timeout 5 > > Could anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? Do you have the above line starting in the background (with &) before invoking awesome? I haven't been using xidle

xidle, xlock with awesome window manager

2008-10-25 Thread Chris
I'm using awesome window manager and trying to configure xlock so my system gets locked after "x" seconds if I don't touch the keyboard or mouse. But nothing seems to be happening after "x" seconds. I tried to put the following in my .Xdefaults XIdle

Re: captivating window manager

2008-06-14 Thread Pieter Verberne
cause it was in base, > > and finaly I found it > > > more attractive. Taste matter. > > ( CWM's binary is almost twice the size of DWM:) > > 32.0K /usr/bin/dwm > > 52.0K /usr/X11R6/bin/cwm > > > > But I really don't know about libraries and memory

Re: captivating window manager

2008-06-14 Thread Nicolas Legrand
>> What I need is a GNU-Screen-like >> graphical-window-manager. Smaller than >> DWM and have a permissive license. > > Do you know 'ratpoison' [0]? > It's not under a permissive license nor smaller than > dwm, but it's GNU-Screen-like. > >

Re: captivating window manager

2008-06-14 Thread F. Caulier
CWM's binary is almost twice the size of DWM:) > 32.0K /usr/bin/dwm > 52.0K /usr/X11R6/bin/cwm > > But I really don't know about libraries and memory > usage etc. ) > > What I need is a GNU-Screen-like > graphical-window-manager. Smaller than > DWM and have a

Re: captivating window manager

2008-06-14 Thread Pieter Verberne
cwm. I think I've never felt so comfortable > >> with a WM, I'm very happy it's in base and I join you to thank the > >> devs. Thanks ! > > > > Really..? So a tilling window manager was not your thing? > > kind of, tought you can use dwm without

Re: captivating window manager

2008-06-13 Thread Nicolas Legrand
y happy it's in base and I join you to thank the >> devs. Thanks ! > > Really..? So a tilling window manager was not your thing? kind of, tought you can use dwm without tilling. I like the idea I don't have to care about sizing or placing the windows. Anyway at the end they wher

Re: captivating window manager

2008-06-13 Thread Pieter Verberne
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 10:08:47AM +, Nicolas Legrand wrote: > Igor Zinovik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm moving from dwm to cwm. I think I've never felt so comfortable > with a WM, I'm very happy it's in base and I join you to thank the > devs. T

Re: captivating window manager

2008-06-13 Thread Nicolas Legrand
ng with new tool called cwm. > I like to thank (thank you, thank you, thank you) Owain Ainsorth, Okan > Demirmen and all other who brought this brilliant tool to the base! > > Definitely it is a fastest window manager i ever used. Very comfortable > and keyboard oriented. A bit stra

Re: captivating window manager

2008-06-12 Thread Paul de Weerd
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 05:45:09AM +0400, Igor Zinovik wrote: > Definitely it is a fastest window manager i ever used. Very comfortable > and keyboard oriented. A bit strange (no window titles), now i have to > modify my shell prompt to see what machine i use, but it worth it. > Bye,

Re: captivating window manager

2008-06-12 Thread Owain Ainsworth
ant tool to the base! > > Definitely it is a fastest window manager i ever used. Very comfortable > and keyboard oriented. A bit strange (no window titles), now i have to > modify my shell prompt to see what machine i use, but it worth it. > Bye, bye Openbox, you lacked `exec' f

Re: captivating window manager

2008-06-12 Thread Unix Fan
fluxbux > cwm. Seriously, cwm can't even compete with fluxy... cwm is for people for people who seem to forget their using X. Get the drift? :D

captivating window manager

2008-06-12 Thread Igor Zinovik
Hello. Yesterday i upgraded my X and now i'm playing with new tool called cwm. I like to thank (thank you, thank you, thank you) Owain Ainsorth, Okan Demirmen and all other who brought this brilliant tool to the base! Definitely it is a fastest window manager i ever used.

Re: Window Manager

2008-05-23 Thread hayaishi
I like blackbox. 2008/5/5 Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And > why? > > Regards

Re: Window Manager

2008-05-23 Thread deoxy
blackbox, because is easy config Regards. Dmitri.- On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:32:47PM +0200, Manuel Wildauer wrote: > Fluxbox > > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: > > I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager us

Re: Window Manager

2008-05-08 Thread Manuel Wildauer
Fluxbox On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: > I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And > why? > > Regards ---end quoted text---

Re: Window Manager

2008-05-06 Thread Owain Ainsworth
On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 09:39:03AM -0700, andrew fresh wrote: > On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 01:18:06PM +0300, Paul Irofti wrote: > > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: > > > I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manage

Re: Window Manager

2008-05-06 Thread Vince S. Buffalo
18:06PM +0300, Paul Irofti wrote: > > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez > wrote: > > > I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager > uses? And > > > why? > > > > I use cwm (its in base) > > I have to ag

Re: Window Manager

2008-05-06 Thread andrew fresh
On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 01:18:06PM +0300, Paul Irofti wrote: > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: > > I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And > > why? > > I use cwm (its in base) I have to agree wit

Re: Window Manager

2008-05-06 Thread Paul Irofti
On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:29:42PM -0300, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez wrote: > I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And > why? I use cwm (its in base)

Re: Window Manager

2008-05-05 Thread Gerardo Santana Gómez Garrido
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if fvwm (default) had a traybar (and taskbar) for programs like pidgin or > aMSN, that4s be great. if you don't like fvwm (it's certainly ugly) you can try the options mentioned. I prefer KDE. By the way, there

Re: Window Manager

2008-05-05 Thread Predrag Punosevac
John Nietzsche wrote: Does anybody knows how to get multiple workspace in openmotif that comes with openbsd 4.3 ? Thanks in advance. On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manage

Re: Window Manager

2008-05-05 Thread punosevac
till very usable. If you like ultralight things look at a dynamic window manager (dwm). It has less than 2000 lines of C code. Best, Predrag > 2008/5/5 Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:16:06PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >> > On S

Re: Window Manager

2008-05-05 Thread John Nietzsche
Does anybody knows how to get multiple workspace in openmotif that comes with openbsd 4.3 ? Thanks in advance. On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager uses? And > why? > > Regards

Re: Window Manager

2008-05-05 Thread Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez
driguez > wrote: > > > I dont know if it is the place to ask it, but that window manager > uses? And > > > why? > > > > > > I don't understand the question. Are you asking what window manager I > > use? icewm: small, easy to configure, has a taskbar

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