Re: [SLUG] Re: fast window managers

From: Justin Keyes (m9u35@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Nov 06 2001 - 08:38:48 EST


Sounds great! I'll definitely try it... 27k is crazy! Then, THEN,
maybe I can rest!! :D
--Justin Keyes

--- Brian Coyle <brianc@magicnet.net> wrote:
> Justin Keyes wrote:
> >
> > Well, ok.... :P
> >
> > In the meantime I'll try blackbox.... hopefully, after that, I
> won't
> > have to worry about which window manager is the best, and I can
> settle
> > on one.... because right now my .bashrc file has about ten
> > commented-out windowmanager definitions.
>
>
> Well, I hope you stand one more, since I'm jumping in late here...
> :)
>
> lwm -- Lightweight Window Manager.
>
> [from the intro ]
> lwm is a window manager for X that tries to keep out of your
> face.
> There are no icons, no button bars, no icon docks, no root
> menus,
> no nothing: if you want all that, then other programs can
> provide
> it. There's no configurability either: if you want that, you
> want a
> different window manager; one that helps your operating system
> in
> its evil conquest of your disc space and its annexation of your
> physical memory.
>
> That paragraph has probably told you whether or not you're the
> sort
> of person who can cope with lwm. Welcome to my world!
>
>
>
> And how's this for lightweight?
>
> $ ls -l lwm
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 brian brian 27096 Jul 11 00:06 lwm
> ~~~~~~~
>
> Read more (especially about mouse buttons) and get it here:
>
> http://www.boognish.org.uk/enh/lwm/
>
>
> And to save your .bashrc comments, here's a trick for starting
> a window manager on <Ctrl+ALT+F8> so you can play all you want
> while you still have your standard WM running on <Ctrl+ALT+F7>
>
> #!/bin/bash
> xinit /usr/local/bin/lwm -- :1 &
> xsetroot -display :1 -solid blue &
>
> ENJOY!
>
>
> --
> 'If everyone climbs Mt. Everest because it's hard to do, why do they
> go up the easy side?' -- George Carlin

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