Now that you mention it, I remember running across that setting while checking out the different config files, but I haven't tried changing it just yet. I'll experiment with it some because it does sound promising.
Thanks again!
]]>Hey guys, this is to all of you that use the tiling layout built into your WMs:
I've been playing around with wmii-2 and ion3-devel for a few days now and really like certain aspects of both, but the tiling layout is keeping me somewhat disturbed. I don't like horizontal scroll bars in my windows at all, so when I have more than a few windows open, here they come. Now, I understand that the windows can be maximized and the scrollbar goes away, but then the window is huge on my 19" LCD. I'm tempted to stick with the "float" layout, but then it feels like I'm losing out on a big part of what these WMs are all about.
Is there some secret to liking the tiling layout, or is there some feature or technique that I'm missing?
Thanks in advance!
You can try using a floating split in ion3 (accessible via right-click)
]]>I've been playing around with wmii-2 and ion3-devel for a few days now and really like certain aspects of both, but the tiling layout is keeping me somewhat disturbed. I don't like horizontal scroll bars in my windows at all, so when I have more than a few windows open, here they come. Now, I understand that the windows can be maximized and the scrollbar goes away, but then the window is huge on my 19" LCD. I'm tempted to stick with the "float" layout, but then it feels like I'm losing out on a big part of what these WMs are all about.
Is there some secret to liking the tiling layout, or is there some feature or technique that I'm missing?
Thanks in advance!
]]>Dusty
]]>sweiss wrote:I actually need my desktop to look right in order to be motivated for some real work. But that's just me I guess.
i know what you mean, i used kde for six years and was a real wimp then, but i transformed gradually....
kde -> xfce4 -> openbox -> ion2
look at a painting on the wall(your real wall) for inspiration, that's what i do,
I actually used XFce4 for a year and then moved to KDE. I realized that I pay for more RAM not for it to stay unused. Also due to my need (or better yet wish) for bidi support in the window titlebars, I'm forced to use a toolkit based WM/DE.
Still the idea of tiling does sound interesting and sometimes efficient, that is why I'd still try implementing it, when the time is right. I don't think I've uncovered KDE's full potential yet.
]]>less eyecandy => less code => less bugs => less crashes => less loss of important stuff
just look at ion2, it's stable as he** , no bloat and crap,
ion2 not bloated
]]>sweiss wrote:I actually need my desktop to look right in order to be motivated for some real work. But that's just me I guess.
i know what you mean, i used kde for six years and was a real wimp then, but i transformed gradually....
I can't do that myself... I tend to get distracted... my working setup is a fullscreen urxvt with a background (so it looks like a console framebuffer, but fonts are cooler).
Oh, and for a great distraction, check out lavaps (did I put that in the AUR? *scratches chin*) - it's basically top that works like a lavalamp (more memory = larger blob, more CPU = blob floats upward)
]]>I actually need my desktop to look right in order to be motivated for some real work. But that's just me I guess.
i know what you mean, i used kde for six years and was a real wimp then, but i transformed gradually....
kde -> xfce4 -> openbox -> ion2
look at a painting on the wall(your real wall) for inspiration, that's what i do,
]]>But hey! take a look at this.
https://iphitus.no-ip.org/screenshots/010706.png
the mod dock plugin rocks
]]>Dusty wrote:Why is it that all the tiling WMs (ion, wmi, wmii, lars, ratpoison, etc) are also minimalist window managers? Tiling is wonderful, but wouldn't it be nice to have some fancy eyecandy graphics too?
Dusty
tiling wms is mostly used by geeks and they should code and learn stuff and not look at some fancy graphics, 8)
less eyecandy => less code => less bugs => less crashes => less loss of important stuff
just look at ion2, it's stable as he** , no bloat and crap,
I actually need my desktop to look right in order to be motivated for some real work. But that's just me I guess.
]]>Why is it that all the tiling WMs (ion, wmi, wmii, lars, ratpoison, etc) are also minimalist window managers? Tiling is wonderful, but wouldn't it be nice to have some fancy eyecandy graphics too?
Dusty
tiling wms is mostly used by geeks and they should code and learn stuff and not look at some fancy graphics, 8)
less eyecandy => less code => less bugs => less crashes => less loss of important stuff
just look at ion2, it's stable as he** , no bloat and crap,
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