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I'm going to try out Screen because of this article. I think I'll stick with ion over ratpoison though... same idea, but more intelligent.
Here's the article:
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/581/
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screen looks a bit hardcore for me...
I just made a PKGBUILD for wmi the other day and I've been playing around with it - it's quite nice. "The VIM of window managers" ...!
wmi.berlios.de
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I think I stick with ion for a while now. It will take me a few years to learn it.
Nice article though.
arch + gentoo + initng + python = enlisy
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I'd like the PKGBUILD for wmi. It looks like it might be as good as ion, though I really can't think of anything about ion that I don't like that needs changing...
Dusty
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I'm using screen and I like it a lot. It's especially good for remote administration (one ssh connection, automatic and manual detach/attach mode, easy copy/paste with keyboard, automatic start of your favourite programs, etc. etc. - so much power in this app). I also like the concept of ion/wmi/ratpoison and similar wms - finally someone that does not blindly copy windows/macos functionality.
This should also interest those of you who remember good old dos/borland tools days :-) http://linuz.sns.it/~max/twin/ (http://sourceforge.net/projects/twin/, http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/twin/, http://gnuweb.binarycompass.org/directo … /twin.html)
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luckily for me wmi has no runtime dependencies so the pkgbuild is quite unsophisticated. That's the way I like it...:)
pkgname=wmi
pkgver=8
pkrel=1
pkgdesc="window manager for x11"
url="http://wmi.berlios.de/wmi/index.html"
depends=()
source=(http://download.berlios.de/wmi/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('6d21d1a2c69bffc4fd90e2251a36e1d2')
build() {
cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
./configure --prefix=/usr
make || return 1
make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install
}
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I've used screen a bit, but after I read that article it seems even more interesting! Now i don't need VNC all the time! W00t!
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robot5x: Wouln't it depend on X anyway? :?
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yes, sorry - I just did it for myself really, but Dusty said he'd like to check it out...
I never really bother with the depends if I just use them myself - it's a good habit to get into tho.:)
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Yes thanks, its on my todo list, after getmail and mutt...
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I've just tryed wmi and i think it has a lot of potential. I think it will become my favourite wm very quickly.
Thanks robot5x...you made my day
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http://wmi.berlios.de/docs/wmi-paper.pdf this summarizes the concepts of wmi and compares its features to ion and larswm. very interesting...
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This should also interest those of you who remember good old dos/borland tools days :-)
Wow, I am going to have a look at that since I remember fondly those days! It's a shame that the windows don't have the same close button as the turbo pascal/borland c++ IDEs!
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You should also try larswm out, think it'll suit a lot of people here. I like the concept of a real window *manager*, but it's a shame I need BiDi support in the titlebars and so on. I'm also into graphics... If only there was such a window manager which is toolkit-based.
Some PKGBUILDs: http://members.lycos.co.uk/sweiss3
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I tried wmi all afternoon... took a while to configure it to my liking. I haven't decided if I'll stick it, I'm thinking not. It doesn't support keeping fixed sized empty frames (at least, I can't find how to support it), so I'm continually resizing and splitting, which I rarely do with ion.
It is prettier than ion though. :-D
Some bugs though. ion next time I startx...
Dusty
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First post here (will become an Archer over the weekend) but I just have to say screen is the biz. I use it all the time when connecting to my home network from work - I've done everything from P2P downloads to kernel compiles, starting them off in the office, detaching, then picking them up again at home, or vice versa. I can't imagine running VNC again at this stage.
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anyone tried wmi 9 ?
why is this off-topic?
The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.
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anyone tried wmi 9 ?
why is this off-topic?
Yep, I'm using it and I love wmi. This new version is a great improvment over 8.
Cheers
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More stable? I'm going to try it out.
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anyone to contribute the PKGBUILD, or should i make one myself? i plan to include it to extra, as it is one of the best wm's (at least from my eyes :-) )
The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.
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Please do dp, I (and a lot of others I'm sure) would appreciate it!
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actually, i have the package and PKGBUILD in my tur.
pkgname=wmi
pkgver=9
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Window Manager Improved, wmi is a lightweight wm for X11, which attempts to combine the best features of LarsWM , Ion , evilwm and ratpoison into one window manager."
url="http://wmi.berlios.de"
license=""
depends=(xfree86)
makedepends=()
conflicts=()
replaces=()
backup=()
install=
source=($pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('99d906845f2100b769d14845f5137784')
build() {
cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
./configure --prefix=/usr
make || return 1
make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install
}
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nice, thanks whatah!
edit: Just built it -- seems promising!
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actually, i have the package and PKGBUILD in my tur.
You've got a couple duplicates in your TUR, wmi-8 and wmi-9 are both there, as are two versions of 3D-desktop... unfortunately, only the oldest seems to be picked up by packman.
EDIT: I've been using wmi for a few hours now and it hasn't crashed. I'm hooked, ion is gone.
Dusty
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Arch Linux theme for WMI 9
Use the 'breeze' theme, and set the background to solid white
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