Re: ctwm future?

From: Robert J. Brown (rj@eli.elilabs.com)
Date: Fri May 14 1999 - 16:52:35 CEST


>>>>> "Bjorn" == Bjorn Knutsson <bjorn@DoCS.UU.SE> writes:

    Bjorn> See, if you do that, you suddenly start playing catch up
    Bjorn> with other KDE/Gnome window managers. What I like about
    Bjorn> ctwm is that it does the tricks I need from a window
    Bjorn> manager, but without a lot of the fluff that's been
    Bjorn> creeping into most other WMs. Sure, there is still room for
    Bjorn> improvement. E.g. I'd really like to see better keyboard
    Bjorn> control. But I'd really like it if ctwm stayed as lean as
    Bjorn> possible.

I agree. I used to use uwm, then mwm configured to look like uwm,
then twm. I went to ctwm primarily for multiple desktops, but some of
the other features are real nice too. I like a very minimalist window
manager, and those others are video games to wrap around your
applications' windows.

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