[olug] Compact, keyboard only WM recommendation?

Dave Thacker dthacker9 at cox.net
Thu Dec 7 13:39:28 UTC 2006


On Wednesday 06 December 2006 22:25, Tim & Alethea Larson wrote:
> Daniel Pfile wrote:
> > I have a computer here that only runs two xterms, side by side, full
> > height, with each taking 50% of the screen.
> >
> > I'm looking for a simple window manager that doesn't have any borders
> > around the window save for a couple pixels, and allows me to switch
> > between the 2 windows with meta-1/meta-2.
> >
> > I could google, but I'm wondering if anybody has any personal
> > experience. That, and olug is just more fun.
>
> I've heard ratpoison is good if you are mouse-averse.  Else Blackbox is
> pretty minimal too, and with bbkeys I think you can assign about any
> hotkey you want.
>
> Tim
Things you never thought you'd find yourself typing:

Hmmmm. I'll have to try out ratpoison.......

Dave



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