Steve wrote:
>
> I now remember why I don't like it. It's too much
> like Windows. You activate your menu(s) by clicking
> the little icon at the lower left.
Yes, you can get your menu that way in icewm.
> I much prefer the ability to click anywhere
> on open desktop to get my menus.
Yes, you can get your menu that way, too, in icewm.
Right-click for menu.
Left-click to select which of 4 desktops to be on.
Middle-click for a window list.
> I generally run 640x480 resolution on an 1152x864
> desktop. If I'm doing something at the upper right
> hand corner of the desktop, I don't want to have to
> travel ALL the way down there just to open another
> xterm, or start xv, or whatever. With fvwm2, I just
> click anywhere, and there are my menus.
Ditto, icewm.
> Another thing I don't like about icewm is that
> it's not very configurable... even the author says
> that, "Extreme configurability similar to fvwm and many
> other window managers is NOT the goal."
What are you wanting to configure?
icewm has several different themes (built in):
motif, win95, warp3, warp4, gtk2, etc.
It's also pretty simple to alter the menu-bar
and the task-bar. However, if you are hoping
to turn the desktop into a triangle and run
penguins around the border, icewm is not for you.
> That said, yes, it certainly does seem to be more
> functional than twm... and given the choice between
> twm and icewm, I'd certainly choose the latter.
I think icewm's cutest feature is that tiny little window
in the lower right corner (next to the time/date) that
shows CPU load. I was really surprise when I first
dialed my ISP from icewm -- another tiny window
opened up (next to the CPU one) to show ppp traffic.
How handy is that? No wondering when ppp connects.
Just watch for the wee window. No wondering why your
mail is taking so long to download. Just watch the
traffic (or lack of it). I can't believe that I've
got these features on such a slim wm.
Cheers,
Steven
