On 3/1/08, Nicolas Martyanoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 05:33:03 -0500 > hiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I just tried the last hg version, and I am a bit disappointed. > > > The idea to divide up the tags between the screens isn't really > > > ergonomic. > > > > > > A dual (or more) screen, is particulary useful to have two or more > > > applications on a single view, for example a coding window and a > > > pdf research paper. With the new system, navigating between the > > > tags is really tedious; with wmii, I knew that my coding windows > > > (editor, doc...) were on tag '2'. A simple alt-2 and it was > > > restaured. With dwm old xinerama system, I had to press alt-2 > > > foreach screen which was ok though less practical. Now I have to > > > remember two tag, on per screen, for each couple of application. > > > > > > The only advantage of this system is to remove the need to manually > > > toggle between the screens. > > > > > > Furthermore, if it was possible before to use a window covering the > > > whole display (blender for example) by switching to float mode, > > > the by enabling the same tag on each screen (yes it was painful), > > > it's not possible anymore. > > > > > > I really hope this is gonna change :( > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Try xmonad, it's usable for the things i'm doing > > > I personnally have nothing against xmonad, but I have years of > experience in C programming, none in haskell, and I like to be able to > tweak my wm; I think I'm gonna write my own wm :/ > > > > -- > > Nicolas Martyanoff > http://codemore.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
That's of course an alternative;) I just want a window manager with sane defaults. I'm not planning to hack a lot, or even write an own one. -- hiro
