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

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