On 6/24/05, JM Ibanez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/23/05, Zak B. Elep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > JM Ibanez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > One word: ratpoison. > > > > Another: ion[1]. > > Personally, I like the ultra-configurability and flexibility of ion-- > but also dislike its ultra-configurability and flexibility. ;) Too > many keybindings to remember, IMHO, and that interfers with my recall > of Emacs keybindings. OTOH, ratpoison is quite simple, and it mimics > screen(1)'s bindings (even the ratpoison's author describes it as > screen(1) for X). Of course, I could always rebind ion to more > screen-like bindings, but I'm a lazy oaf. ;) >
Gah. I have never tried screen nor Ion (though Zak has been telling me its goodness). > > If you're the type who believes in the notion of a computer desktop > > being an instrumentation panel, and loves xterms *seriously*, then > > there's no beating CLI-friendly WMs like ones the above, as well as > > others like icewm and flux. > > I don't see the desktop as an instrumentation panel, but I am very > keyboard-intensive, being a touch typist. I love CLI goodness, and > prefer keybindings to mouse movement. > Personally, I like using Ratpoison a lot because everything is in fullscreen mode. I use Emacs a lot and I basically do almost anything within Emacs: play media files, chat, browse, plan, attempt to learn Python, learn Japanese, draft my articles, etc. Aside from that I don't have to worry about resizing things and it's quite easy to have focus on the app that I am using like, for example, XPDF. I'd rather use keyboard shortcuts to move from one app to another and it's easy in Ratpoison. Well, as far as the way I am using it that is. -- Clair Ching librarian, bookworm, information gatherer, anime fan, linux newbie http://clair.free.net.ph - blog about linux, emacs planner, tech and culture http://clair.pinoyweb.net - daily journal, stories, miscellany _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
