On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 12:48:37PM -0500, Kris Maglione wrote: > On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 11:42:19AM -0700, David Morris wrote: >> In my never-ending search for the perfect window manager I'm >> currently experimenting with WMII. So far I like what I see >> but I am confused on a few points and am having difficulty >> determining how to accomplish some tasks (if they can be >> done at all). I've been reading through mailing list >> archives, but in some respects I lack enough understanding >> of the system to understand what is being said. >> >> Let me start off by noting that I really like the design >> concept of WMII. Its a lot cleaner and easier to navigate >> than other window managers I've used (including my standard >> fvwm setup). >> >> To put questions in perspective, here is my setup: >> OS: Debian Lenny >> WMII: latest snapshot from web >> DMENU: latest snapshot from web >> 9base: Debian Lenny default version >> >> So, my questions: >> >> 1. wmiirc and rc.wmii >> This has me the most perplexed....why two configuration >> files with overlapping functionality? Are they both used, >> or only one? If only one, how is the correct config file >> chosen. > > rc.wmii is used if it's possible, wmiirc otherwise. There are two, > basically, because I'm insane and idealistic, which is not a good > combination.
Heh, I can sympathize with that. The applications I create suffer from the same problem at times. >> 3. How can I change window size with keyboard shortcut keys? >> For my use, this is a vital feature of the window manager I >> use. > > At the moment, you can't. Hmm, thats annoying. Any chance this feature will be available at some point in the future? >> 4. How can I set the layout for one full-width window at the >> bottom of the screen and multiple columns above it (usually >> two)? > > Again, at the moment, you can't, unless you somehow set > EWMH struts on it. Any pointers on where I would look to find out how to set EWMH struts for a window? A search brought up the wmctrl application, but didn't find any functionality that allowed this behavior. > I might make this feature more accessable. > >> 6. Is it possible to move the title bar to the left side of >> windows and have stacking mode move left-right instead of >> up-down? > > No. It makes things much more complicated than you'd think. Oh well, I could hope. Thanks for the tips. --David
