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List:       netbsd-port-mac68k
Subject:    Re: X Window manager
From:       Chris Baird <abuse () brushtail ! apana ! org ! au>
Date:       2000-01-23 14:16:48
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I'll just mention that the wm of choice for my SE/30 (in all its
512x384 bitmap glory) here is 9wm.

9wm has got:

 - one button interface; great for one button Macintosh mice.  (After
munging the source so that it uses the 1st button instead of the 3rd,
I rarely ever need to Option-2/3.)

 - The One True Method for resizing windows-- you click on the window,
then mark out a rectangle on the display.  No more trying to grab the
edges of a window (at least twice) to get it the shape you want.

 - only one config option ("-term").  I hate wasting time in window
manager configs on every machine I use.  I get .xsession to spawn an
emacs, and 9wm gives me an rvxt whenever I need one.

    - doesn't waste any screen space with titlebars, icons, etc.
(Did I mention the 512x384 screen?)

True, the SE/30 is mostly used to run the "deluxe" xscreensaver, but
it also impresses the hell out of some people when it looks like
you're not using a window manager at all. :)

-- 
Chris Baird,, <cjb@brushtail.apana.org.au>

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