Comments on: awesome window manager http://www.roguelazer.com/misc-tech/2009/03/awesome-window-manager/ Musings on computers, tech, politics, music, and more Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://www.roguelazer.com/misc-tech/2009/03/awesome-window-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-23 James Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:15:54 +0000 http://www.roguelazer.com/?p=270#comment-23 Awesome and wmii both have "floating" modes that are toggle-able on a per-window basis, and are automatically set for windows (like dialog boxes) that have the right X property set (which they tend to). Some web sites do try to spawn fixed-size floating windows, but I see this extremely-rarely, which doesn't bother me, because if I want it floating, I just press <Super>-space and it floats properly. Awesome and wmii both have “floating” modes that are toggle-able on a per-window basis, and are automatically set for windows (like dialog boxes) that have the right X property set (which they tend to).

Some web sites do try to spawn fixed-size floating windows, but I see this extremely-rarely, which doesn’t bother me, because if I want it floating, I just press <Super>-space and it floats properly.

]]> By: KMarsh http://www.roguelazer.com/misc-tech/2009/03/awesome-window-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-22 KMarsh Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:12:05 +0000 http://www.roguelazer.com/?p=270#comment-22 What about Ion? I know Brett used to use that, and I tried it for a while. I ended up going back for 2 reasons -- first, I had a great navigation configuration using the (mostly useless) numpad and then got a keyboard that agreed that the numpad was useless and left it out. Second, I found a tiling WM somewhat irritating for things like web browsing that often spawn new windows that you may actually prefer to have obscuring the main window. Similarly, alert boxes, which were designed for floating window managers, don't play too nicely with tiling WM's. Have you had problems with the web-browser issue and what have you done to allievate it? ~KMarsh What about Ion? I know Brett used to use that, and I tried it for a while. I ended up going back for 2 reasons — first, I had a great navigation configuration using the (mostly useless) numpad and then got a keyboard that agreed that the numpad was useless and left it out. Second, I found a tiling WM somewhat irritating for things like web browsing that often spawn new windows that you may actually prefer to have obscuring the main window. Similarly, alert boxes, which were designed for floating window managers, don’t play too nicely with tiling WM’s.

Have you had problems with the web-browser issue and what have you done to allievate it?

~KMarsh

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