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Re: Bug#551123: ITP: echinus -- lightweight tiling window manager



On 10/16/2009 01:37 AM, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> ]] Daniel Moerner 
> 
> | > Le vendredi 16 octobre 2009 à 00:51 +0400, Alexander Polakov a écrit : 
> 
> | >> […] All the configuration is made via config file in Xresources
> | >> format, […]
> 
> | And it offers a clear advantage: configuration via .Xresources (does
> | any other WM support this?) rather than via recompilation. I think
> | this gives sufficient reason for inclusion.
> 
> In Xresource format != via X resources.  I don't see why a particular
> file format is a sufficient reason to one WM or the other.
> 

You're correct, I was skimming and misread the description. I think the
advantage still lies in being reconfigurable via changes to a file,
rather than recompilation like in the case of dwm. But it is admittedly
more debatable than I originally thought if this package deserves a spot.

Daniel

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