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Re: Lighter window managers



Lance Simmons wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 07:45:59AM +0200, Magnus Therning wrote:
> > For the true minimalist, try ratpoison... I can't use it, but it is
> > about as light weight as you'll get, I think.
> 
> Thumbs up for ratpoison.  There's no way to interact with it using your
> mouse, so you have no choice but to learn the keyboard commands.  It
> doesn't take long to get used to it, and then you navigate as fast as
> you can type.  I switched from ion this past week, and don't see myself
> ever going back.  Add keylaunch, and you can do everything you do with
> any of the other, mouse-friendly wm's, except you do it one keystroke at
> a time.

Can you use the mouse in an xterm that's running mozilla or
anything else that needs a mouse?



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