Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
For the "broken apps," you can just use the float mode, if there's some GUI app you really like that doesn't cope well with wmii. I guess that kinda defeats the purpose of a tiled WM, but it's a pretty necessary compromise I think unless you're prepared to do without a whole bunch of different applications altogether. And it works well in wmii.Well, now I'm repeating myself, but I've fallen in love with WMII lately and it dynamically sizes windows based on how many windows are open. The problem is some apps are slightly broken vis a vis some of the protocols, or they do lots of window rezising and respawning, which can be a pain in that set up. just a curiosity sort ofquestion.I'm sure its a fine program and I've heard many good things about it... just starting to like the mutt a lot. :)
Personally, I liked wmii better than Ion3 as I found it easier to use, but eventually I found it hard to get with the whole Plan9 aspect, which struck me as introducing a layer of complexity that didn't seem necessary. Or perhaps it is necessary, but I just didn't really understand why. I liked trying it out though. I think, in the end, it's probably not for me. One thing trying those WMs out taught me is the virtue of standards compliance, which unfortunately too many WMs, DEs, and apps ignore. Openbox and XFCE are, I think, shining examples of how well things can work when the windowing environment itself is 100% compliant. They are a pleasure to use because they don't try to make apps behave the way they think apps should behave, they can be controlled from the keyboard (especially Openbox -- with keychains and dynamically generated pipe menus, you never need to reach for the rodent), and they can be augmented with other standards compliant tools like Devil's Pie, wmctrl, pypanel, etc.
But as you say, to each his own. And I still want to try out PekWM. :-) -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." --S. Jackson