Same here. I typically have to work in Windows with a spreadsheet, a browser, and at least 2 ssh terminals to a sun box at any given time. Tiling would be a godsend. I'll play around with it at home a little bit before I venture so far as using it on my work machine though.
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Al Gest <himse...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm quite interested in the possibility of using its functionality on > Windows, but it seems to be bundled with a very suckfull license that > I tend to avoid like the plague. > > On 30 September 2011 08:23, Andy Spencer <andy753...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello there, >> >> I would like to point out a project I've started on for *yet another* >> new window manager, called `wmpus' [1]. It's not actually a suckless >> project, but I thought some folks here might be interested nonetheless. >> >> The biggest feature is that it should be portable and work well with >> different windowing systems. Besides that, it should support a variety >> of window management modes, be easy to hack, and lay golden eggs. >> >> Until now, I've been focusing on getting it to actually manage windows, >> so many features are completely missing: There's currently no support >> for settings or configuration files, no statusbar, very minimal window >> decorations, lots of memory leaks, no `make install' rule, etc. >> >> That being said, here's what does work: >> >> - Runs natively on X11 and MS Windows >> >> - Tiling window management similar to acme or wmii. That is, rows, >> columns, split/stack/max modes, multi-monitor support, limited >> support for tags >> >> - Support for some external statusbars such as dzen [2] >> >> Any feedback will be appreciated. It should be easy enough to build for >> X11 and there's a windows binary linked from the wiki for anyone brave >> enough to try it out. >> >> Thanks >> >> [1] http://lug.rose-hulman.edu/code/projects/wmpus/wiki >> [2] http://sites.google.com/site/gotmor/dzen >> > >
