On 01/01/16 02:51, Steve Litt wrote:
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:03:40 +0000
This is why I suggested that the other person (I can't find his name
right now) consult me before writing docs or a presentation. Every
single problem anyone could have about Windowmaker, I've had. If he can
explain it to *me*, that explanation will work for *everybody*, and the
great nature of Windowmaker will shine through. We all know it's good
looking, we all know that it's very lightweight: What's needed is a
good document to really explain the Windowmaker philosophy, how to do
things in Windowmaker, how to configure it so you don't need to
create a million menus to drill down, and how you set a hotkey to
perform an arbitrary command (like dmenu_run).
I have been using dmenu for some time now ... with a couple of other tools that
allow for a few tweaks to DEs to make them more comfortable for me, or indeed to
set up kiosk style environments without any DE required at all. Use xbindkeys to
set a hotkey ...
xbindkeys
is a way to get keybindings for commands easily, works anywhere in X, I have
been using it to avoid each individual DEs different ways of doing things, and
easily get some consistency no matter which DE I'm using.
triggerhappy (thd)
does the job in embedded devices without X running, it gets the events directly
from input devices.
devilspie
can be a great help in setting specific window placements and such in X, it
performs actions on newly opened windows.
alongside a few tools like xwit, xclip and a others, even xte for stubborn
applications, you can tame X on even the smallest embedded device. And the main
tools above have more sophisticated scheme or similar configuration options if
you want to put a little work into getting a specific X environment right.
I'm using i3 as my desktop currently, it is very light, has few dependencies and
will do most of the above without help (in a tiling environment)
Simon
_______________________________________________
Dng mailing list
Dng@lists.dyne.org
https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
