Quoting this with a useful subject. Simon Wise wrote: > 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)
Nice to see someone mention i3. Except for the rare multipanel app such as gimp, I find i3 works well for my needs. It seems faster to flip through the open tiled windows with keyboard shortcuts than clicking and moving windows on a desktop. cheers -- Joel Roth _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
