On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 03:59:04PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > Darrin Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > If it's practical for you, you might try using ratpoison under X. It's > > a lightweight window manager inspired by screen, with the added > > benefit of doing side-by-side split screen. > > I've seen several mentions of ratpoison and X. I'm not running X and > didn't plan to. How much X is required to run `Ratpoison'. I do want > a screen with much finer resolution that the stock console setup. It > is absolutely huge and I want more on the screen.
The ports tree has several light-weight window managers, try them all. If memory is tight, rxvt uses a tad less than xterm. On my laptop I use evilwm with rxvt, and get text windows of 58x167 Regards, Andrew Dalgleish
