Re: [dev] [OT] Suckless Distro

2009-07-23 Thread Alex Matviychuk
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > Is it time for the weekly distribution pissing match already?  Time > just flies by > > > -- > # Kurt H Maier Not a pissing match, just curious since I saw a lot of people mention my distro of choice ArchLinux. Different strokes for different

Re: [dev] [OT] Suckless Distro

2009-07-23 Thread Ian Daniher
Arch Linux on everything 686, Debian Lenny on everything not 686. -- Ian Daniher OLPCinci Repair Coordinator Olin College Student, Class of 2013 On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 01:12, Samuel Baldwin wrote: > Archlinux on several boxes here. > > -- > Samuel 'Shardz' Baldwin - > staticfree.info/~samuel<

Re: [dev] [OT] Suckless Distro

2009-07-23 Thread Kurt H Maier
Is it time for the weekly distribution pissing match already? Time just flies by -- # Kurt H Maier

Re: [dev] [OT] Suckless Distro

2009-07-23 Thread Samuel Baldwin
Archlinux on several boxes here. -- Samuel 'Shardz' Baldwin - staticfree.info/~samuel

[dev] [OT] Suckless Distro

2009-07-23 Thread Alex Matviychuk
I've been following the list for a while and I'm curious what everyone is using as their distro of choice? Also, which distro do you feel is most suckless? Personally, I run Archlinux on my home and work boxes, Rockbox on my old iPod nano and android on my G1. I played with Linux from Scratch and

Re: [dev] suckless touchscreen window manager

2009-07-23 Thread Thayer Williams
On Jul 23, 2009 at 04:41 PM, hessi...@hessiess.com wrote: > > the thing is that i'll love to try archlinux > Arch won't work, it has no support for ARM processors, Gentoo maby? > I cannot give any advice regarding a WM, but with the lack of a keyboard > you are prittymuch stuck with a tabbed/ float

Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Donald Allen
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Donald Allen wrote: > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Donald Allen wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Szabolcs Nagy wrote: >>> On 7/23/09, Donald Allen wrote: fix it, when (in my opinion) a reasonable fix exists (change alt- to ctrl-alt-), even

Re: [dev] suckless touchscreen window manager

2009-07-23 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Leandro Chescotta wrote: > yeah, im waiting to see with which window manager google develop for their > google chrome operating system... i think is that or android :P then... You don't need a window manager when your shell process is a browser in the frambuffer.

Re: [dev] suckless touchscreen window manager

2009-07-23 Thread Leandro Chescotta
yeah, im waiting to see with which window manager google develop for their google chrome operating system... i think is that or android :P then... i can't stop to see the tegra prototypes in youtube :P battery life that last days, pocket portability and no moving parts... i would love to have mult

Re: [dev] wmii latest snapshot on FreeBSD

2009-07-23 Thread Michal
Kris Maglione wrote: the mean time, you can either install plan9port (sudo pkg_add -r plan9port), or use another rc script (wmiirc, or alternative_wmiircs/python). Thanks for your help, after removing 9base I installed plan9port (20080909) and wmii works again! I don't quite understand wh

Re: [dev] suckless touchscreen window manager

2009-07-23 Thread hessiess
> the thing is that i'll love to try archlinux Arch won't work, it has no support for ARM processors, Gentoo maby? I cannot give any advice regarding a WM, but with the lack of a keyboard you are prittymuch stuck with a tabbed/ floating interface. Personally I cannot imagane myself ever using anyth

Re: [dev] wmii latest snapshot on FreeBSD

2009-07-23 Thread Kris Maglione
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 07:43:49PM +, Michal wrote: Hello. I need some help with getting latest snapshot to run on FreeBSD (9base-b20060209, dmenu-4.0, libixp-0.5). Latest wmii release (3.6) works like a charm on the same machine but when I install wmii+ixp-20090703 something is not right,

[dev] wmii latest snapshot on FreeBSD

2009-07-23 Thread Michal
Hello. I need some help with getting latest snapshot to run on FreeBSD (9base-b20060209, dmenu-4.0, libixp-0.5). Latest wmii release (3.6) works like a charm on the same machine but when I install wmii+ixp-20090703 something is not right, i.e. there is nothing on a status bar (just "1" indicatin

Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Donald Allen
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Donald Allen wrote: > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Szabolcs Nagy wrote: >> On 7/23/09, Donald Allen wrote: >>> fix it, when (in my opinion) a reasonable fix exists (change >>> alt- to ctrl-alt-), even for keyboards >>> without the Windows key. >> >> editing ct

Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Mate Nagy
> > anyway, i could agree with the change if it's just > > #define MODKEY Mod1Mask|ControlMask imho the best default is Mod1 - it's a lot less annoying than Ctrl+Alt, in apps Esc+key can often be used instead. Ctrl+Alt is not a good default, because it'll induce EMACS-fingers and scare off the use

Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Niki Yoshiuchi
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Donald Allen wrote: > > > I believe this would have the effect of changing alt- to > ctrl-alt- and also alt-shift- to > ctrl-alt-shift-, yes? > > If so, that makes sense to me. It preserves the current consistency, > which my fix does not, so in that way it is les

Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Donald Allen
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Szabolcs Nagy wrote: > On 7/23/09, Donald Allen wrote: >> fix it, when (in my opinion) a reasonable fix exists (change >> alt- to ctrl-alt-), even for keyboards >> without the Windows key. > > editing ctrl-alt out from the default config is more work than just > ch

Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Szabolcs Nagy
On 7/23/09, Donald Allen wrote: > fix it, when (in my opinion) a reasonable fix exists (change > alt- to ctrl-alt-), even for keyboards > without the Windows key. editing ctrl-alt out from the default config is more work than just changing the mod key definition > window manager with defaults th

Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Anselm R Garbe
2009/7/23 Donald Allen : > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:13 AM, Anselm R Garbe wrote: >> We got config.h for that. The default key bindings won't change ;) > > As I observed when I began this thread, your defaults conflict > directly with a well-established UI convention of many applications > (the und

Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Donald Allen
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:13 AM, Anselm R Garbe wrote: > 2009/7/22 Donald Allen : >> I think the default key bindings for dwm are a unfortunate in some >> cases. For example, alt-f, a natural choice for *f*loat mode, >> conflicts with pulling down the File menu in many applications from >> the keyb

Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Donald Allen
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Jimmy Tang wrote: > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 08:07:42PM -0400, Donald Allen wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Donald Chai wrote: >> > On Jul 22, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Donald Allen wrote: >> > >> >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Michael wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Do

Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Anselm R Garbe
2009/7/22 Donald Allen : > I think the default key bindings for dwm are a unfortunate in some > cases. For example, alt-f, a natural choice for *f*loat mode, > conflicts with pulling down the File menu in many applications from > the keyboard. alt-T similarly conflicts with using the Tools menu in

Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Antoni Grzymala
Donald Allen dixit (2009-07-22, 20:07): > > people change the setting to Mod2Mask to use the Windows key, but the > > current default of Mod1Mask will work out of the box for anyone who doesn't > > have a Windows/Apple/diamond key. > > That's true. But it also conflicts with a widely-available UI

Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Premysl Hruby
On (22/07/09 10:30), Donald Allen wrote: > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:30:34 -0400 > From: Donald Allen > To: dev mail list > Subject: [dev] dwm default bindings > List-Id: dev mail list > > I think the default key bindings for dwm are a unfortunate in some > cases. For example, alt-f, a natural

Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

2009-07-23 Thread Jimmy Tang
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 08:07:42PM -0400, Donald Allen wrote: > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Donald Chai wrote: > > On Jul 22, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Donald Allen wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Michael wrote: > >>> > >>> Donald Allen wrote: > > I realize that these bindin