Re: [dev] herbstluftwm

From: Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 17:13:32 +0100

On 1 November 2011 16:57, Sime Ramov <s_AT_ramov.com> wrote:
> * Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com> [2011-11-01 16:49+0100]:
>>  (i) It features a kind of 'static' window management model in the
>>      tradition of ion/wmi(i)/i3.
>
> And that is exactly why I use it. It has perfect balance between dynamic
> and manual tiling.

Fair enough.

>> (ii) The IPC mechanism reminds me of all the mistakes I made in wmi
>>      (with wmiremote) and later wmii with wmiir/libixp.
>
> Conceptually or? I am not a programmer but I prefer server/client
> software model.

Having an IPC mechnism to control and configure your WM makes the code
unnecessary more complex. Client-Server rarely makes sense if there is
only one client and one server.

Cheers,
Anselm
Received on Tue Nov 01 2011 - 17:13:32 CET