Re: [dev] Why dwm or wmii over xmonad, etc., or not?

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Aurélien Aptel <aurelien.aptel_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Nathan Neff <nathan.neff_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2.5) Easy / sensible defaults.  Sorry but Emacs-style "shortcut keys"
>> are an oxymoron.  Any window manager
>> that uses Emacs "Key Chords" is immediately disqualified.  With wmii you switch
>> between windows and tags with 2 keystrokes max.  It's a no-brainer.
>
> The default shortcut to close a window is really bad. Something used
> that often shouldn't be as complex as Mod-Shift-C.
>

That's a good point. I've remapped it to Mod-w (Like Apple's "Close Window")

Apple makes really good UIs, so they will know the best way.

--Nate
Received on Mon May 09 2011 - 23:17:44 CEST