On 1/9/12, Thomas Dahms <thmsdhms_AT_googlemail.com> wrote:
> 2012/1/8 John Matthewman <jmatthewman_AT_gmail.com>:
>> I would like a window manager that has wmii's acme-like window
>> management, but without the 9P filesystem, wmiir, support for
>> configuration via python, ruby, etc. Trim the fat off of it (or
>> perhaps it would be better to use dwm as a base to build upon, rather
>> than trying to deconstruct wmii?)
>
> Quintin Guillaume posted a patch providing a wmii-like layout for dwm
> a while ago [1]. I doubt that it applies to current dwm as it probably
> is from the pre-Xinerama era of dwm, but it may be easily brought up
> to date. There were some updated versions of that patch, make sure to
> search the old dwm_AT_suckless.org mailing list archives for the latest
> one.
>
> [1] http://lists.suckless.org/dwm/0808/6435.html
Thanks for the tip! I vaguely remember reading about that patch a long
time ago. Maybe I'll see if I can get it to work -- then try to make
it a bit more mouse-friendly (like acme).
Cheers,
John
Received on Mon Jan 09 2012 - 03:04:44 CET