Re: [dwm] xinerama, things get more and more useful

On 3/1/08, Nicolas Martyanoff <khaelin_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 05:33:03 -0500
> hiro <23hiro_AT_googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I just tried the last hg version, and I am a bit disappointed.
> > > The idea to divide up the tags between the screens isn't really
> > > ergonomic.
> > >
> > > A dual (or more) screen, is particulary useful to have two or more
> > > applications on a single view, for example a coding window and a
> > > pdf research paper. With the new system, navigating between the
> > > tags is really tedious; with wmii, I knew that my coding windows
> > > (editor, doc...) were on tag '2'. A simple alt-2 and it was
> > > restaured. With dwm old xinerama system, I had to press alt-2
> > > foreach screen which was ok though less practical. Now I have to
> > > remember two tag, on per screen, for each couple of application.
> > >
> > > The only advantage of this system is to remove the need to manually
> > > toggle between the screens.
> > >
> > > Furthermore, if it was possible before to use a window covering the
> > > whole display (blender for example) by switching to float mode,
> > > the by enabling the same tag on each screen (yes it was painful),
> > > it's not possible anymore.
> > >
> > > I really hope this is gonna change :(
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
>
> > Try xmonad, it's usable for the things i'm doing
>
>
> I personnally have nothing against xmonad, but I have years of
> experience in C programming, none in haskell, and I like to be able to
> tweak my wm; I think I'm gonna write my own wm :/
>
>
>
> --
>
> Nicolas Martyanoff
> http://codemore.org
> khaelin_AT_gmail.com
>
>

That's of course an alternative;)
I just want a window manager with sane defaults. I'm not planning to
hack a lot, or even write an own one.

-- 
hiro