[H-GEN] Window managers

[Jason Henry Parker]

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On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 staeci at yahoo.com wrote:

> I had a play with it a few weeks back.  Highly recommend it if you
> spend most of your time in 'terms.

This is pretty much exactly what I do.  Give me an xterm, screen, and
maybe emacs20, and I'm away.

> Unfortunately it falls apart for
> me since I use Gimp a lot and any program which depends on 'floating'
> windows, well becomes ackward to use.

Yes, its handling of modal dialogs leaves a lot to be desired.

It does appear to be more friendly toward mouse-oriented apps than
ratpoison, though (which isn't saying much, since ratpoison is
supposed to be mouse-*hostile*).

jason
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