4 ms·

Funny, I've been looking for something like ratpoison for a while, and though the name seems familiar, I had never tried it before. I'm using it now... I think

by theGimp 12y ago

Funny, I've been looking for something like ratpoison for a while, and though the name seems familiar, I had never tried it before. I'm using it now... I think my search is over :) Thank you!

pyre 12y ago
Take a look at StumpWM. IIRC it's done by the author of ratpoison. Bonus: If you're an Emacs user the interface/keyboard shortcuts should make you feel at home (or so I've heard).
- theGimp 12y ago
  I am overjoyed. Thank you :) I've set a reminder to switch to StumpWM 2 days from now. Emacs is something I've never tried though Lisp is amazing and that's reason enough to use it. So many fun toys, so little time...
- 616c 12y ago
  Got into StumpWM about two months ago after living in tmux and emacsclient all day. Now I have a super minimalist desktop, all the key shortcuts I need (and mouse like I need, where as ratposion makes it a little too difficult), on the fly restart and command reload, Lisp, and oh my god so much flexibility. Before that, I used XFCE. I have realized there is always another level of minimalism down from where you were before in Linux, until you hit the Linux console. But I love StumpWM. They might say it is not minimalist, but it is for me and it rocks my world. I am going to hit submit and then hit a shortcut to open running term emulator and find my running mutt instance in tmux. Later full DE users.
tomorokoshi 12y ago
You might also like i3. I tried many tiling window managers, and i3 is my favorite. Its "manual tiling" works well with my brain. Also see this comparison of tiling WMs: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Comparison_of_Tiling_Window_Managers https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Comparison_of_Tiling_Wi...
- theGimp 12y ago
  Thank you very much for your suggestion. I will try i3 in a few days -- once I know what ratpoison's and StumpWM's annoyances and strengths are. Update: I lied. i3 looked too good to wait for so I tried it, and it feels a lot more natural. I'm quite certain this will be it!

by theGimp 12y ago

Funny, I've been looking for something like ratpoison for a while, and though the name seems familiar, I had never tried it before. I'm using it now... I think my search is over :) Thank you!

pyre 12y ago

Take a look at StumpWM. IIRC it's done by the author of ratpoison. Bonus: If you're an Emacs user the interface/keyboard shortcuts should make you feel at home (or so I've heard).

theGimp 12y ago
I am overjoyed. Thank you :) I've set a reminder to switch to StumpWM 2 days from now. Emacs is something I've never tried though Lisp is amazing and that's reason enough to use it. So many fun toys, so little time...
616c 12y ago
Got into StumpWM about two months ago after living in tmux and emacsclient all day. Now I have a super minimalist desktop, all the key shortcuts I need (and mouse like I need, where as ratposion makes it a little too difficult), on the fly restart and command reload, Lisp, and oh my god so much flexibility. Before that, I used XFCE. I have realized there is always another level of minimalism down from where you were before in Linux, until you hit the Linux console. But I love StumpWM. They might say it is not minimalist, but it is for me and it rocks my world. I am going to hit submit and then hit a shortcut to open running term emulator and find my running mutt instance in tmux. Later full DE users.

tomorokoshi 12y ago

You might also like i3. I tried many tiling window managers, and i3 is my favorite. Its "manual tiling" works well with my brain. Also see this comparison of tiling WMs: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Comparison_of_Tiling_Window_Managers https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Comparison_of_Tiling_Wi...

theGimp 12y ago
Thank you very much for your suggestion. I will try i3 in a few days -- once I know what ratpoison's and StumpWM's annoyances and strengths are. Update: I lied. i3 looked too good to wait for so I tried it, and it feels a lot more natural. I'm quite certain this will be it!