Re: minimalist window managers [was Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.]

2008-06-20 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 12:01:59AM -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Andrew Sackville-West > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I started with wmii, played with some others, and then stumbled on > > xmonad and got hooked. to each their own. Just like > > vimperator... tried

Re: minimalist window managers [was Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.]

2008-06-20 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I started with wmii, played with some others, and then stumbled on > xmonad and got hooked. to each their own. Just like > vimperator... tried it but I'm apparently not a vim guy... emacs seems > to suit me better,

Re: minimalist window managers [was Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.]

2008-06-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 05:16:47PM -0500, Kevin Monceaux wrote: > A, > > On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> if you decide to investigate other minimalist WM's you might look at >> xmonad. It's all keyboard controlled, tiled with a variety of >> customizable tiling layouts. prett

Re: minimalist window managers [was Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.]

2008-06-18 Thread Kevin Monceaux
A, On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: if you decide to investigate other minimalist WM's you might look at xmonad. It's all keyboard controlled, tiled with a variety of customizable tiling layouts. pretty fun(unctional). Actually, I was using xmonad before switching to DWM. I'

Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.

2008-06-18 Thread Alan Chandler
On Wednesday 18 Jun 2008, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > I know, it's a religious question and i'm bound to get replies of > different people telling me their choice is the best, but, why not... > > The thing is i have a few requirements: i want applications that are > not desktop-dependant (i.e. Gnome or

minimalist window managers [was Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.]

2008-06-18 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 01:38:42PM -0500, Kevin Monceaux wrote: > Nuno, > > On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > >> The thing is i have a few requirements: i want applications that are >> not desktop-dependant (i.e. Gnome or KDE) and do not rely upon Java. >> This rules out a lot of text

Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.

2008-06-18 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Thank's for all the input Kevin, i'll probably just use a regular systanx-highlight-capable text-editor and rely on the Net for my code-completion ;-) No TiVo on this side of the Atlantic, but musis is music. -- Nuno Magalhães

Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.

2008-06-18 Thread Kevin Monceaux
Nuno, On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Nuno Magalhães wrote: The thing is i have a few requirements: i want applications that are not desktop-dependant (i.e. Gnome or KDE) and do not rely upon Java. This rules out a lot of text editors. For console, i use nano, for GUI i'm using leafpad, any other sugges

Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.

2008-06-18 Thread John Hasler
Nuno writes: > The thing is i have a few requirements: i want applications that are not > desktop-dependant (i.e. Gnome or KDE) and do not rely upon Java. This > rules out a lot of text editors. What editors are depenendent on Gnome or KDE? > At the most basic level i could use a regular graphic

Re: Preferred applications: IDE, text-editor, music player.

2008-06-18 Thread Steve Witt
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Nuno Magalhães wrote: I know, it's a religious question and i'm bound to get replies of different people telling me their choice is the best, but, why not... The thing is i have a few requirements: i want applications that are not desktop-dependant (i.e. Gnome or KDE) and d