Re: More Keybinding

On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 06:11:56AM -0400, Michael Scottaline wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:19:26 -0700 (MST)
> Robert Bushman <annoyances-xMnNM//[email protected]> insightfully noted:
> >The single biggest productivity enhancer for me in
> >Linux is keybinding.  I use Gnome and spend most of
> >my time in Emacs.  Both allow virtually unlimited
> >keybinding - my hands rarely leave the keyboard,
> >and hitting a key chord is faster than using an
> >analog device to target an icon.
> ===========================
> Have you checked out ratpoison as a wm??  Sounds as if it would fit your needs
> well.  You could set up you .ratpoisonrc file to use keystrokes just they way
> you want, without all they added baggage of running gnome (you'll get
> absolutely NO eye-candy, however ;o) )
> ==========================

I tried RatPoison and its nice but you really should check out Ion.
   http://ion.sourceforge.net

While Ion is a little harder to configure and learn than ratpoison, it has 
a few key advantages.  The biggest for me is floating and non-floating 
workspaces.  A floating workspace is what most of us are used to when we 
think of GUI environments (individual windows floating over the background).
A non-floating workspace takes up the entire screen for the open app or is 
split to veiw a few open apps at the same time, you cannot see the background 
(i.e. like ratpoison).

This allows you to choose the correct workspace for the application that you are using now.

Examples of Floating Workspace Applications:
   GIMP
   Evolution
   Kmail
   Anything with lots of popup windows

Examples of Non-Floating Workspace Applications:
   xterm
   mutt
   Anything that stays in one window.


Anyway that's my 2 cents.

Dave

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