From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 6 22:49:16 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01D08106566B for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 22:49:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp2.iomartmail.com (asmtp2.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8788F8FC0A for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 22:49:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp2.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp2.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p76MnDsd027578 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 23:49:13 +0100 Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (host-92-22-141-130.as13285.net [92.22.141.130]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp2.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p76MnCG3027571 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 23:49:13 +0100 Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B626433C1F; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 23:49:12 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 23:49:12 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110806224912.GA18950@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20110805191214.GA19848@kar.user-mode.org> <20110805190825.d2cf7f06.rodperson@rodperson.com> <20110806015652.GB45455@guilt.hydra> <20110806142639.GB48611@guilt.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110806142639.GB48611@guilt.hydra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Subject: Re: Alternative windowmanagers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 22:49:16 -0000 --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 08:26:39AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 09:20:08PM -0600, Dmitri Brengauz wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 07:08:25PM -0400, Rod Person wrote: > > > > > > > > If you like Fluxbox you might want to try OpenBox. > > > > > > Nah. Stick with Fluxbox. > > > > Sorry, but why? I went with OpenBox, because it seemed like it was und= er > > current development, and Fluxbox is stagnant, otherwise, I didn't see m= uch > > difference. But I do find it curious that so many on this thread are > > recommending Fluxbox, and almost no one OpenBox. What would be the rea= son? >=20 > Fluxbox supports window tabbing. Last I checked, OpenBox did not. In > fact, amongst the 'box window managers, window tabbing is pretty much the > killer feature. Despite using Fluxbox for a number of years, I wasn't even aware of tabbing. The only thing I can think of tabbing is xterms but I use tmux for that. What do you use tabbing for? >=20 > That, and it has a better license than OpenBox. >=20 Never worried about the license. Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk49xOcACgkQHduKvUAgeK7P5QCgi9QPMwHiqfLKzE7gM9OsQmHB mu8AoKrttTPa5qZoA1uuXjWEv4860yIA =T7lL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE--