Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:18:39 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GUI Suggested? Message-ID: <20100924161839.GB10790@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikjXoc7aq7zft0Te3sXHnW8mT457WEdDYQeFTif@mail.gmail.com> References: <3368057398-783131724@intranet.com.mx> <20100923152023.GA14903@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <AANLkTikECugKYAg%2Bt%2BQv%2BSGBgdfSg4kR1eAQO1Yffq8U@mail.gmail.com> <20100924003120.GA19235@guilt.hydra> <4C9BF868.9000805@gmail.com> <AANLkTi=sgw59A5ju8vvVooX=18rBAsGEyjr3invJZJ66@mail.gmail.com> <20100924024856.GB19697@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTikjXoc7aq7zft0Te3sXHnW8mT457WEdDYQeFTif@mail.gmail.com>
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--IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Neal Hogan on Thursday, 23 September 2010: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 09:07:28PM -0500, Neal Hogan wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>= wrote: > >> > On 9/23/10 8:31 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:24:58PM -0500, Neal Hogan wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> If you like xmonad, check out scrotwm. It's inspired by xmonad, > >> >>> lightweight, written in C by oBSD dev, actively maintained, and > >> >>> vim-like (among other things ;-). > >> >> > >> >> Why is "written in C" considered such a great benefit by the Scrotwm > >> >> developer(s)? =A0Earlier today, I read this on the site: > >> >> > >> >> =A0 =A0 "On the other hand xmonad has great defaults, key bindings = and > >> >> =A0 =A0 xinerama support but is crippled by not being written in C." > >> >> > >> > >> hahahahahahaha! > >> > >> >> What's up with that? =A0How does Haskell "cripple" xmonad? > >> >> > >> > >> In the end, you need not take yourself so seriously. =A0The thread was > >> generic enough to allow for some rhetorical flourish. I suggested > >> something . . . pointed out that is written in C (as did the homepage) > >> . . . =A0AND you concluded some sort of insult; not my problem. > >> > >> Do you need a rim-shot for every joke? > > > > 1. Who said I took insult? =A0You assume too much. > > > > 2. That was not a very clever joke, anyway. =A0Where's the punchline? > > > > 3. That doesn't answer my question about the Scrotwm page. > > > > Even *I* am not so socially stunted as to think a comment like that on > > the Scrotwm site would not raise some eyebrows. > > >=20 > Some? sure. >=20 > In the end, scrotwm is a simple wm that allows the > "gui-apprehensive-type" folk a nice CLI in X. That's all I was > suggesting. >=20 > "Shave and a haircut" . . . Chad? I don't think anyone was attacking you or your suggestion, Neal. I like what I see in scrotwm: copyfree license, lean approach, keyboard-centricity, minimalism. All good. It just doesn't have anything to pull me away from xmonad yet. Hope they keep up the good work. Regards, Chip --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMnM9fAAoJEIpckszW26+Ryw0IAKo9g3kz42vKhPBSy0ez3m1v yGz1h+2+jXLuetrrel3WkFt+vve53bXRi5Gt7jXUtCauKd7paVVGVwN68e6ZQ8nr meD+I28PPG4pESeCld+BtBYjPMKBXXBvS76rl4R7oUZW7UDP+PsU9vFNlpfSsHOC wHfx5wpHB3Ng6pkcvKNNmFikisu4zW2o6DMq8LcLuC5Qrbw4+XcgAiGBN4rAU5WZ ccIcoiPQQAvJMprcrRshyJzFUrs60yqmdAvVKUR/Suew9fB9sTxVD3jDN/WRUdK1 5+WD3qM54BBsnkUZ1+SoRrR8vxjBVvEzFtlMd4wg/saEmw8KbHWIF9CJ/AcCWfI= =IG7w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX--
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