Changing window manager

How do you change the window manager gnome uses? I wanted to try afterstep but it says one is already running (I assume metacity). Found gnome-wm but it just says "window manager already running". I tried killall metacity but it just crashed gnome..
Thanks for any help!

you could try to kill you're window manager and start a new one, then save you session and voila problem solved 8)

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How do I change twm to fvwm2 window manager switch?

Apple's X11 offering uses twm, which unfortunately I don't really like, and would like to replace it with fvwm2. I've tried this little trick, and boy, so far, no luck. Too bad I'm not a better systems admin. Does anyone have a howto on getting the Apple to be happy with a different window manager??
Failing that, has anyone found the dot file that defines the twm as using a "drawn" window placement system. This really is a bother when trying to use Unix apps in rootless mode, since there is no "background" on which to draw the new window.

A-okay. This was resolved using the suggested enlightenment as my new window manager... light footprint, and excellent window control.
Enlightenment is easy to use as a simple call from the .xinitrc file. Used xnest to try a variety of window managers out side by side, bringing up a window running each of several wm's in each of the xnest windows.
Downloaded from fink...
In .xinitrc file in home area (cd + carriage return location)
exec /sw/bin/enlightenment

Changing default window manager

Is there a way to use Gnome or KDE as default desktop environment on my current build of mac os x (10.4.9)?

Hi B1|\|ARY,
   You can use a desktop manager with Apple's X11 but it runs inside X11 and doesn't replace Aqua. It's simply a matter of what you execute in your xinitrc file. Apple starts the Quartz window manager by "execing" the quartz-wm executable in the /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file. However, you can copy that to a ~/.xinitrc and the copy will by used instead. Then you can comment out the "exec quartz-wm" line and replace it with the command that starts your preferred desktop manager. For instance, to start gnome, you would make the last command in that file:
exec gnome-session
Of course you might need to use an absolute path.
   You can then set the window manager in the configuration of the desktop manager. However, if you're not going to use the Quartz window manager then I recommend that you include the following line before the "exec" line:
/usr/X11R6/bin/quartz-wm --only-proxy &
This will allow you to still use Apple's cut-and-paste mechanism, such as it is, with their X11.
Gary
~~~~
   Expect the worst, it's the least you can do.

WINDOWS MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK 4.0 - A required certificate is not within its validity period

Hello,
I can't figure out if this is because the Root Certificates were updated in April 2014 then apparently expired by Microsoft or if the PowerShell installer signed this file with a bad software release signature??
We were deploying PowerShell 4.0 (Windows6.1-KB2819745-x64-MultiPkg.msu) with ConfigMgr 2012 with a dependency of .NET Framework 4.5.1. Everything was working fine until sometime around April 24 (exact date unknown). Now any
Win 7 SP1 machines I try to update will not install WMF 4.0. They installed .NET 4.5.1 without any trouble..
The digital signature on it it states it was signed Sept 27 2013 and the certificate expires 4/24/2014.
Even if we change the system clock to April 1 2014 it still will not install.. but this shouldn't matter anyway. They just can't sign new software with that certificate.. surely I can install it..
As for a log... If I run as C:\Windows\ccmcache\3>wusa.exe Windows6.1-KB2819745-x64-MultiPkg.msu /log:c:\windows\ccmcache\3\broken.txt
In the broken.txt I see:
Install Worker.01194: Operation Result Code of the installation: 0X4 HRESULT of the installation: 0X80240022 Operation
Result Code of the update:0X4 HRESULT of the update: 0X800b0101
Install Worker.01243: Failed install update Update for Windows (KB2819745)
Install Worker.01287: Exit with error code 0X800b0101 (A required certificate is not within its validity period when verifying against the current system clock or the timestamp in the signed file.)
WINDOWS MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK 4.0 FOR MICROSOFT OPERATING SYSTEM PRODUCTS
Windows6.1-KB2819745-x64-MultiPkg.msu
I also see this same event information in Setup event log..
I don’t know what to do here. Anyone else having this problem?

Hi,
Have you ever seen this article?
Event ID 4107 or Event ID 11 is logged in the Application log in Windows and in Windows Server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2328240/en-us
If you have any feedback on our support, please click
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TechNet Community Support

New window manager (with prototype!) [wmii-like] --- looking for help

I have a prototype for a new window manager in the style of wmii. It is called
cakewm. I currently have a prototype version implemented in pygame, and would
like help moving this to use X---making it a real window manager.
Disclaimer: I have a very limited knowledge of X11 and window manager
development. The most I've done is add a couple new features to wmfs.
To get the code
> git clone git://github.com/saikobee/cakewm.git
Then run main.py. cakewm depends on pygame.
Upon running, press Alt-Enter to fullscreen cakewm and intercept keybinds, or
Alt-Space to just intercept keybinds. Press Alt-Esc to quit. The window
manager related keybinds are listed in the file binds.conf.
Config note: <WSCA-x> means Windows-Shift-Control-Alt-x
Implementation note: pypixel.py is a large and mostly useless dependency. I
forked a library I made previously rather than coding straight in pygame.
cakewm's goals are to be similar to wmii, but with more functionality, easier
configurability, and saner defaults.
- cakewm is fully functional using the keyboard. Mouse support can come later.
- cakewm provides 9 workspaces per monitor.
- cakewm manages each workspace as a group of columns. Each column is like a
wmii default split, except each window can have other windows "stacked" on
top of or behind it.
- cakewm manages column sizes (and window sizes within columns) using a
master/slave paradigm, with the ability to adjust the size ratios.
- cakewm's configuration file is simple key=val pairs, with the ability to
include other files like in C.
- cakewm has a slightly larger emphasis on window decorations (adjustable
size---even in tiled mode) and themes (nothing bloated, like pixmaps or
gradients---it's all still simple colors).
- cakewm will have proper support for international text (Japanese text in
window titles or the wmii status bar generally render as boxes) through the
use of a more advanced text library such as Pango.
Please let me know if you have comments, questions, or concerns. If you are
interested in helping, get in touch with me. If you know somewhere better to
look for volunteers, please let me know.

m4co wrote:
Wow is this forum active. Makes me feel welcome here
The thing about wireless, I actually like command line, but there are a few things that are worth having a applet or something.
And wireless is one of those. I guess I can take a look on wicd.
It's a good idea to have compiz as the WM actually. Would it be lightweight to have it like that?
Is there anybody here that uses compiz as a WM?
For the xfce4-panel, is it possible to get transparency on it? That's probably the only thing holding me back with xfce4-panel.
If "able to run compiz" wasn't a requisite, what other WM would you suggest for my "profile" ?
I would like to hear other users opinions who like to customize everything on a WM.
I recommend running Compiz by itself. There is a good wiki page on it in the Arch wiki. Some apps you'll want to go with it are:
LXAppearance --change GTK/icon theme
Feh or Nitrogen --Set Wallpaper
Xfce4-panel --The lightest one that works with Compiz properly
Or, if you don't want a panel: stalonetray
Compiz-deskmenu --For a customizable right-click main menu
Gmrun --Run dialog (Alt+F2 in most DEs)
And this helped me a lot.
Thank you all for the replies. I appreciate.
Xfce4-panel can have transparency. The only problem is that everything become transparent: text, icons, everything.
I use Compiz as a standalone WM and it is much lighter than DE+Compiz. My Compiz setup uses about 30MB(out of 1GB) more RAM than my Openbox setup (which are both the same except for the WM).

Looking for a new window manager

Hello all!
My first post here and I'd like to share a little discussion.
So I have this idea of "perfect desktop" in my mind:
- It must be lightweight
- Very clean.
- No menus
- Highly customizable.
- Able to run compiz
I've come to Enlightenment 17 on Fedora and that was close to perfection.
I just loved, everything I wanted. Nice animations, clean, and man you can change absolutely everything there.
But then I started getting frustrated with bugs since it's not stable and I had to move on.
Then I came to XFCE4.6. Great, fairly customizable. Fewer bugs that you can live with it.
And I could run compiz. I just love using compiz here and got used to it. I use compiz to be more productive with the desktops , shortcuts and just a few animations.
But I few like trying something new. XFCE is just here for a lack of a better choice. It doesn't feel it fits me.
So maybe someone could recommend a new Window Manager for me?
I am interested in OpenBox and FluxBox.
I'm astonished with some OpenBox screenshots where you don't have anything, just the right-click menu and some apps running.
That's exactly what I would want.
But then, things like NetworkManager. How do you connect to internet (wireless)? On the command line?
What if I'd need to scan for open wireless networks..everything would have to be on command line?
Laptop Battery widget that warns when it's almost over, etc..
Are those WM really that raw or am I missing a few hidden goodies?
Would LXDE be a better choice?

m4co wrote:
Wow is this forum active. Makes me feel welcome here
The thing about wireless, I actually like command line, but there are a few things that are worth having a applet or something.
And wireless is one of those. I guess I can take a look on wicd.
It's a good idea to have compiz as the WM actually. Would it be lightweight to have it like that?
Is there anybody here that uses compiz as a WM?
For the xfce4-panel, is it possible to get transparency on it? That's probably the only thing holding me back with xfce4-panel.
If "able to run compiz" wasn't a requisite, what other WM would you suggest for my "profile" ?
I would like to hear other users opinions who like to customize everything on a WM.
I recommend running Compiz by itself. There is a good wiki page on it in the Arch wiki. Some apps you'll want to go with it are:
LXAppearance --change GTK/icon theme
Feh or Nitrogen --Set Wallpaper
Xfce4-panel --The lightest one that works with Compiz properly
Or, if you don't want a panel: stalonetray
Compiz-deskmenu --For a customizable right-click main menu
Gmrun --Run dialog (Alt+F2 in most DEs)
And this helped me a lot.
Thank you all for the replies. I appreciate.
Xfce4-panel can have transparency. The only problem is that everything become transparent: text, icons, everything.
I use Compiz as a standalone WM and it is much lighter than DE+Compiz. My Compiz setup uses about 30MB(out of 1GB) more RAM than my Openbox setup (which are both the same except for the WM).

[SOLVED!] KDE 4.11 - Window Manager seems not to be running?

Greetings,
I still seem unable to fix the fact that systemsettings will run. However it will run if you do kdesu systemsettings.
Doing so I started checking around in it and thought I'd look at the desktop effects, when I was greeted with this:
So, I am guessing that the window borders and buttons are a figment of my imagination....
This is after me pretty much starting over with KDE, removing the .kde and .kde4 folders.
Help?
Edit: That pic seems to not link right. Yay. Basically it says that effects can not be activated or whatever because a window manager seems not to be running. The irony of it is you can see the fact that there are window borders and buttons and such, evidence of a WM...
I wonder if there is something here that is related to me not being able to run systemsettings... yet systemsettings will run fine in any other environment - including Gnome Shell.
Another thing, KDE 4.11 ran great in testing and kde_unstable. Once it went to extra, things happened. I find that odd. Maybe something is missing on my end that most archers already have?
Edit2: fixed image link
Last edited by mythus (2013-08-25 20:49:38)

No omeringen, Nvidia user.
I can try again Thaodan since I've had some updates come through (and weeded out some dot files). Last time I tried I saw OpenGL 2 selected. Trying to change to 3 or anything else also got the screenshot in my OP.
I'll log into KDE and see if it still does the same, after a brief check for last minute updates.
EDIT: OK, so I can mark this as solved. I found an odd dot file, who's name excapes me but deals with kde sessions, just sitting around in the home folder. Once I deleted it and restarted, I found that not only System Settings finally ran again as a user, but I could also change and apply desktop effects. Peculiar. I thought that maybe it was a dot file that was causing the problem, that wasn't in the .kde or .kde4 folder. It just took finding it and removing it.
I wish I knew more to tell, but this at least solves my issue, and the issue with the non-running-as-user system settings I had posted in another thread (thinking that they were separate events. Thanks again for all your help guys!
Last edited by mythus (2013-08-25 20:49:05)

Desktop Window Manager Service on Windows 7 Starter - Any Reason to Leave It Running?

Hello everyone,
-As per title, I'd like to know whether is it better to turn off Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (UxSms) service on Windows 7 Starter - or not. I mean changing the service's default startup type from Automatic to Manual (or Disabled).
-In Windows 7 Starter, the Aero theme and desktop composition are not available at all (not even a basic/partial one), so letting Desktop Window Manager (DWM.exe) to continuously run is useless as it does absolutely nothing. Is my deduction correct?
-All opinions and suggestions are welcomed, thank you very much.
Regards,
-Musafir_86.

Please read the information posted @
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa969540%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
Desktop Window Manager
The desktop composition feature, introduced in Windows Vista, fundamentally changed the way applications display pixels on the screen. When desktop composition is enabled, individual windows no longer draw directly to the screen or primary display
device as they did in previous versions of Windows. Instead, their drawing is redirected to off-screen surfaces in video memory, which are then rendered into a desktop image and presented on the display.
Desktop composition is performed by the Desktop Window Manager (DWM). Through desktop composition, DWM enables visual effects on the desktop
as well as various features such as glass window frames, 3-D window transition animations, Windows Flip and Windows Flip3D, and high resolution support.
The Desktop Window Manager runs as a Windows service. It can be enabled and disabled through the Administrative Tools Control Panel item, under Services, as Desktop Window Manager Session Manager.
Many of the DWM features can be controlled or accessed by an application through the DWM APIs. The following documentation describes the features and requirements of the DWM APIs.
Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ”

Change login manager but still boot to same DE

Ok, here is the story.
I have installed gnome and lxde. I made the gnome GDM screen my default login screen, so it boots straight to that.
I also have x window manager installed which was originally started using startx, but with the GDM screen I no longer do that.
What I would like to do is have arch boot to the arch default login screen, just the text based screen. However, I would still like to be able to successfully boot into the exact same LXDE environment. I looked on the wiki but couldn't seem to find anything I could understand.
For example: I boot to the arch default screen, login, then type some other command which loads up lxde.
Any info on how to change it would be much appreciated.

KiwiLinux wrote:What I would like to do is have arch boot to the arch default login screen, just the text based screen. However, I would still like to be able to successfully boot into the exact same LXDE environment.
That seems inconsistent. I think you want to boot to the text login and then start LXDE.
What I do is to maintain a custom .xinitrc file in my home directory.:
ewaller$@$odin ~ 1002 %cat .xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
#xset b off
setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps
autocutsel -fork &
autocutsel -selection PRIMARY -fork &
case $WM in
openbox)
exec openbox-session
gnome)
exec gnome-session
e17)
enlightenment_start
dwm)
exec dwm
vb)
VirtualBox -startvm "Windows XP" -fullscreen
xfce4)
exec startxfce4
i3)
exec i3
exec openbox-session
esac
ewaller$@$odin ~ 1003 %
Then, it is easy to pick which environment to start by setting the environmental variable WM to the name of the environment in the case statement. for example, if I wanted i3, I would enter:
WM=i3 startx
This week, I am partial to openbox. If I were to just say startx without setting WM, then it will default to openbox.

XFWM (XFCE Window Manager) hover effect for inactive windows

I use XFCE and its window manager, XFWM, and I quite like it. The only little thing that XFWM does not do, and that I really would have liked, was a visual effect: When hovering titlebar's buttons, there is usually a little effect. It's just a visual thing, but it also "confirms" which button you're about to click, and - maybe as a Windows user - I'm used to it, and to rely on it to check responsiveness and whatnot.
Anyways, while XFWM does support such a thing (depends on your theme, actually), it does so only for the active window. Inactive windows, or their decorations/button, will not react to mouse hovering. So I looked into it, and while this isn't supported by XFWM, it's quite easy to change it.
So I did, if anyone is interested the modified source code is available on this BitBucket repository, and you can also find a PKGBUILD in the AUR.

You should submit this upstream! Looks like a nice feature to add, imo

Window Manager Warning In Gnome

I'm running Arch 2010.05 i686 With just the gnome base installed 'pacman -S gnome' but also some other apps and dependencies.
I noticed when I log out of Gnome into the console I see these two messages;
Window Manager Warning: Got a request to focus the no_focus_window with a timestamp of 0, this shouldn't happen
Window Manager Warning: Current Time used to choose focus window: focus window may not be correct
I'm using the default WM for Gnome Metacity, I haven't made any changes to Gnome...
THANKS

skottish wrote:Does everything work properly? If so, the messages can be ignored.
Everything seems to work properly, but if they work properly then we shouldn't be seeing messages telling us something isn't working correct should we...
So something is up and no matter what it is, even if it's a simple bug reporting an incorrect error, I'd like to fix if it I can, unless this might be at the code level and needs a patch, meaning this isn't going to be fixed until an update...
I appreciate your reply, but you telling me to ignore this means what? That you understand what is going on and why this is happening and that there is nothing I can do to fix it?
THANKS
Last edited by DasFox (2010-11-28 03:22:46)

Using kwin 5 as lxqt window manager

Hello,
Is it possibile to point lxqt to a window manager not displayed in it's config gui? It detected Openbox and kwin 4.13 when they were installed, but I'd like to try and use kwin 4.96 from kde-unstable repo since it has less dependencies and is possibly faster, but when I browse for "/opt/bin/kf5/kwin" from lxqt session settings it boots to a blank screen with not even mouse poiter displayed.
Thanks in advance for all help.
Cheers.

Railarian wrote:Only that now I can't set wallpaper... It's selected in lxqt config, but my screen is just plain grey (like my colour theme) no matter how many times I change it. I already removed
Cheers.
I had the wallpaper issue as well. I know this is a bit late since you mentioned the issue, but I found a solution, and maybe it'll help the next person. I found that I could set the wallpaper if I installed pcmanfm-qt-git ( I don't know if the non-git version works for this or not, I didn't try it ) from the AUR.

Change request management

We are working on solution manager 3.2--change request management , oracle 9.2.0.6 , windows 2000 server , sp level 10 for ST , 56 for Abap and basis .
We have few queries to polish the working of change manager - urgent correction -->
1. I also observe that in the cycle of urgent correction the process of importing and changing the status took a large amount of time (Around 10 mins)so please suggest , How can i minimize the time ?
2. How can we do the text mandatory while entring the reason for change ...etc entries in the change request . So that the processor should not ignore those fields.
3. Can we assign the multiple change managers for more then one approval .
4. More then one tester should be assign to the change document for multiple testing .
5. Can anybody refer the web link for creating change request.
7. We have support desk on client 010 and change request management on 099 which are working fine , how can we change the client of the support desk to 099 , so that both change req mgmt and support desk should be on the same client .how can we update all existing support messages on client 099 .
8. How can we put some default entries like requester , iBase , Sold to party in the change request - urgent correction .
Any kind of suggestion will be helpfull .
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Hello Janak,
Good to know you have are using CRM in SM.
Thanks for the documentation help. I will go thru it and let you if I run in to any errors.
Before that, I really appreciate if you can answer to the following questions.
1. Is it possible to release and move the transport related to the satellite systems from SolMan???? Or do we have to go to the satellite systems to move the transports?
2. How are you managing your transports using SolMan at your site??
I really appreciate if you can send your contact number...
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Change Windows colors in registry

Hi
Changing Windows colors in registry neither works here
HKCU/Control Panel/Colors
nor here
HKCU/Control Panel/Desktop/Colors
That means for example, that you can change the ActiveBorder color in the usual color dialog box: The registry value does not change in both of the above registry places.
Or
You can change the ActiveBorder color directly in the registry in both of the above registry places: The Windows ActiveBorder color does not change, even after a reboot.
Obviously the color is saved in a different registry-path.
Where exactly the Windows colors are saved in the registry, when you change them manually?
Patrick

Windows7 was the last OS to feature full "Advanced Appearance" dialog. For Windows8, developers aggregated these
controls, providing simplified interface with magnification and themes selection. Sadly, this deferred expert users from genuinely customizing system's appearance. I am unsure
about current development stage, but there is hope that upcoming OS will have these
Advanced Settings incorporated into *.themes files; allowing greater customization power than pre-Win7 and enabling
users to create and share their own system Theme Packs (including backgrounds, screensavers, colors, metrics and their dynamics). If we are lucky, release of application and/or metro-app to facilitate creation, editing and management of Theme Packs should
be in order too.
At present (Windows10
TechPreview) we only have Control Panel page 'Display', providing multi-screen magnification control and some text formatting.
To manually customize colors (and appearance) in Win8, Win8.1 &
TechPreview, refer to article:
Access Advanced Appearance Settings in Windows8 (METHOD
2) Take advice from
Niki and check author's
TIP: better transplant settings from Win7.
MANUAL REGISTRY
EDITING
MISTAKES
MIGHT DAMAGE SYSTEM!!!
For color options see registry entries in:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors
TechNet Library: Descriptions
of other relevant registry entries
Locating USER keys in registry
>>> When finished, reload system for changes to take effect. <<<
Have to agree with Noel: after Bill Gates left, Microsoft was pulled towards sales and monetization. (might be one of those
things transcending Cause&Consequence-Relationship, though). Basic research of company's history would reveal some failed/suspended ideologically ambitious
and technologically progressive projects from 20th century - wish they renew some of those.
With general folks mass-entering digital sphere, last decade had a few good years for social media and
googly entertainment; - for serious IT? -not
so much. At the same time, Intel signed some dubious licenses with Apple, effectively preventing them
from developing PC graphic drivers for PowerVR-sgx5 chips. What later on, combined with Metro resolution limitations and UAC enforcement, was very convenient for MS Surfaces' sales. Thankfully,
now Bill Gates is back and Microsoft has "always so good" future goals, again.
Washington Post - Ensuring Continuous Innovation of Technology
Be the first to get Windows 10 - might be the last OS you install!

Subtle - another tiling window manager

It's been a while since the first subtle AUR package came up and there was never neither an introduction nor a thread here in the forum. Time to get this started and to hopefully get opinions/feedback of the of users who already gave/want to give subtle a try.
For all of you who never heared about subtle - here comes the intro:
subtle is another tiling window manager on the field with a grid-based manual tiling window manager with a strong focus on easy but customizable look and feel. In comparison to other tiling windows managers, subtle has no automatic tiling of the screen size in any way, instead windows are arranged according to positions inside of a grid - these positions are called gravities - which can completely be controlled with key bindings.
subtle also has a Ruby based config with support for lambdas as key bind actions, a wmctrl-like commandline tool (subtler) to interact with subtle and an extension (subtlext) for Ruby that is capable of doing the same and even more!
There are also small Ruby applets (sublets) that can show various stuff like system load and the time. The management of these scripts can be done with sur (Subtle User Repository) - a small command line script similar to gem which makes installing of a subtlet a piece of cake e.g.:
sur install clock
Windows placement and window properties are determined by a complete tagging system for clients and views and can be manipulated in the config and/or per runtime with subtler/subtlext.
Features
- Ruby integration for config/key actions and hooks
- Flexible panels with loadable Ruby scripts (sublets)
- Integrated System tray
- Complete tagging system
- ICCM/EWMH-compliant
- Lightweight
Screenshots
Install
The AUR packages: subtle subtle-hg sur-hg
I would suggest to pick the subtle-hg package to get the latest changes.
Contact
If you have problems, suggestions or just want to talk about subtle feel free to join #subtle on irc.freenode.org or drop a mail to unexist at dorfelite dot net.
Last edited by unexist (2010-04-24 15:40:02)

dcurtis wrote:
I love this gravity idea but the WM in it's current state would not allow me to be productive (no offense) and I have a distaste for ruby ( love python ) but I'm willing to grow. However, here are my comments:
1) being able to tweak the gravity settings would be nice, and per-tag. I like to have a big left window (stacked) and a column of two windows on the right. I use wmii and this does this OK by dividing the right column. My one grip is the I could stack on the right, but I couldn't divide AND stack. I see the potential for that w/ subtle. Here is my current ss: http://static.milkbox.net/ss/ss-2009-05-06.png
2) it would be nice if you could have movement between gravities. I'd like to move between columns. And my gripe about like, musca and ratpoison is that when i do move between columns it doesn't keep track of the previous vertical position. Starting with the bottom right focused, moving to the left, and then moving back to the right focuses me in the top right. I think it would be _REALLY_ cool if you had some sort of column based movement (left gravity, center gravity, right gravity) that would cycle, and also movement up through the stack. Not sure how this would work.
3) I prefer that new windows are created with the same gravity as the windows already open. I would guess this is fairly easy to do.
4) switch to python... I AM KIDDING. but seriously, i know it'll never happen but that's cool. I just wanted to post this #4!...
anyways, keep up the good work.
1 + 2) What do you mean with 'per tag'? You can assign gravity tags to clients witht he config so that any layout is possible and you can freely create your own movement stuff with the grabs. Subtlext gives you control over gravities of the clients. Yes, it's Ruby and I won't argue about like you did in 4) - it's a matter of taste and I really like Ruby.
3) So just to understand this: If you set the top left gravity to a client, you would prefer that the next client also gets top left gravity?
Wra!th wrote:Floating windows need to be stackable (egbe able to bring one infront of another using the mouse)
Well, actually this was in subtle but was removed in favor for the WindowRaise and WindowLower grab that allows e.g. to cycle through windows with center gravity.
milomouse wrote:A smaller complaint, which may or may not be due to my own ignorance, is that switching views (jump) with the shortcut seems to be a little picky. Sometimes I can use the shortcut to switch views and sometimes it refuses to work. Seems to happen mostly when I'm on an empty view and try to switch (with the shortcut) to another . I don't know if it loses focus or what. Anyway, these are minor compared to my enjoyment with Subtle so far. Thanks again.
Oh, yes. I will fix it shortly tomorrow - you may write a ticket for it so that you can see when it's fixed.
Last edited by unexist (2009-05-10 09:57:51)

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