[lug] Gnome rant and request for suggestions.

[Jason Davis]

thanks all for the suggestions

On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 00:32 -0600, Daniel Webb wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 08:28:22PM -0600, Andrew Diederich wrote:
> 
> > If you can't go all the way to ratpoison (http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/)
> > it's a good choice.
> 
> Down with the rat!
> 
> Seriously though, if you don't see the point of changing which program you're
> looking at with the mouse, take a look at ratpoison.  It depends on how you
> use the computer.  The vast majority of my time in front of the computer I'm
> using Vim, Mutt, Xterm/Screen, or Firefox.  All of those (can be) completely
> keyboard based, although with Firefox some tasks are faster using the mouse
> even with the keyconfig and mouseless browsing extensions.  The mouse still
> works fine with applications in ratpoison, there just aren't any window
> manager functions accessed with the mouse (because the window manager is
> completely invisible, although you can pull up window, workspace, or clipboard
> menus in my config).
> 
> Also, if the visual reference is important (like if you remember where
> programs are through visual memory) ratpoison would really stink, since
> there's no visual at all, just borderless full-screen windows.  I thought this
> would be a problem for me since I was so used to certain applications being
> certain places in my workspaces in KDE, but it hasn't been a problem at all.
> 
> If you move around to a lot of different text-based windows and workspaces,
> though, and want to do it fast, it's very nice.  It's definitely only for a
> small subset of weirdos like me, but I have a feeling there is a higher than
> average weirdo load on this list.
> 
> Also, the default config really stinks, so go to my web site and get my config
> if you want to play with it, at least as an example to start with.
> 
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