Suggested Window Manager?

Suggested Window Manager?

[Ted Goranson]

I'd like suggestions on a window manager for use on *nix with Emacs 
where there are no other desktop apps except a browser.

I'm not asking what people use or prefer, rather this is a narrow query:

What x window manager best suits the emacs way? Integratable with 
Emacs. Scriptable with el.

Best, Ted
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Re: Suggested Window Manager?

[reader]

Ted Goranson <tedg@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> I'd like suggestions on a window manager for use on *nix with Emacs
> where there are no other desktop apps except a browser.
>
> I'm not asking what people use or prefer, rather this is a narrow query:
>
> What x window manager best suits the emacs way? Integratable with
> Emacs. Scriptable with el.

Sorry I can't be more specific but I just saw this info I'm about to
relay a few days ago and didn't keep the url.  It was a message aobut
using emacs itself as the window manager.

I'm not sure this is the same info but it a goggle search found this:

   http://www.xwem.org/

its about Xemacs but I believe I've heard something similar with fsf emacs.

Re: Suggested Window Manager?

[John A. Martin]

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>>>>> "Ted" == Ted Goranson
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    Ted> What x window manager best suits the emacs way? Integratable
    Ted> with Emacs. Scriptable with el.

sawfish see <http://sawmill.sourceforge.net/>.

Description: a window manager for X11
 Sawfish is an extensible window manager using an Emacs Lisp-like scripting
 language--all window decorations are configurable, the basic idea is to
 have as much user-interface policy as possible controlled through the Lisp
 language. This is no layer on top of twm, but a wholly new architecture.

        jam

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Re: Suggested Window Manager?

[David Hansen]

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:08:01 -0400 Ted Goranson wrote:

> I'd like suggestions on a window manager for use on *nix
> with Emacs where there are no other desktop apps except a
> browser.
>
> I'm not asking what people use or prefer, rather this is a narrow query:
>
> What x window manager best suits the emacs way? Integratable
> with Emacs. Scriptable with el.

Why should it be scriptable if you run only two apps?  Have
a look at ratpoison or if it really has to be scriptable (or
if you have to run apps which require a "normal" WM) try
Ion.

Ion use Lua as the extension language.  No lisp but in Lua
functions are first class objects and you have closures and
tail recursion.  In the scripts section you'll find emacs
like key bindings.

Both window managers deal with X Windows similar emacs deals
with it's own windows.

David

Re: Suggested Window Manager?

[Steve Youngs]

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* Ted Goranson <tedg@alum.mit.edu> writes:

  > What x window manager best suits the emacs way? Integratable with
  > Emacs. Scriptable with el.

XWEM <http://www.xwem.org/>.  100% elisp, runs in (S)XEmacs (sorry,
XWEM doesn't work with GNU/Emacs). IOW, (S)XEmacs _is_ your window
manager. 

It's also available from XEmacs packages, although that version is
slightly dated.


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Re: Suggested Window Manager?

[Leon]

reader@newsguy.com writes:

> Ted Goranson <tedg@alum.mit.edu> writes:
>
>> I'd like suggestions on a window manager for use on *nix with Emacs
>> where there are no other desktop apps except a browser.
>>
>> I'm not asking what people use or prefer, rather this is a narrow query:
>>
>> What x window manager best suits the emacs way? Integratable with
>> Emacs. Scriptable with el.
>
> Sorry I can't be more specific but I just saw this info I'm about to
> relay a few days ago and didn't keep the url.  It was a message aobut
> using emacs itself as the window manager.
>
> I'm not sure this is the same info but it a goggle search found this:
>
>    http://www.xwem.org/
>
> its about Xemacs but I believe I've heard something similar with fsf emacs.
>

XWEM can't run in emacs.

-- 
Leon

Re: Suggested Window Manager?

[Ted Goranson]

>Why should it be scriptable if you run only two apps?

Because I'd like to put controls, commands and reports in the window 
perimeter that change state based on context. Learning, you know.






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