Show HN: Howm – A Vim-like tiling X11 window manager
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#2Interesting, but you really need to do some showcases.
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#3Where's the screenshots?
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#4How does this differ from e.g. xmonad, which uses vi-like keybindings? It's specifically the bulk operators based on movement?
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#5One of the reasons I continue development work predominantly in windows OS is its vast support for mouse-free operability. I love vim for the same reason. I tried ratpoison in linux but found it to interfere with application keyboard shortcuts. I also tried AwesomeWM but it wasnt as graceful as the windows key in windows.
If someone was to solve this issue elegantly it would compel me to reconsider moving my daily development activities back to linux
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#6One of the reasons I continue development work predominantly in windows OS is its vast support for mouse-free operability. I love vim for the same reason. I tried ratpoison in linux but found it to interfere with application keyboard shortcuts. I also tried AwesomeWM but it wasnt as graceful as the windows key in windows. If someone was to solve this issue elegantly it would compel me to reconsider moving my daily de…
Hum... Are we talking about the same Windows ?
Have you tried other tiling window managers ? i3 [0] comes to mind, but XMonad [1] and Awesome WM [2] are 2 other popular choices in this domain. There are plenty of others to pick from, too [3].
[0] http://i3wm.org/
Re: Show HN: Howm – A Vim-like tiling X11 window manager
#7One of the reasons I continue development work predominantly in windows OS is its vast support for mouse-free operability. I love vim for the same reason. I tried ratpoison in linux but found it to interfere with application keyboard shortcuts. I also tried AwesomeWM but it wasnt as graceful as the windows key in windows. If someone was to solve this issue elegantly it would compel me to reconsider moving my daily de…
I have used the awesome window manager (http://awesome.naquadah.org) for a long time. I think most of the big tiling window managers (DWM, xmonad) are similar.
The only things I ever use a mouse for on my linux computers is browsing the web.
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#8One of the reasons I continue development work predominantly in windows OS is its vast support for mouse-free operability. I love vim for the same reason. I tried ratpoison in linux but found it to interfere with application keyboard shortcuts. I also tried AwesomeWM but it wasnt as graceful as the windows key in windows. If someone was to solve this issue elegantly it would compel me to reconsider moving my daily de…
Hum... Are we talking about the same Windows ? Have you tried other tiling window managers ? i3 [0] comes to mind, but XMonad [1] and Awesome WM [2] are 2 other popular choices in this domain. There are plenty of others to pick from, too [3]. [0] http://i3wm.org/ [1] http://xmonad.org/ [2] http://awesome.naquadah.org/ [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager
I think like any system once you learn all the shortcuts available and use them on a daily basis trying other setups never seem quite as good.
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#9One of the reasons I continue development work predominantly in windows OS is its vast support for mouse-free operability. I love vim for the same reason. I tried ratpoison in linux but found it to interfere with application keyboard shortcuts. I also tried AwesomeWM but it wasnt as graceful as the windows key in windows. If someone was to solve this issue elegantly it would compel me to reconsider moving my daily de…
Hum... Are we talking about the same Windows ? Have you tried other tiling window managers ? i3 [0] comes to mind, but XMonad [1] and Awesome WM [2] are 2 other popular choices in this domain. There are plenty of others to pick from, too [3]. [0] http://i3wm.org/ [1] http://xmonad.org/ [2] http://awesome.naquadah.org/ [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager
> There are plenty of others to pick from, too
Alternate link for WM reviews: 30 Window Managers in 30 days: http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18273
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#10I like that the whole WM is implemented in two files, a .h for configuration and a .c. The code looks clean and has embedded ascii-art. This looks like a project made with love.