From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mathieu Lirzin Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] improvements to the lightweight desktop example Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:48:55 +0100 Message-ID: <87lgsy2plk.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wpci347f.fsf@gnu.org> <87k28ie328.fsf@lassieur.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59717) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cgZA4-0007F6-7m for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:49:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cgZA3-00073A-Ci for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:49:00 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87k28ie328.fsf@lassieur.org> (=?utf-8?Q?=22Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur"'s message of "Wed, 22 Feb 2017 15:02:39 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hello Cl=C3=A9ment, Cl=C3=A9ment Lassieur writes: > Mathieu Lirzin writes: > >> While we are on this lightweight template, what would you think of >> replacing ratpoison with something less "exotic" like openbox? :) > > What do you mean by "exotic"? Isn't that subjective? :) Sure it is! What I meant is that Ratpoison is not the most "intuitive" WM for non GNU Emacs/Screen users. As a consequence adding it in an example configuration which is likely to be copy and paste, is maybe not the most welcoming thing. :) IMHO Openbox or anything which is able to launch a program by "clicking" seems more friendly as a default (modulo the accessibility issues which to my knowledge are not addressed by any of the "lightweight" WMs). > Here are the results of "guix size": > - ratpoison: 172.6 MiB, > - i3-wm: 263.4 MiB, > - openbox: 322.9 MiB. > > So Openbox is almost twice as big as Ratpoison, which I think matters > for a "lightweight" template. Furthermore, Ratpoison quite is > convenient to use for those of us who use GNU Emacs and GNU Screen. As a former dedicated user of Ratpoison, I know and appreciate all its niceness. --=20 Mathieu Lirzin GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761 070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37