Window managers

[Edward Glowacki]

OK, I've temporarily solved the window manager problem... =)

IceWM has its own task bar/pager with a clock, so I'm all set there.
It also seems to be fairly configurable (which you can optionally
do with a 3rd party utility called "icepref"), and supports themes
(which is a "good thing" I think, since I didn't like the default
window dressing...), and it supports virtual desktops.  It doesn't
specifically support multiple displays, but I solved that by just
spawning an extra one on :0.1 for the other screen.  So far so
good... =)

Sawfish is the other one I'm looking at.  I actually have it running
on my second display instead of another copy of IceWM, so I can
play around with 2 WM's at the same time! =)  Sawfish is configurable
with LISP, which means it should be capable of just about anything,
and it doesn't include any of the things a window manager shouldn't
do (loading wallpaper, etc.).  The GNOME panel works with it, but
not entirely perfect.

I'm excited to see what Sawfish can become, but I'm not excited
about learning LISP and spending huge amounts of time to do it, so
I suspect Sawfish will take a back seat to IceWM for a while at
least.

Anyone else have any thoughts on these two?

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Edward Glowacki			glowack2@msu.edu
Michigan State University