From: Lars Haugseth <njus@...>
Date: 2009-08-13T23:05:06+09:00
Subject: Re: How Come Ruby is Text-Oriented?

* Fabian Streitel <karottenreibe@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> [Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]
>
>> On OS X and Windows, I use what comes out of the box. Admittedly, on
>> OS X, I've installed a whole bunch of stuff to make it so I don't
>> have to mouse much (Vimperator, Google QSB, and a plugin so I can
>> resize and move windows around using keyboard shortcuts). I mostly
>> use my Linux box only by SSHing in from my OS X machine. I've got
>> GNOME on there by default. I've tried wmii, awesome and a few other
>> minimalist, keyboard-oriented WMs and they often require a lot of
>> effort, or various applications just break in jarring ways. My
>> fanaticism for keyboard-driven computing is only exceeded by my
>> laziness.
>
>
> Almost the same here. Tiling window managers under windows suck
> (especially when you have to have that ugly windows console open,
> which refuses to size to any usable proportion). Only I stuck with
> wmii. I quite like their philosophy.  Although I'll have to switch
> soon, when I get a second monitor, hehe. Too bad they don't support
> that...  The apps breaking are minimal on my setup, only the
> occasional java gui freaking out :-) but you can't blame the window
> manager for that...  I found that the comfort, rapidness (is that even
> a word?) and accessibility of a tiling window manager outweighs all
> it's problems. I repeatedly find myself hitting Win-3 when working
> under Windows, trying to get the window manager to jump to my
> Vimperator or Win-S trying to maximize a window...

In Linux I setup 12 workspaces, and switch between them using keys
Ctrl+F1 through Ctrl+F12. Most apps I use have a dedicated and
specific workspace, so I always know what shortcut to press to get
to a specific app. Combined with a dual monitor setup for when I
need to have two apps visible simultaneously to be productive.

-- 
Lars Haugseth