Re: [iPAQ] UWM -- the unnamed window manager

On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 08:57:11AM -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
>
> Around 8 o'clock on Jan 3, Jim Gettys wrote:
>
> > I know I'm showing my age, but UWM as the name for an X Window manager
> > is already bound: please pick a different name ASAP.
>
> I, personally, found the name amusing -- probably more so because it was
> chosen at random. Ah, for the days of a ginsu window manager. I wonder
> how many modern application would survive running under uwm. Hmm...
>
Not too badly ... I was using it for a while a couple month ago ...
It can be found at <http://www.plig.org/xwinman>, in the "other"
section. --- I use gwm :). Who says there's no place for the older wm's?

Speaking of older stuff ... any thoughts on the applicabilty of pie
menes? see Don Hopkins page at
   <http://art.net/~hopkins/Don/piemenus/index.html>
I'd think it may be useful for pointer-only interfaces ...

  - Julius.

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