Re: [PATCH 0/1] improvements to the lightweight desktop example

[Mathieu Lirzin]

Hello Clément,

Clément Lassieur <address@hidden> writes:

> Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> 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.

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Mathieu Lirzin
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