[RP] address@hidden: ratpoison user feedback]

[shawn]

Another rat bites the dust :).

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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 18:48:35 +0200
From: Florian Cramer <address@hidden>
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Subject: ratpoison user feedback
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Sender: Florian Cramer <address@hidden>

Dear Shawn Betts,

thank you very much for ratpoison! Being a GNU screen afficionado, it
was exactly what I have been looking for. (It's a particularly good
window manager for laptops.)

If you don't mind, I have two feature suggestions:

- - Like ratpoison, the more recent versions of GNU screen allow to split
  the screen (although just vertically). I would be nice if ratpoison
  could adhere to screen by providing a "resize" command which allows to
  change the proportions/relative sizes of split screens.

- - I have trouble getting ratpoison to work with multi-window
  applications like the Gimp. If I do serious work in the Gimp, my only
  choice is to use another window manager. While one might argue that
  multi-window applications are structurally incompatible to ratpoison,
  I also use another windowmanager, larswm, which is conceptually
  similar to ratpoison in providing non-decorated, automatically sized
  windows, but provides a workaround of a so-called "untiled
  subdesktop", i.e. a second window layer where windows are managed
  /resized manually (through keyboard shortcuts). If ratpoison had a
  similar feature, it would be a true all-purpose window manager.

Please consider these suggestions and not requests!

Bests,

Florian

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