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Newer page: version 16 Last edited on Saturday, September 11, 2004 4:14:11 pm by CraigBox
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-[http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/]  
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-Ion is an [X11] WindowManager that deviates from the dominant overlapping windows paradigm. Instead, it allows you to divide your screen up into a series of frames. You can bind classes of windows to particular frames, and having multiple windows open per frame gives you a series of tabs in the frame titlebar. 
+[Ion | http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/] is an [X11] WindowManager written by Tuomo Valkonen after implementing [PWM] to test tabbing and finding that it didn't suffice as a means of increasing the efficiency of use of [GUI] applications. [Ion] deviates from the dominant overlapping windows paradigm. Instead, it allows you to divide your screen up into a series of frames. You can bind classes of windows to particular frames, and having multiple windows open per frame gives you a series of tabs in the frame titlebar. 
  
 Check out a screenshot to get a better idea: http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/screenshots/ion-1.jpg 
  
-It has excellent keyboard support, and obviates the need for programs like [Mozilla] to implement their own tabbing. In fact, programs that do their own tabbing are a [PITA] because you can't use your standard keybindings to manipulate them. 
+While [Ion] isn't big on EyeCandy, it's extremely functional and useful. It has excellent keyboard support, and obviates the need for programs like [Mozilla] to implement their own tabbing. ( In fact, programs that do their own tabbing are a [PITA] because you can't use your standard keybindings to manipulate them.) After a while (and a little customization) you don't even notice that [Ion] is there - unlike a normal WindowManager. Although you might think a large screen is required to use [Ion] comfortably, support for multiple workspaces and implicit tabbing means people have found it works out quite even on a 15" screen at 800x600
  
-An example of its use, I have [TheGimp] set up to open on it's own workspace with the following layout:  
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+!! Stephen Lewis' setup  
  
-I've set it up so that the main gimp window (the one with the tools) opens in the top right frame , image windows and file open/save dialog boxes always open in the large frame, and all other windows/dialog boxes open in the bottom right frame. This means that the main image window is almost never obscured , and irritating popup windows (like for the !EyeDrop tool) always open out of the way.  
+;: I tend to have a collection of fullscreen workspaces for general use , and a bunch of special purpose ones for apps like [TheGIMP] and [XMMS] that work best with a specific frame layout . As an example , I have [TheGIMP] set up to open on it's own workspace with the following layout:  
  
-While [Ion] isn 't big on EyeCandy , it's extremely functional and useful , and I've found that it helps me to get on with whatever I'm doing - unlike a normal WindowManager , you don't even notice that Ion is there after a while (and a little customization
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+;: I 've set it up so that the tool window opens in the top right frame , image windows and file open/save dialog boxes always open in the large frame , and all other windows/dialog boxes open in the bottom right frame. This means that the main image window is almost never obscured , and irritating popup windows (like for the !EyeDrop tool ) always open out of the way.  
  
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-[Ion] looks a lot like the [GUI] for [Wirth]'s [Oberon|http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/native/WebScreen.html] operating system. It had simple, non-overlapping windows like that.  
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-It looks like it would only be comfortable to use with a nice big screen. --GlynWebster  
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-Actually, it works out quite well on my 15" screen at 800x600. This is because of its support for multiple workspaces, and the implicit tabbing. I tend to have a collection of fullscreen workspaces for general use, and a bunch of special purpose ones for apps like TheGimp and [XMMS] that work best with a specific frame layout. --StephenLewis  
+Part of CategoryWindowManager