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[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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- ┌──────────────┬────┐
- │ │ │
- │ ├────┤
- │ │ │
- │ │ │
- │ │ │
- └──────────────┴────┘
-
-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.
-
-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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+!! StephenLewis
' setup
-[Ion] looks
a lot
like the
[GUI
] for NicolasWirth
's [Oberon] operating system. It had simple, non-overlapping windows like that.
+;: 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:
-It looks like it would only be comfortable to use with a nice big screen. --GlynWebster
+ ┌──────────────┬────┐
+ │ │ │
+ │ ├────┤
+ │ │ │
+ │ │ │
+ │ │ │
+ └──────────────┴────┘
-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
+;: 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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