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-[http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/]
-
-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:
+----
- ┌──────────────┬────┐
- │ │ │
- │ ├────┤
- │ │ │
- │ │ │
- │ │ │
- │ │ │
- └──────────────┴────┘
+!! 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
)
+ ┌──────────────┬────┐
+ │ │ │
+ │ ├────┤
+ │ │ │
+ │ │ │
+ │ │ │
+ └──────────────┴────┘
+
+;: 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.
-
-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
+Part
of CategoryWindowManager
