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| Newer page: | version 9 | Last edited on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:25:30 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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[http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/]
-Ion is an [X11] WindowManager that deviates from the dominant OverlappingWindows
paradigm.
-
You can bind
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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.
-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
:/
+Check out
a screenshot
to get a better idea: http
://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/screenshots/ion-1.jpg
-An example of its use
, I have
[TheGimp
] set up
to open on it's
own workspace with the
-following layout:
+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.
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+An example of its use, I have [TheGimp] set up to open on it's own workspace with the following layout:
-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.
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+ └──────────────┴────┘
-While [Ion] isn't big on EyeCandy, it's extremely functional and useful, and I've found
-
-
+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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-''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''
+[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
