On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 11:11:39PM -0700, Christopher Allen thus spake: > Has anyone tried the CVS version of E17 (the latest Enlightenment > version)? Raster claims it is up and running right now and implies that it > is the fastest and least resource-intensive (except for memory) window > manager avalilable. > hmmm....I will admit...E is *beautiful*..but I don't think it would be a good wearcomp WM: 1- Using up RAM that could otherwise be used for live data, apps and (importantly) disk cache. 2- The chrome is top-notch...and would increase the cognitive load on the user. My (theoretical, since my last wearcomp was text only) choices would go for LWM (http://users.ch.genedata.com/~enh/lwm/) or Ratpoison (http://ratpoison.sourceforge.net/). I've been using LWM almost non-stop for the last few years and it's been all I need for a WM. (the other's I've used for more than a few minutes were BlackBox and E) The stripped LWM bin is ~25kB and it's memory footprint is < 600kB. I haven't compared speed with other WM, but when calling up an xterm or making a window dis/appear happens before I release the mouse button, I don't see the point. :) Eric LaForest -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org please, Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/false domain
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