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That makes icewm almost 8X larger than jwm. Plus the extra processes that would be needed for the extra ice... binaries.


I posted the following link in a blog entry a couple weeks ago related to this:
http://www.gilesorr.com/wm/memory.html
Quote (roberts @ Dec. 26 2007,03:35)
@andrewb

Perhaps at one time the default behaviour for jwm was double-click-title for shading? I don't really know.  But the default is currently maximize. While at friends and relatives over the holidays I saw that Windows double-click-title also maximizes the window. That seems redundant as there already is a button to maximize. Perhaps jwm, trying to emulate Windows, made that the default and did not update the website or documentation that you may have previously seen.

Anyway, I went into source and found where I could implement double-click-title to shade/unshade.

Since most of our users are comming from fluxbox and since jwm already has a button for maximizing, it seems like a good change for jwm hosted in DSL.

Yes that is the behaviour in windows & a right pain it is too after using the shading in fluxbox & then having to use a windows system. I hadn't realised how much I did use it until I switched to JWM & found it didn't work! Keep up the good work!
Quote (lucky13 @ Dec. 27 2007,07:18)
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That makes icewm almost 8X larger than jwm. Plus the extra processes that would be needed for the extra ice... binaries.


I posted the following link in a blog entry a couple weeks ago related to this:
http://www.gilesorr.com/wm/memory.html

Well, judging from the numbers, the size of ice would be the least of my problems if my concern was low ram (which it isn't)/


COMMAND          SZ RSS   VSZ
bash             684 2028 3104
startx           76 1084 2312
xinit            156 644 2280
Xvesa            8076 9916 27972
icewm-session    204 1192 4232
dfm              428 2804 4920
torsmo           180 896 2268
firefox          100 1124 2336
run-mozilla.sh   144 1156 2380
firefox-bin      25376 35256 53104
firefox-bin      25376 35256 53104
The 8x was referring to physical size not memory runtime.
When one is tasked with the limits of 50MB. Physical size, smaller with similar features is better.

I am well aware that advanced users will switch window managers to their favorite one.

Me included.

Discussing the merits of window managers is off topic for this thread.

I have been asked which window manger I use and why.
I will answer in the window manager topic area.

Lets stay on topic here.
Topic closed beacuse of newer release.
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