re: Beyond twm

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

> On Tue 17 Feb 2015 at 16:44:40 +1100, matthew green wrote:
> > for a start, twm doesn't handle multiple desktops.  it doesn't handle
> > some of the really-old-now "newer" extensions like Xinerama.  and
> > sometimes has problems interacting with newer programs i'm told has to
> > do with other unhandled protocol features (but i haven't investigated
> > these personally.)
> 
> There is always ctwm (see ctwm.org). It has ~always supported multiple
> workspaces, and I have updated it a while ago to support some of the
> "enhanced window manager features", as far as they make sense for ctwm.
> That will be in the next release.
> 
> You can find the source via https://launchpad.net/ctwm .

oh my :-)

i would not object to ctwm, particularly a maintained one that handles
modern WM issues -- i've used ctwm for years already.

thanks!  i'll have a look (others should, too.)


.mrg.