Comment by anthk
3 days ago
You can use IceWM instead of TWM; it's almost as lightweight and much more stable.
Also, if any, CTWM (with the welcome screen disabled) can be as good as TWM but with better features (sticky menus and the like).
3 days ago
You can use IceWM instead of TWM; it's almost as lightweight and much more stable.
Also, if any, CTWM (with the welcome screen disabled) can be as good as TWM but with better features (sticky menus and the like).
I don't like the look of IceWM but I will check out CTWM!
Edit: TWM is less cluttered and less features is actually more here...
Yep, I like TWM on design too, but both CTWM and IceWM can be equally configured.
On CTWM, you can straightly import the TWM config modulo some slight error on a single line (if any). Once you set profer TTF fonts for it (by default they might look huge on smaller screens), you are done. Set the sticky/persistent menus (on a laptop/netbook it's a godsend) and you are done.
Maybe you would like to disable the startup screen (-W flag for the 'ctwm' binary) or some obvious option in the man page in order to be put at ~/.ctwmrc or ~/.twmrc.
For sticky menues you need to just put
at ~/.ctwmrc
Just copy the content from your former ~/.twmrc file and append that on top.