Re: minimize-frame ?

[Arthur Miller]

Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

> Michael Heerdegen wrote:
>
>> With some minimal setup it's possible to use Emacs in X even
>> without any window manager.
>
> Yeah, but they are very useful and it doesn't have to be more
> minimal than that, as for speed (interactive feel) the make it
> faster if anything.

That bloated monsrosity called cwm? :-)

TinyWM, just 50 lines of C:

http://incise.org/tinywm.html

> Don't be scared by the name BTW, it runs fine on Linux.
>
> Global keystrokes to move around stuff is invaluable,
Sure.

> mouse-free development. Faster, better ergonomy for the arm
That would be very dependent on what you do with your computer. Good
luck contructing a CAD model for a machine or a building or computer
animation in a 3D fx application without a mouse.