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I like that the whole WM is implemented in two files, a .h for configuration and a .c. The code looks clean and has embedded ascii-art. This looks like a project made with love.

Harvey, your code looks very nice and expressive with appropriate comments. There is some space for improvements on this matter (well, there always is) but I found it very good…

Interesting, but you really need to do some showcases.

How does this differ from e.g. xmonad, which uses vi-like keybindings? It's specifically the bulk operators based on movement?

Really dislike software with configuration baked into the code, every key binding and experiment requires recompilation which prevents managing it sanely through a package…

I think we can all agree that once a good setup is found, you don't change it that much; recompiling is ok as long as it's fast. The point of GP is that since config.h is part of…

I really love vim keybindings and I use them wherever I can (firefox with vimperator, the shell etc), however I'm not sure that modes make sense on a window manager. In my…

It's a cool project but again I'm not sure what I would gain from the modes, counts and motions. Right now I use Awesome WM which is really similar to howm without changing…

I really love vim keybindings and I use them wherever I can (firefox with vimperator, the shell etc), however I'm not sure that modes make sense on a window manager. In my…

Interesting, but you really need to do some showcases.

I agree, please post some screenshots.

I really love vim keybindings and I use them wherever I can (firefox with vimperator, the shell etc), however I'm not sure that modes make sense on a window manager. In my…

I have some more ideas for operations to add, this is the first release I have done and so it is lacking some features. I agree that some people might not find certain commands…

Really dislike software with configuration baked into the code, every key binding and experiment requires recompilation which prevents managing it sanely through a package…

How does this differ from e.g. xmonad, which uses vi-like keybindings? It's specifically the bulk operators based on movement?

This is obviously inspired by dwm, which is cool, but how is it different from dwm?

I think they shouldn't use modifiers at all, ideally you would enter the mode with MODIFIER+modekey and then press the normal keys: q2c. I don't know if that's possible with your…

That is an idea I was considering, I just wasn't sure if people would find it to get in the way of normal program usage. It would require more data to be sent backwards and…

This is obviously inspired by dwm, which is cool, but how is it different from dwm?

Really dislike software with configuration baked into the code, every key binding and experiment requires recompilation which prevents managing it sanely through a package…

Hum... Are we talking about the same Windows ? Have you tried other tiling window managers ? i3 [0] comes to mind, but XMonad [1] and Awesome WM [2] are 2 other popular choices…

xmonad isn't modal. This apparently has three modes: 'normal', 'floating' and 'focus'. i3 also has modes: 'normal' and 'resize'.

Hum... Are we talking about the same Windows ? Have you tried other tiling window managers ? i3 [0] comes to mind, but XMonad [1] and Awesome WM [2] are 2 other popular choices…

How does this differ from e.g. xmonad, which uses vi-like keybindings? It's specifically the bulk operators based on movement?

I have used the awesome window manager (http://awesome.naquadah.org) for a long time. I think most of the big tiling window managers (DWM, xmonad) are similar. The only things I…

It's a cool project but again I'm not sure what I would gain from the modes, counts and motions. Right now I use Awesome WM which is really similar to howm without changing…

I would like Windows' management better if it had more options than just full-screen and half-screen. Have you tried mapping the Windows key as ratpoison's escape key? e.g.…

"I tried ratpoison in linux but found it to interfere with application keyboard shortcuts." Huh? Rat poison is the only window manager I've used that interferes (meaningfully)…

I always liked Ion3 a lot despite the conflicts the author had with distros. http://notion.sourceforge.net/ is a fork of it that is maintained.

Another vote for Ion3, I tried dozens tiling wm-s, none of them come even close to ion3.