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I'm a long time WindowMaker user (really longtime) saw JWM mentioned somewhere in a thread and figured "why not"
It's actually very nice, very simple. Almost like a TWMV2. Seems light on resources, pretty responsive. The XML config file is understandable. My "main menu" consists of very little: xterm, webbrowser, email client.
It will take a bit to get used to not having "the dock", but honestly, make it easy to get a terminal window and I can start everything I need.
I'm not trying to convince anyone to switch, just trying to say "if you want a windowmanager, give it a try"
 
mer said:
I'm a long time WindowMaker user (really longtime) saw JWM mentioned somewhere in a thread and figured "why not"
It's actually very nice, very simple. Almost like a TWMV2. Seems light on resources, pretty responsive. The XML config file is understandable. My "main menu" consists of very little: xterm, webbrowser, email client.
It will take a bit to get used to not having "the dock", but honestly, make it easy to get a terminal window and I can start everything I need.
I'm not trying to convince anyone to switch, just trying to say "if you want a windowmanager, give it a try"
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I am Openbox user and I will try in the future install jwm but what difference should I expected with working Openbox?
 
Labwc is a Wayland version of openbox

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Thread 'labwc a stacking wayland window manager inspired by openbox'

Labwc is a wlroots-based window-stacking compositor for wayland,
inspired by openbox.


In this video i cover window placement , setting the theme, creating keyboard shortcuts to switch workspaces and move windows to different workspaces and monitors

How to warp your cursor between monitors, create keyboard shortcuts to increase, decrease and mute the volume

labwc doesnt have independant workspaces per monitor,
but you can set windows to be dsplayed on all workspaces using a keyboard shortcut

you can also create rules for particular windows like chromium, mpv and...
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fernandel said:
I am Openbox user and I will try in the future install jwm but what difference should I expected with working Openbox?
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Probably not much difference. For me, the biggest difference has been look and feel. Looks different from my WindowMaker config, so I needed to make sure the JWM config worked for my ingrained mouse clicks.
So my changes have been related to what JWM calls the "Tray", mouse clicks (which button pressed when cursor is somewhere does action X) and colors.
Mine is very simple. Honestly all I really need is an xterm, I can type in commands to launch claws-mail, browsers. But I've configured the Tray to have buttons that represent "launch a terminal" "launch a mail program" "launch a web browser" just for ease of use. Very simple to what others do.
 
mer said:
Probably not much difference. For me, the biggest difference has been look and feel. Looks different from my WindowMaker config, so I needed to make sure the JWM config worked for my ingrained mouse clicks.
So my changes have been related to what JWM calls the "Tray", mouse clicks (which button pressed when cursor is somewhere does action X) and colors.
Mine is very simple. Honestly all I really need is an xterm, I can type in commands to launch claws-mail, browsers. But I've configured the Tray to have buttons that represent "launch a terminal" "launch a mail program" "launch a web browser" just for ease of use. Very simple to what others do.
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Are you on WindowMaker still or using JWM now? I decided to stay with Openbox :).
 
fernandel said:
Are you on WindowMaker still or using JWM now? I decided to stay with Openbox :).
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Right now JWM on one system, WindowMaker the other. I've been using WindowMaker for over 20 yrs so a lot of things (dock and Icons) are baked into my brain.
Relevant port of .jwmrc for me (tray configuration). Gives me a few buttons to start apps, the rest is just icon collection:
<!-- Tray at the bottom. -->
<Tray x="0" y="-1" autohide="off" delay="1000" height="40">
<TrayButton icon="utilities-terminal">exec:xterm</TrayButton>
<TrayButton icon="emblem-mail">exec:claws-mail</TrayButton>
<TrayButton icon="web-browser">exec:waterfox</TrayButton>
<TrayButton icon="libreoffice-writer">exec:libreoffice</TrayButton>
<Spacer width="4"/>
<TaskList maxwidth="256" labeled="true"/>
<Spacer width="4"/>
<Dock/>
<Clock format="%a %b %d %l:%M %p"></Clock>
</Tray>
 
mer said:
Right now JWM on one system, WindowMaker the other. I've been using WindowMaker for over 20 yrs so a lot of things (dock and Icons) are baked into my brain.
Relevant port of .jwmrc for me (tray configuration). Gives me a few buttons to start apps, the rest is just icon collection:
<!-- Tray at the bottom. -->
<Tray x="0" y="-1" autohide="off" delay="1000" height="40">
<TrayButton icon="utilities-terminal">exec:xterm</TrayButton>
<TrayButton icon="emblem-mail">exec:claws-mail</TrayButton>
<TrayButton icon="web-browser">exec:waterfox</TrayButton>
<TrayButton icon="libreoffice-writer">exec:libreoffice</TrayButton>
<Spacer width="4"/>
<TaskList maxwidth="256" labeled="true"/>
<Spacer width="4"/>
<Dock/>
<Clock format="%a %b %d %l:%M %p"></Clock>
</Tray>
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For me is negative because doesn't support Themes or I didn't found it. I am so attache with Triste-Froly on Openbox. I did run everything what I run on Openbox and it is not better on JWM.
 
@ferndel I think themes could be added easily, similar to how ctwm added them. Integrating that into a specific tool? Again, probably not too hard.
For me? I never cared about "themes". Once I decide on a font and size, easy to put all that in a .Xresources file so you have consistency. I guess I've been tweaking things manually for so long I don't think about it being "easier".
I checked JWM against WindowMaker running the same things (same number of windows, etc) and memory requirements are about the same.
I think it all comes down to choices. LIke going to a food buffet: You have lots of choices, it overwhelms you. You need to try everything, give everything a reasonable try before discarding it. You find a couple of favorites. Next time at the buffet, you just take your favorites. I think WindowManagers and DEs are like that.
 
I never pass under wayland
I stay with Xorg, and depending on its future, I would go to xlibre
As long as Fluxbox, OpenBox and Fvwm are maintained
I use all three, depending on the day, the configuration of the set is no longer under construction. Sometimes I change colors and modify the menus
Just for fun
This is not in the spirit of controversy, just a personal choice.
 
Ok, it's been roughly a month of test driving JWM. I'm fine with the way it works, I can configure it to work the way I'm used to but I'm going back to WindowMaker on my test system. The only way to describe the reason is "some people are iPhone, others are Android"
 
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