Window Manager that doesn't clash

2 Apr 2007

      Hi -
I've taken the plunge to all open source, and I'm thrilled with Inkscape
except for one maddening thing -
I've been using icewm for a window manager, and it clashes horribly with
(among other things) alt-clicking in Inkscape. Understandably, this
makes working with Inkscape incredibly difficult.
Any advice out there on a good window manager to use with Inkscape? I
know I can use ratpoison, but then I have the annoyance of trying to use
ratpoison with Gimp. I've already searched the list archives and other
resources, but I'm hoping that someone out there has solved this problem
already, so I won't have to spend days testing out window managers
myself.
Thanks,
-- 
Kat Tanaka Okopnik
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On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 09:19:48AM -0700, Kat Tanaka Okopnik wrote:
> 
> I've been using icewm for a window manager, and it clashes horribly with
> (among other things) alt-clicking in Inkscape. Understandably, this
> makes working with Inkscape incredibly difficult.

Every WM with all configurable shortcuts should do, but I guess 
the key for window manipulations might still be hard-coded in some.

Metacity allows selection of a "Movement Key" among Control, Alt, 
Super (Windows key). I picked the last as that makes obvious sense 
and doesn't clash with aynthing ;)

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Kat Tanaka Okopnik

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