[LAU] Update: Lightweight WM that can be used without any issue with audio applications

[Will Godfrey]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 10:03:52 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 09:57 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Wed, 2014-08-27 at 11:24 +0200, Philipp Überbacher wrote:
> > > On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 07:25:41 +0200
> > > Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I switched from Xfce4 to JWM. JWM does work with all apps excepted of
> > > > QjackCtl. Often I need to kill QjackCtl, because the Connect window
> > > > always is above all other windows and it's impossible to close it. I
> > > > don't want to use a tiling window manager or a WM that is nearly as
> > > > bloated, as DEs such as Xfce4. What WMs do you use?
> > > 
> > > I used to experiment with WMs but I use Openbox since quite a while.
> > 
> > I tested and I still will continue testing openbox.
> > Until now I experience JWM as much more reliable than openbox.
> > I set a margin for the top of openbox's workspace, as large as the panel
> > on top is, but many windows hide their "heads" under the panel
> > (fbpanel). For JWM this issue only appears with QjackCtl (JWM's own
> > panel, also on top ;).
> > 
> > Openbox comes with a few other minor issues, but they are really minor
> > issues, so I will continue testing. Anyway, JWM on my machine seems to
> > be the better choice.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Ralf
> 
> PS: I forgot to mention that on JWM the QjackCtl's Windows is above all
> other windows and hide it's head under the panel.
> 
> I didn't use QjackCtl on openbox, but experienced issues with other
> apps. The windows were not above all other windows, but they hide their
> heads under the panel or they opened with most of the window left
> outside the workspace and a few other problems happened, that don't
> happen when using JWM.

I'd be inclined to question other aspects of your setup. I've never had any
such issues with openbox, and have been using it for many years.

Are you aware that there is a lot of customisation you can do if you delve into
the rc and menu files?

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Will J Godfrey
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