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	Ion (X window manager) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is designed such that it is possible to manage windows using only a keyboard, without needing a mouse.
		First versions of Ion were released under the Artistic License, while Ion2 and Ion3 (still under development) are released under the LGPL.
		Ion is still being actively developed by its original creator Tuomo Valkonen with the help of a growing Ion user community.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ion_(X_window_manager) (185 words)

	X window manager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Unlike the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows platforms, which have historically provided a vendor-controlled, fixed set of ways to control how windows and panes display on a screen, and how the user may interact with them, window management for the X Window System was deliberately kept separate from the software providing the graphical display.
		Additionally, most modern window manager are reparenting, which usually lead to a banner being placed at the top of the window and a decorative frame being drawn around the window.
		While the main aim of window manager is, as suggested by its name, to manage the windows, many window managers have additional features such as handling mouse clicks in the root window, present panes and other visual elements, handling some keystrokes (e.g., Alt-F4 may close a window), deciding which application to run at start-up, etc.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Window_manager (600 words)

	Cultured Perl: Fun with the Ion window manager
		Ion 1 was the original Ion, written in C. It had a simple configuration format, similar in spirit to the classic UNIX window managers.
		Ion 1 may not have been the first to use tiling workspaces (the idea is hardly new), but it certainly did a good job of it, thanks to tabbing.
		Ion 3 simplifies many of the features Ion 2 introduced, adds better modules for extending Ion, and is a minor internal rewrite of Ion (although from the scripting side, it has changed quite a bit to reflect lessons learned from Ion 2).
	www-106.ibm.com /developerworks/linux/library/l-cpion.html (3478 words)

	Ion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Ion is by the author of PWM, which was probably the first tabbed window manager.
		He says he's working on a mode for windows that don't conform to standards and don't handle this forced maximization properly, but he makes it clear that the failing is with them, not with his window manager.
		The window manager is very keyboard-friendly and not friendly to mouse users: using the Gimp becomes an exercise in flipping between the keyboard and the mouse over and over again.
	www.gilesorr.com /papers/otherwm/x967.html (312 words)

	Sao's Place - Window managers for X11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Window management is what it does best and it makes good use of desktop real estate without having to deal with issues like icons or taskbars.
		Ion was written as an experiment on a different kind of window management model and it tries to address the navigation problem by having the screen divided into frames that take up the whole screen and never overlap.
		Oroborus is a small, themeable window manager for X which provides all the necessary window management functions as well as a themeable desktop, full keyboard controls and virtual desktops.
	homepage.mac.com /sao1/fink/wmanagers.html (1430 words)

	Window Managers for X: Other Window Managers
		MIWM: The Microscopic Window Manager is a minimal window manager written in C++ which is efficient and stable, and supports virtual desktops.
		ZWM: a SDL based Window Manager and Widget library intended to be used in cross platform applications.
		Mosquito: A small window manager by Erik Thyrén, not to be confused with the beginnings of a GNOME-compliant window manager also called Mosquito by Michael Rogers, which seems to have disappeared.
	xwinman.org /others.php (1393 words)

	LWN: Ion, the efficient window manager (Linux.com)
		A few window managers out there share this aesthetic, such as Ratpoison, but they're rare in today's world of photogenic desktop environments, which seem to always be looking for an opportunity to add more decoration and ornament.
		Because of how windows overlap and can be dragged around, I have to waste a lot of time dragging windows out of the way or having to position them correctly to have an easy working environment.
		Ion's approach of splitting up the screen into frames that I can then stack tabbed windows into works better for me. When you start managing windows that way, window (or frame) borders are just wasted space so they don't need to be wide or fancy, or have drag handles and so forth.
	lwn.net /Articles/189327 (984 words)

	Ion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Windows are automatically placed by default, but Ion still allows you to resize and drag windows with the mouse.
		The only drawback in using Ion is IMHO that applications which use many popup windows are not very convenient to use in such an environment.
		As Ion places windows automatically and is heavily keyboard driven, I do not really use frame borders, and sometimes I do not even need to see the frame information so know what application is running.
	www.ufoot.org /old/misc/wm/ion.php3 (366 words)

	ion and lua (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		I've been using the ion window manager for half a year or so, and it's mostly sunk into the background, like a command prompt it's nothing special, just something that's there, that always does what I want, and without which I would be crippled.
		My basic ion configuration has not changed much since, though I upgraded to ion2, rewrote my config files to ease maintenance, bagan using the new dock, etc. Perhaps three days of learning and getting adjusted to ion, and adjusting it to me, followed by months of ignoring it.
		Ion is extensively tweakable in lua, and I've absorbed some lua basics just by editing my config files.
	www.kitenet.net /~joey/blog/entry/ion_and_lua-2004-05-09-02-25.html (498 words)

	Linux Downloads: Desktops & Window Manager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		window manager improved 2 (wmii) is the next generation of wmi.
		It has a built-in window manager and terminal emulator, and can be used as server for remote clients in the same style as X11.
		[Window Managers for X] - is a guide to window managers and desktop environments for The X Window System, as used mainly by Linux and UNIX operating systems.
	www.linuxbasis.com /downx11.html (813 words)

	NewsForge \| Innovations in window management
		I was particularly impressed with the performance of Skippy, a window overview utility that is compatible with NetWM- and gnome-wm-compliant window managers.
		Ion is a keyboard-friendly window manager that uses non-overlapping frames to display windows.
		Window management is yet another field where Linux and its community excel at providing users with a broad number of unique and creative options.
	software.newsforge.com /software/05/01/19/166244.shtml?tid=130&tid=132 (1913 words)

	Debian -- ion3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Ion, based on PWM, is an unusual window manager with no overlapping windows.
		Windows are placed in tabbed frames which may be arbitrarily split to create additional frames, making keyboard navigation much easier.
		A pwm3 binary is included which starts Ion with floating workspaces as the default, thus replacing the now obsolete PWM window manager.
	packages.debian.org /stable/x11/ion3 (233 words)

	Advanced Window Managers in the UNIX World - OSNews.com
		The window manager's main purpose is to move/resize windows on the screen.
		These improved window managers differ from the way people are used to interact with windows in the Microsoft Windows world.
		To be exact, Exposé is actually not a window manager, but a feature of newer versions of Apple's window manager for MacOS X. It does not try to arrange windows non-overlapping nor does it try to favor the keyboard in window management.
	www.osnews.com /story.php?news_id=6958 (1209 words)

	Ion a not-too minimalist window manager @ SYS-CON FRANCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		I happen to like these kinds of window managers because they try to take the attitude that the window manager should be managing the windows, not the user.
		Unfortunately, none of the minimalist window managers did everything I wanted them to do in a way that was easy enough to grasp, but powerful enough to let me work the way I like.
		For example, one of the things I liked about a minimalist window manager I mentioned in a previous article, larswm, is that it automatically tiled the windows of open applications.
	fr.sys-con.com /read/32770.htm (1882 words)

	Ion
		In most common window managers and operating systems it is usually left for the user to attempt to keep the windows organised instead of the window manager.
		Attaching multiple client windows to a single frame (or "tabbing" them) as introduced in PWM helps keeping the windows organised in some cases but still, this does not help with programs that have multiple windows for manipulating a single document and the navigation possibilities are far from perfect.
		To ultimately solve usability problems to the extent possible with current technologies, applications should be written independent of their user interfaces and the UIs should be built according to the user's preferences based on a high-level semantic description of commands provided by the application.
	modeemi.cs.tut.fi /~tuomov/ion (932 words)

	freshmeat.net: Category Reviews - Window Managers
		FVWM is one of the oldest window mangers that is still in widespread use and actively maintained.
		The fact that fvwm was the default window manager for redhat for a long time makes it no surprise that this would be a window manager people would be fairly knowledgable about.
		This has shapped many of the modern window managers, and for that you should see that not only raster, but the enlightenment folks have definatly bought a "solution" to what they thought was a "problem".
	freshmeat.net /articles/view/639 (6030 words)

	Window Manager
		The philosophy behind Ion is that window managers aren't meant to be seen, but to manage windows; anything more is dross.
		Fluxbox is a minimalist window manager based on Blackbox, which is, in turn, is another minimalist window manager.
		Matchbox "stacks" open windows one on top of another and allows access to each through the use of a drop-down menu on the title bar.
	librenix.com /?page=Window+Manager (701 words)

	Ion
		Ion was written as an experiment on a different kind of window management model.
		Ion is not perfect and certainly not for everyone, but neither is any user interface.
		Ion is, however, improving all the time and if you take the time to get used to it, you should hardly ever have to touch the mouse again to move between windows.
	iki.fi /tuomov/ion (932 words)

	TrsWM - framing/tiling window manager
		Fundamental principles of both Ion and TrsWM are reduction of manual window positioning and possibility to completely manage windows using only the keyboard.
		Ion also supports dynamically loadable modules, but "pluggable object event handlers" technique, while very useful and extensively used in OOP, sometimes is less than optimal for WM, and some interesting features are difficult to implement within Ion's framework without modifying main WM's source code.
		Ion's basic idea "screen is split into non-overlapping frames, each frame contains >=0 windows, each window's size is <= size of the containing frame" is genuinely simple and beautiful, but often is not sufficiently versatile.
	yarick.territory.ru /trswm (775 words)

	PWM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		PWM was the first window manager to implement "tabbed frames" or the back then unique feature allowing multiple client windows to be attached to the same frame.
		Being a lightweight window manager with emphasis on usability, PWM discards some features common in window managers these days: only window shading in lieu of iconification is supported, there are no close and other window buttons (these actions are available conveniently through a menu), simple and elegant look instead of pixmapped themes, et cetera.
		While it is not as lightweight as the original PWM given its Lua scripting support, it is still more lightweight than most window managers out there and potentially supports many kinds of extensions, both as modules and as Lua scripts.
	modeemi.cs.tut.fi /~tuomov/pwm (377 words)

	Ion Window Manager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Ion is a somewhat minimalist X11 WindowManager which does not partially overlap windows being managed.
		Within a frame, only one window is visible at a time; a system of tabs in the title bar space is used to switch between them.
		Ion uses the LuaLanguage as an extension and configuration language.
	c2.com /cgi/wiki?IonWindowManager (169 words)

	Ion - Gentoo Linux Wiki
		Ion is a tiling, tabbed window manager that keeps keyboard users in mind.
		First emerge the window manager (ion3 is the most recent verion so we will use that one.
		In order to switch to your new window manager ion3 we need to edit your ~/.xinitrc file.
	gentoo-wiki.com /Ion (173 words)

	ratpoison: Say good-bye to the rodent
		All windows are kept maximized inside their frames to take full advantage of your precious screen real estate.
		Ion, a less bigotted window manager with a similar approach.
		The Stump Window Manager, a WM written in Common Lisp with similar goals to ratpoison
	www.nongnu.org /ratpoison (480 words)

	Keith Devens - Weblog: Cultured Perl: Fun with the Ion window manager - October 04, 2004
		There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are...
		IBM developerWorks: Cultured Perl: Fun with the Ion window manager, via RootPrompt.
		windows in Ion don't have to be tiled according to a regular grid.
	keithdevens.com /weblog/archive/2004/Oct/04/Ion.WM (206 words)

	Window manager - LQWiki
		The X Window System doesn't manage the windows on its own, it leaves that job to this program.
		The window manager handles where a window will appear on the screen, how big the window will be, etc. It handles things like resizing and minimizing.
		The title bar at the top of most windows is often handled by the window manager.
	wiki.linuxquestions.org /wiki/Window_manager (157 words)

	The Ion Window manager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Ion is a fantastic window manager, that you can find here :
		Ion 3 is the development version of ion, stable enough to be usable.
		You have Floating windows inside a frame inside a floating window.
	www-verimag.imag.fr /~moy/ion (120 words)

	X Emacs Window Manager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		XWEM is extremly usable and configurable Window Manager, if you are familar with Emacs editor, then you are automatically familar with XWEM.
		There are many of different window manages in a world.
		XWEM project will try to make window manager, which will combine power and flexibility, as Emacs do.
	www.nongnu.org /xwem (157 words)

	Ion a not-too minimalist window manager [LinuxWorld]
		Nicholas Petreley was won over 'in just minutes' by a Linux 'minimalist' window manager called 'ion'.
		Petreley reviews 'ion' as part of his continuing series examining the Linux desktop for LinuxWorld.
		Ion is based on pwm, and combines the best of pwm, fluxbox and larswm into a single window manager.
	www.desktoplinux.com /news/NS2684326614.html (430 words)

	LinuxPlanet - Opinions - The StartX Files: Of Mice and Finns - Giving The Two-Fingered Salute
		I know this idea will seem to run counter to this week's introduction of a keyboard-centric window manager, but I felt like the mouse folks should get a fair shake out of this week's column, too.
		This is good timing, considering what I will be reviewing in the weeks ahead: window managers that for the most part try to avoid the use of the mouse altogether.
		Even without the favoritism for the Land of the Finns, PWM and ion would certainly be high on my list.
	www.linuxplanet.com /linuxplanet/opinions/3201/1 (711 words)

	HOWTO make Ion Window Manager work for me
		YaK:: HOWTO make Ion Window Manager work for me
		Start the windowing system known as X using the old 'xinit' command, rather than the newfangled 'startx' command.
		By default, ion is using "mod1" for its special key (notice the "Alt_L" by "mod1").
	wiki.yak.net /560 (547 words)

	Ion - SWiK
		Ion is a tiling (no overlapping windows) window manager that also has PWM-style tabbed frames which can contain multiple client windows.
		The contents of Ion page and all pages directly attached to Ion will be erased.
		Paxson changing its corporate name and identity to ion media networks...
	swik.net /Ion (280 words)

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