Ion
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Ion
http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/
Ion addresses the problem of navigating between windows by dividing the screen into frames that take up the whole screen and never overlap. Big displays have so much space that this should be convenient and smaller displays couldn't show more than one window at a time anyway. The frame layout is dynamic and different on each workspace. Given the tree instead of coordinate-based frame layout, moving between the frames can be conveniently done from the keyboard. As in PWM, the frames may have multiple clients attached. The author notes that programs with more than one window per document may become practically unusable under Ion. Terminal programs should work better than before, however. Other features include a general purpose line editor (called minibuffer in many text editors) and tab-completion in certain queries. Ion also has support for extensions (that are not wanted in the core source) as loadable modules.
Documentation
User FAQ available in HTML format from http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/faq.html
IRC Help channel- irc://irc.freenode.net/ion
- IRC development channel
- irc://irc.freenode.net/ion
Related Projects
Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ClarifiedArtistic | Janet Casey | 8 July 2002 |
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
 Tuomo Valkonen | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Bug Tracking,Developer,Support | Mailing List Info/Archive | http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/ion-general |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Required to build | GNU make |
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