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|Full description=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. | |Full description=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. | ||
| + | |Homepage URL=http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/ | ||
|User level=none | |User level=none | ||
| − | | | + | |Is High Priority Project=No |
| − | | | + | |Computer languages=C |
| − | |Version identifier= | + | |Documentation note=User FAQ available in HTML format from http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/faq.html |
| + | |Decommissioned/Obsolete=No | ||
| + | |Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No | ||
| + | |IRC help=irc://irc.freenode.net/ion | ||
| + | |IRC development=irc://irc.freenode.net/ion | ||
| + | |Related projects=Larswm,Pwm,Ratpoison,wmi | ||
| + | |Keywords=frame,terminal,keyboard,window manager,ion | ||
| + | |Version identifier=20040729 | ||
|Version date=2004-07-29 | |Version date=2004-07-29 | ||
|Version status=stable | |Version status=stable | ||
| − | |Version download= | + | |Version download=http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/dl/ion-2-20040729.tar.gz |
| + | |Version comment=20040729 stable released 2004-07-29 | ||
| + | |Test entry=No | ||
| + | |Last review by=Bendikker | ||
| + | |Last review date=2018/04/20 | ||
| + | |Submitted date=2011-04-01 | ||
| + | |Is GNU=No | ||
| + | |License verified date=2002-07-08 | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Project license | ||
| + | |License=ClarifiedArtistic | ||
| + | |License verified by=Janet Casey | ||
|License verified date=2002-07-08 | |License verified date=2002-07-08 | ||
| − | | | + | }} |
| + | {{Person | ||
| + | |Real name=Tuomo Valkonen | ||
| + | |Role=Maintainer | ||
| + | |Email=tuomov@cc.tut.fi | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Resource | ||
| + | |Resource audience=Bug Tracking,Developer,Support | ||
| + | |Resource kind=Mailing List Info/Archive | ||
| + | |Resource URL=http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/ion-general | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Software category | ||
| + | |Interface=x-window-system, window-manager | ||
| + | |Use=interface | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Software prerequisite | {{Software prerequisite | ||
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|Prerequisite description=GNU make | |Prerequisite description=GNU make | ||
}} | }} | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:01, 19 September 2020
Ion
http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/
Keyboard-friendly user interface
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.
Licensing
License
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Notes
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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