The sawfish package contains a window manager. This is useful for organizing and displaying windows where all window decorations are configurable and all user-interface policy is controlled through the extension language.
Download (HTTP): http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sawmill/sawfish-1.3.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://sunsite.ccu.edu.tw/pub10/sourceforge/s/sawmill/sawfish-1.3.tar.gz
Download size: 1.5 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 17.5 MB
Estimated build time: 0.26 SBU
Install sawfish by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --libexec=/usr/sbin --infodir=/usr/share/info \ --with-gnome-prefix=/opt/gnome-2.2 && make && make install |
--with-audiofile: This command directs sawfish to use libaudiofile for sound manipulation.
--with-esd: This command directs sawfish to use the Enlightened Sound Daemon.
--with-gnome-prefix=/opt/gnome-2.2: This command directs sawfish to GNOME's directory.
Be sure to backup your current .xinitrc before proceeding.
cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF" exec sawfish EOF |
The sawfish package contains sawfish.
sawfish is the extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language.