Ion miscellanea
Scripts
Colour schemes, extension scripts and so on:
Modules
The following somewhat unsupported extra modules are available for Ion3:
mod_xrandrprovides support for the X Resize And Rotate extension. It can be downloaded with
Note that this module supports Xrandr 1.1 only. It will not support the pile of crap known as Xrandr 1.2 “Xinerama 2.0” (of the “choose the worst solution possible” design typical of major FOSS projects) that no longer works with independent root windows.darcs get http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/repos/mod_xrandr-3/
mod_ionfluxprovides a remote control tool. It can be downloaded withdarcs get http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/repos/mod_ionflux-3/
Please read the corresponding README for each of these modules.
Links
Other software and resources for Ion:
- Lua has been Ion's extension language since the release of ion-devel-20030408.
- workspace_indicator - A workspace indicator for PWM and Ion.
Python and python-xlib are required. For a smaller font perhaps
more suited to Ion's named workspaces, use e.g. the options
--ion -f -*-utopia-*-*-*-*-33-*-*-*-*-*-*-* -t 28 -r 12. - 'unclutter' can be used to hide that mouse cursor when not in use. Find it in ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/utilities/.
- A resource page (for older versions of Ion).
- An ugly LD_PRELOAD hack for client-side winprop settings etc.
Miscellaneous:
- The Command Line – The Best Newbie Interface? – an interesting read and something to think about.
- Vis/Vapourware Interface Synthesiser
- Riot
Finally, here are some current window managers and tools that have an approach similar to (copied from) Ion or are otherwise related or unconventional: