From: Andrew Dalgleish (openbsdajd.net.au)
Date: Tue Feb 28 2006 - 17:01:13 CST

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On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 03:59:04PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Darrin Chandler <dwchandlerstilyagin.com> writes:
>
> > If it's practical for you, you might try using ratpoison under X. It's
> > a lightweight window manager inspired by screen, with the added
> > benefit of doing side-by-side split screen.
>
> I've seen several mentions of ratpoison and X. I'm not running X and
> didn't plan to. How much X is required to run `Ratpoison'. I do want
> a screen with much finer resolution that the stock console setup. It
> is absolutely huge and I want more on the screen.

The ports tree has several light-weight window managers, try them all.
If memory is tight, rxvt uses a tad less than xterm.
On my laptop I use evilwm with rxvt, and get text windows of 58x167

Regards,
Andrew Dalgleish

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