compilers-targeting-c VS herbstluftwm

https://github.com/dbohdan/compilers-targeting-c

I'm long time fan of programming languages that compiles to C hoping that one day will fall in love with one endlessly! :-)

Somehow related: a list of open source compilers that can generate C code.

If we need a higher-level language in the kernel, it should be a copyfree-licensed language. Lua is already the language of choice for in-kernel scripting. There are many languages that compile to C (Nim, V, Chicken Scheme, etc), which makes them just as fast but a lot less bloated than Rust.

Sadly the best alternative to Apache-licensed LLVM is still LLVM version 8 (the last version under the original license). It should continue to compile well-written C programs (including everything in BSD base), as well as languages that compile to C (Nim, V, Chicken Scheme, etc). But newer C++ features, new hardware support, and ever-improving optimizations would not be available. This would result in a growing number of ports pulling in the latest LLVM/clang as a dependency...

I still use llvm80 (8.0.1_7) (mainly as the Nim / V / Chicken / etc backend), because it's the last Copyfree version, before the switch to Apache license.

It's exactly how it works but only if you have mutliple screens.

My comment was that, for this reason, 2 or 3 smaller (ish- ~27") 16:9 4k screens [1] (previously, 4–6 even smaller 4:3 screens) works much better for me because I can switch the spaces on my Macbook and i3/Sway virtual desktops on my Linux machine individually for each screen.

If we're talking about having a smaller number of giant screens it would need to be able to be partitioned into logical "zones" for virtual desktops to enable this way of managing sets of windows together, and I've not found anything that really does this, let alone does it well (though honorable mention to HerbstluftWM [2] which I think, with patience, could probably do something pretty close).

[1] preferably 16:10 but that seems to have died out as an aspect ratio :(

[2] https://herbstluftwm.org/

Lately I have been playing with herbstluftwm on Artix with dinit, and I dig it. The way it behaves is quite a bit different from other window managers I have used in the past, and it did take some getting used to at first, but after experimenting with the config for a couple days I ended up with a pretty deadly and very intuitive setup that - despite running on X11 - "feels" more like a proper battlestation for sure...

wm: herbstluftwm

Rules can have once and maxage properties - see hlwm's exec_on_tag.sh script for some inspiration.

A few projects like AwesomeWM, and Herbsluftwm have had discussions on their issue trackers about supporting Wayland but a lot of them devolve into "Hey when will this be ready" style of comments, there's an interest in doing it but nobody is personally willing to take on the challenge

- The commit messages - I run the git version, so I like to read about the latest features and fixes. These tend to be more verbose on a feature or fix than the docs, so it can be more helpful. - https://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm/commits/master

It's herbstluftwm, a Window Manager! https://herbstluftwm.org/

The nicities that I pull would be the file browser from ROX, and a tiling window manager such as herbstluftwm. I could do everything I do today without these, such as with a terminal or OpenBSD's 'cwm', but I really enjoy using them!