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Orion 0.2 README -*- outline -*-
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Orion window manager
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Orion is a window manager for the X11 windowing system. Orion is
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written in Scheme and accesses Xlib via the scx library for scsh.
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Orion is in fact a family of window managers that can be nested. This
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enables great flexibility and efficient handling of X11
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applications. Orion currently comes with four child window managers:
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- a conventional moving window manager
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- a window manager for stacking windows in a frame
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- a window manager for splitting windows horizontally and vertically
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- a work space manager
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Orion also supports saving the window manager layout and programmatic
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configuration.
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* Documentation
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===============
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The directory doc/ contains a small manual, which lists the standard key
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bindings and a description of Orion's configuration files.
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* Requirements
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Before installing Orion, you need to install the following software:
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+ Version 0.6.6 of scsh, the Scheme Shell
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(From <ftp://ftp.scsh.net/pub/scsh/0.6/scsh-0.6.6.tar.gz>)
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+ Version 1.1.0 of install-lib, the scsh installation library
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(From <http://lamp.epfl.ch/~schinz/scsh_packages/scsh-install-lib-1.1.0.tar.gz>)
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+ Version 0.6 of Sunterlib, the Scheme Untergrund library
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(From <http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/sunterlib/sunterlib-0.6.tar.gz>)
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+ Version 0.2 of scx, a GUI library for scsh
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(From <ftp://ftp.scsh.net/pub/scsh/packages/scx/scx-0.2.tar.gz>)
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* Installation
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Run the script install.scm from the top of the tarball:
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./install.scm
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The only important option is --prefix to specify a directory where
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files are installed. Use the --help options to see all possible
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options.
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* Support
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=========
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Please direct questions, comments, answers about Orion to the regular
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scsh mailing list at
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scsh-users@scsh.net
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