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XMonad, or any other tiling WM, would be lovely for tablet mode too, but probably requires some work.



I know someone who uses a TWM on a tablet, and it works fairly albeit as clunkily as you might expect.


Oh, that's exactly the person I'm looking for! (I'm considering a similar setup) Do you know what software they use/where the touchscreen works best? Thanks a ton!


Not quite how I remembered it. Hopefully it's still useful information. In his words:

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I was using ArchLinux from within an Android setup using a chroot. The X server ran under Android an was called XSDL, which handles keyboard and allows me to simulate rightclick. I was using Awesome. I bound volume keys to right click and Super (my WM controlling key).

The setup wasn't particularly ergonomic. Problems included the clumsiness and limitation of the X server's controls, the keyboard oriented nature of my Awesome setup, And the general lack of benefit from using a TWM. As far as I was concerned, there was limited merit in having multiple windows active at once when screen space was limited, and other WM with touch in mind would probably work better.

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It was around 10 inch, but the resolution was about 1280 or lower, and touch wasn't that accurate. (1280x800)

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Note that this was a while ago, and XSDL has undergone changes.




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