On: The Emacs Window Management Almanac

[nextos]

StumpWM uses Common Lisp, and can be setup to be nearly identical to Emacs window management. It is also quite performant. Out of the box, its configuration is pretty nice already.

[cmrdporcupine → nextos]

But is there a reasonable way to handle emacs buffers inside stumpwm?

[nextos → cmrdporcupine]

Yes, absolutely. There are several StumpWM modules providing integration with Emacs. You can also roll your own functions.