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From: nation@snoopy.sanders.lockheed.com (Robert Nation)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Fvwm-0.97 X-Window System Window Manager available
Date: 21 Sep 93 15:33:16
Organization: Lockheed Sanders Inc.
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Message-ID: <NATION.93Sep21153316@snoopy.sanders.lockheed.com>
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Fvwm release 0.97 (source only) has been uploaded to sunsite.unc.edu
as file /pub/Linux/Incoming/fvwm-0.97-source.tar.z. Although the path
name indicates a Linux program, there is nothing Linux-specific about
it, and previous versions compiled under NetBSD-0.9 without
modification.
This posting is provided at the request ofandrew@wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de
(Andrew Wheadon).
Fvwm is a light-weight window manager which provides a simple virtual
desktop, a 3-D look for windows decorations, and color icons.
Appearance is very much motif-like, with fancy shaped color icons like
the macintosh or microsoft windows. Behaviour can be manipulated to
approximate almost any window manager.
Memory consumption for Fvwm is about 1/2 to 1/3 that of twm.
Fvwm is targeted at machines with too little memory, and at laptops
on which mouse usage may be awkward. All window manager functions
can be performed (conveniently) without a mouse.
For people who have already worked with fvwm, here are some highlights.
In this release we have the following several new features:
1. Maximize takes optional arguments to effect maximize vertical or
maximize horizontal.
(See the Maximize portion of the man page.)
2. A WindowList similar to TwmWindows.
(See the WindowList section of the man page).
3. SuppressIcons. Can be used in conjunction with WindowList to
achieve an icon manager.
(See SuppressIcons in the man page).
3. AutoRaise (delay)
(See the AutoRaise part of the man page).
4. Improved click-to-focus handling
5. Ability to construct complex functions
(See the Function part of the man page)
6. A default icon (see the Icon section of the man page)
7. User selectable button decoration styles (see the ButtonStyle
section of the man page.)
8. A CursorMove function for mouseless operation
(see the CursorMove section of the man page).
9. The start of an mwm_like.fvwmrc for mwm fans.
10. Option for 2 column menus so you can list your shortcuts there
(like mwm).
Important Bug Fixes:
1. Fixed some problems with binding keyboard keys to decoration points.
2. Fixed internal error found when de-iconifying windows.
3. (Finally) fixed the xterm-solid/hollow cursor problem.
4. Fixed button 2 problems with click-to-focus mode.
5. Fixed some aligned problems with shaped windows.
6. See the ChangeLog for more details
Note: If you want to use color icons, you will need to get the Xpm libraries:
/pub/X11/contrib/xpm-3.2g.tar.Z for the Xpm library,
/pub/X11/contrib/xpm1icons.tar.Z, sample icons
/pub/X11/contrib/xpm2icons.tar.Z, more sample icons
/pub/X11/contrib/xpm3icons.tar.Z, still more sample icons
/pub/X11/contrib/ctwm-3.0.tar.Z, pull out the icons. ctwm has really nice
color icons.
Rob Nation
(nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com)