> Welcome to the Official FVWM Homepage
>
> Created: Jan 31, 1996 ----- Last Updated: Mar 27, 1997
>
> (WARNING: still under construction)
>
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>
> FVWM is an ICCCM compliant multiple virtual desktop window manager for
> X11 created by by Robert Nation and derived originally from twm code.
> THANKS ROB!!!
>
> Rob has decided to pass the torch on though, so FVWM is now maintained
> by Charles Hines (me) with the help of various people all over the
> internet who are kind enough to use FVWM and submit patches,
> suggestions, etc.
>
> Also, the mailing list and official ftp site have moved with the
> change in maintainer (see below).
>
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>
> Table Of Contents
>
> * Version Info
> * Features
> * FTP and Mailing List Info
> * Mailing List Archive
> * Docs, FAQ, & Other Info
> * Other FVWM Related WWW Sites, etc
> * LATEST FVWM NEWS (patches, announcements, etc)
>
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>
> Version Info
>
> * Last Official 1.xx Version: 1.24r
> * Latest Official 2.xx Version: N/A (still in beta)
> * Latest Beta Release: 2.0.45
>
> Just click on the version numbers above to download them.
>
> And please keep in mind that the Beta code can potentially become
> unstable or buggy at any time, so USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. You will of
> course find bugs in the more stable Officially released versions too
> (see the man page for a note on this). Please report new bugs to the
> FVWM Mailing List (see below).
>
> I hope to have the First Official 2.xx Version (it'll be 2.1.0) out
> "Real Soon Now". It requires a little more polishing, like Doc
> updates, Compile/Install procedure fixes, some more bugfixes, etc.
>
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>
> Features
>
> Features Common to 1.xx and 2.xx (quick list):
>
> * Multiple Disjoint Large Virtual Desktops
> * Smaller memory usage (more so in 1.xx)
> * Dynamically extensable via modules
> * Recognizes Motif MWM hints
>
> Features New to 2.xx (quick list):
>
> * New more powerful and sensible rc file format
> * Change more features on per-window basis
> * Change many features on the fly
>
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>
> FTP and Mailing List Info
>
> The new Official FTP site for fvwm is
>
> ftp://ftp.hpc.uh.edu/pub/fvwm/
>
> and the new mailing list addresses are:
>
> fvwm_at_hpc.uh.edu (Discussion and questions list)
> and
> fvwm-announce_at_hpc.uh.edu (Announcement only list)
> and
> fvwm-workers_at_hpc.uh.edu (Beta testers and contributors list)
>
> They are maintained by Jason Tibbitts, and are Majordomo based mailing
> lists. To subscribe to the list, send "subscribe fvwm" in the body of
> a message to majordomo_at_hpc.uh.edu. To unsubscribe from the list, send
> "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to majordomo_at_hpc.uh.edu.
>
> SUBSCRIPTION REQUESTS SENT TO THE LIST WILL BE IGNORED!!!! PLEASE
> FOLLOW THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBSCRIBING PROPERLY!!!!
>
> To report problems with any of the mailing lists, send mail to
> fvwm-owner_at_hpc.uh.edu.
>
> Also the mailing lists are now archived!
>
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> Docs, FAQ, & Other Info
>
> * FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
> * Mailing List Archives
> * The TO-DO list
> * Manual Pages
> * ChangeLog for current 2.xx Beta
>
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>
> Other FVWM Related WWW Sites, etc
>
> Here's a few other sites (besides the official one) that have FVWM
> info:
>
> * T.J. Kelly's FVWM HomePage
> * Liem Bahneman's
> * Jens Frank's FVWM Page (Man Pages for 1.xx)
> * Eric Kahler's FVWM Page
> * Todd Gilmann's Collection of fvwmrc's (an ftp site)
>
> And here's a few others that have info on programs that are designed
> to work with FVWM in some manner:
>
> * The Dotfile Generator Home Page - A program that helps you
> generate .emacs, .cshrc, .fvwmrc, etc.
> * The TkGoodStuff Home Page - A Tcl/Tk Program that performs like
> GoodStuff/FvwmButtons.
>
> And here's some window managers that were created from fvwm source,
> but PLEASE DON'T ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM ON THE FVWM LIST, BUT RATHER
> CONTACT THE PARTIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM:
>
> * Bowman - A NeXT Lookalike created from 1.24r (gone?)
> * AfterStep - A continuation of Bowman
> * Fvwm95 - A hack of an fvwm2 beta that looks more like (shudder)
> Win95
>
> And here's an excellent site with all sorts of window manager
> information and comparisons:
>
> * Window Managers for X
>
> Be sure to vote for FVWM in the voting section! :)
>
> And don't forget about Newsgroups:
>
> * comp.windows.x.apps - for discussing and announcing apps like
> FVWM.
> * comp.windows.x - for general X11 discussions and advice.
>
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Received on Tue Apr 15 1997 - 22:43:13 BST