Re: FVWM: What does the F stand for?

From: Marcus Lundblad <ml_at_update.uu.se>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 20:51:27 +0100 (CET)

On 9 Dec 2002, Tor Stormwall wrote:

> Marcus Lundblad <ml_at_update.uu.se> writes:
>
> > On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, No Nym wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 10:20:24 -0500, you wrote:
> > >
> > > >Isn't there an interview with the original author in UnixWorld (or
> > > >something like it; I'm too lazy to look it up) where he gives the
> > > >original meaning as "feeble"?
> > > According to an article by FVWM's author (I can't recall where I read it),
> > > it stands for "Feline Virtual Windows Manager". It might have been on
> > > FVWM's official page:
> >
> > Actually the first releases in 1993 really WAS feeble. You couldn't change
> > much, only colurs, menus and maybe fonts... ^_^
>
> Where can I find a copy of such an old release from 1993?

I found an archive 0.91, from 23 July 1993...
http://www.update.uu.se/~ml/fvwm-0.91b.tar.gz

You might have to tweak the path for libraries to get it to compile (I
had to) (it has no autoconf :-) )

>
> > //Marcus
>
>
>
> Just For Fun :)
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Tor Stormwall
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