About:
FVWM is a multiple large virtual desktop window manager originally derived from twm. FVWM is intended to have a small memory footprint and a rich feature set, be extremely customizable and extendable and have a high degree of Motif mwm compatibility. FVWM is highly extensible through its module interface.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements

Changes:
All single letter variables are deprecated, and multiletter variables are provided. The NoWarp menu position hint option works with root menus too. WindowListFunc is executed within a window context, so a prefix "WindowId $0" is no longer needed in its definition, and it is advised to remove it from user configs. FvwmEvent executes all window related events within a window context, so PassId is not needed anymore, and all prefixes "WindowId $0" may be removed from user event handlers.

Author:
Dan Espen [contact developer]

Rating:	reset 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8.56/10.00 (39 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.fvwm.org/
Tar/GZ:
ftp://ftp.fvwm.org/pub/fvwm/version-2/
Tar/BZ2:
ftp://ftp.fvwm.org/pub/fvwm/version-2/
RPM package:
http://fvwm-themes.sourceforge.net/rpm/
CVS tree (cvsweb):
ftp://ftp.fvwm.org/pub/fvwm/devel/sources/

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		6 - Mature
[Environment]		X11 Applications
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		POSIX
[Programming Language]		C
[Topic]		Desktop Environment :: Window Managers

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	2.4.19	30-Sep-2004	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Releases

Version	Focus	Date
2.4.19	Minor bugfixes	30-Sep-2004 17:58
2.4.18	Minor security fixes	24-Mar-2004 01:21
2.4.17	Minor bugfixes	11-Oct-2003 08:35
2.4.16	Minor feature enhancements	30-May-2003 21:04
2.4.15	Minor bugfixes	25-Jan-2003 03:09
2.4.14	Minor bugfixes	30-Nov-2002 01:38
2.4.12	Minor bugfixes	10-Oct-2002 15:33
2.4.11	Minor bugfixes	21-Sep-2002 04:10
2.4.10	Minor bugfixes	16-Sep-2002 04:40
2.4.8	Minor bugfixes	12-Jun-2002 04:55

 Articles referencing this project

• Window Managers
  by Matt Chapman , in Category Reviews
  Sat, Nov 30th 2002 00:00
  
• How to Create and Use Themes
  by jeff covey , in Themes
  Sat, May 25th 2002 00:00
  

 Comments

[»] Dev version
by Avi Y - Aug 4th 2003 08:18:32

Many great features on 2.5.7
1. png image format support
2. extended taskbar - supports toolbar buttons
3. multipixmap titlebar - check suzzane britton's
new themes...
4. tear-off menus is declared on 2.5.8 (not released yet )
but it works in 2.5.7 and many many more...

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avi Y

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[»] fvwm continues to get better every day!
by awol - May 24th 2002 16:02:15

There are new features being added all the time to fvwm and almost daily! Some of the latest features include window shading in all directions and font shadows in titles, menus and modules. You can get rpm's for fvwm at http://fvwm-themes.sf.net now too! :-)
Also fvwm now supports transparencies, dynamic configuration changes, gnome, kde, session management, xinerama, and much much more.
Truly one of the most up to date and best supported open source window managers there is. A Fantastic Virtual Window Manager for every desktop! I wouldn't use anything else! ;-P

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[»] RPM
by Chris - Jun 7th 1999 02:33:00

Does anyone know where I might find an RPM of FVWM?

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[»] Fvwm is the real deal :)
by Alex Hornby - May 1st 1999 21:44:47

Those of you using fvwm2 derivatives such as afterstep should take another look at the genuine article. All the goodies you expect are available including wharf etc, and the build process is now the standard ./configure.

For some good configs look at fvwm2gnome

I liked it.

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