1996-11-14 20:03:50 +00:00
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The GWM (Generic Window Manager) is an extensible Window Manager for the X
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Window System Version 11. It is based upon a WOOL (Window Object Oriented
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Langage) kernel, which is an interpreted dialect of Lisp with specific window
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management primitives. The user builds a window manager by writing WOOL files
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to describe objects on the screen, including a Finite State Machine triggering
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WOOL actions on response to X events (e.g. mouse buttons) on that object. These
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objects can be used as decorations around X applications windows, as pop-up
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menus or as independent windows. GWM should be able to emulate efficiently
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other window managers, and play the same role for window managers as EMACS does
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for text editors.
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GWM comes with already defined profiles (standard, vtwm-like, twm-like,
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mwm-like). Some screenshots are avialable on the W3 page. Or you can design
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exactly what you want.
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2000-11-27 21:54:12 +00:00
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WWW: http://www.inria.fr/koala/gwm/
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