JWM
JWM (Joe's Window Manager) is a lightweight stacking window manager for the X Window System written by Joe Wingbermuehle. JWM is written in C and uses only Xlib at a minimum. Configuration is done by editing an XML file; no graphical configuration is necessary or supplied.
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 A screenshot of JWM on Puppy Linux | |
| Developer(s) | Joe Wingbermuehle |
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| Stable release | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | Window manager |
| License | 2016: MIT[lower-alpha 1] 2005: GPL-2.0-only[lower-alpha 2] |
| Website | joewing |
Support for the following can be added as compile-time options:
It provides an interface similar to Windows 98 and can support some GNOME, Motif and Extended Window Manager Hints.
JWM is the default window manager used in Damn Small Linux version 4.x, Puppy Linux and SliTaz (< 2.0). It is used also in an edition of Manjaro Linux.[2]
The Joe of JWM is not the same Joe as the Joe of JOE.
See also
- Comparison of X window managers
- Fluxbox, Openbox, IceWM and other lightweight window managers
Notes
- MIT since 2016-07-22, version 2.3.6.
- GPL-2.0-only from 2005-09-05 until 2016-07-02, version 2.3.5.
References
- https://github.com/joewing/jwm/releases/tag/v2.4.1.
- "Manjaro JWM". Retrieved 18 December 2015.
Further reading
- Hagen Höpfner (August 2005) Simple AND Light. JWM Window Manager, Linux Magazine, issue 57, pp. 80–82
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