JWM
Stacking window manager for X Window System
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 A screenshot of JWM on Puppy Linux | |
| Developer(s) | Joe Wingbermuehle |
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| Initial release | 0.1 / December 22, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-12-22) // 1.0 / November 13, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-11-13) |
| Stable release | 2.4.3[1]  / 22 October 2022 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | Window manager |
| License | 2016: MIT[a] 2005: GPL-2.0-only[b] |
| Website | joewing |
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.
Support for the following can be added as compile-time options:
- PNG, JPG and XPM icons
- Xft
- Xinerama
- FriBidi
- The Shape extension
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]
See also
Free and open-source software portal
- Comparison of X window managers
- Fluxbox, Openbox, IceWM and other lightweight window managers
Notes
References
Further reading
- Hagen Höpfner (August 2005) Simple AND Light. JWM Window Manager, Linux Magazine, issue 57, pp. 80–82
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to JWM.
- Official website
- jwm on GitHub
- JWM on Sourceforge
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