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FVWM
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FVWM (F Virtual Window Manager) is a stacking window manager for X11. It is designed to minimize memory consumption, provide a 3D look to window frames, and to provide a virtual desktop. It is also possible to extend FVWM using C, M4 and Perl preprocessing or scripts, in the case of Perl.
Installation
USE flags
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Note
- To be able to run Perl scripts in FVWM, enable the
perlandgtk2-perlUSE flags. - The
vanillaUSE flag is recommended to write to the fvwm-workers mailing list, see bug #411811, comment 14
Emerge
After flags have been set issue an emerge command to install FVWM:
root #emerge --ask x11-wm/fvwmConfiguration
FVWM's main configuration file is ~/.fvwm/config.
Starting
To start FVWM use a display manager or the startx command.
When using startx with ConsoleKit support, setup ConsoleKit and create the following file:
FILE
~/.xinitrcexec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session fvwm