The Fast Light Window Manager is a
stacking window manager
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written in
C++
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and available for redistribution under the terms of the
GNU General Public Licence
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. FLWM is the default window manager for
Tiny Core Linux
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.
Features
Features of the FLWM window manager include:
* Small (i386: 43.6 kB package, 156.0 kB installed, ia64: 58.1 kB package, 216.0 kB installed)
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* Stacking windows
* Written in C++
C++ (pronounced "C plus plus") is a high-level general-purpose programming language created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup as an extension of the C programming language, or "C with Classes". The language has expanded significan ...
* Freely redistributable under the terms of the GPL-2.0-or-later license
* Based on the FLTK toolkit
* Window decorations include border
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s and a vertical titlebar
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* sloppy focus with click to focus (no autoraise)
* Multiple desktops
* Desktop switching via menu or through keyboard navigation
* No support for themes. Colors are customizable via command line arguments.
See also
* Comparison of X window managers
This article compares variety of different X window managers. For an introduction to the topic, see X Window System.
General information
Features
See also
* Comparison of X Window System desktop environments
* Window manager
* ...
References
External links
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Free X window managers
Software that uses FLTK
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