JWM (Joe's Window Manager) is a lightweight
stacking window manager for the
X Window System
The X Window System (X11, or simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on Unix-like operating systems.
X provides the basic framework for a GUI environment: drawing and moving windows on the display device and interacting wi ...
written by Joe Wingbermuehle. JWM is written in
C and uses only
Xlib
Xlib (also known as libX11) is an X Window System protocol client library written in the C programming language. It contains functions for interacting with an X server. These functions allow programmers to write programs without knowing the ...
at a minimum. Configuration is done by editing an
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable ...
file; no graphical configuration is necessary or supplied.
Support for the following can be added as
compile-time
In computer science, compile time (or compile-time) describes the time window during which a computer program is compiled.
The term is used as an adjective to describe concepts related to the context of program compilation, as opposed to concept ...
options:
*
PNG,
JPG and
XPM icons
*
Xft
*
Xinerama
Xinerama is an extension to the X Window System that enables X applications and window managers to use two or more physical displays as one large virtual display.
Developed under the name ''PanoramiX'' by Madeline T. Asmus of the Digital Equipme ...
*FriBidi
*The
Shape extension
It provides an interface similar to
Windows 98
Windows 98 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems. The second operating system in the 9x line, it is the successor to Windows 95, and was released to ...
and can support some
GNOME,
Motif and
Extended Window Manager Hints Extended Window Manager Hints, a.k.a. NetWM, is an X Window System standard for the communication between window managers and applications. It builds on the functionality of the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM).
These standar ...
.
JWM is the default window manager used in
Damn Small Linux version 4.x,
Puppy Linux
Puppy Linux is an operating system and family of light-weight Linux distributions that focus on ease of use and minimal memory footprint. The entire system can be run from random-access memory (RAM) with current versions generally taking up abou ...
and
SliTaz (< 2.0). It is used also in an edition of
Manjaro Linux
Manjaro ( ) is a free and open-source Linux distribution based on the Arch Linux operating system that has a focus on user-friendliness and accessibility. It uses a rolling release update model and Pacman as its package manager. It is develope ...
.
The Joe of JWM is not the same Joe as the Joe of
JOE
Joe or JOE may refer to:
Arts
Film and television
* ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle
* ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage
* ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971
* ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated ...
.
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
* ...
*
Fluxbox
Fluxbox is a stacking window manager for the X Window System, which started as a fork of Blackbox 0.61.1 in 2001, with the same aim to be lightweight. Its user interface has only a taskbar, a pop-up menu accessible by right-clicking on the des ...
,
Openbox,
IceWM
IceWM is a stacking window manager for the X Window System, originally written by Marko Maček. It was written from scratch in C++ and is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.
It is customizable, relatively lightwe ...
and other lightweight window managers
Notes
References
Further reading
* Hagen Höpfner (August 2005)
Simple AND Light. JWM Window Manager Linux Magazine
''Linux Magazine'' is an international magazine for Linux software enthusiasts and professionals. It is published by the former Linux New Media division of the German media company Medialinx AG.
The magazine was first published in German in 199 ...
, issue 57, pp. 80–82
External links
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JWM on Sourceforge
Free software programmed in C
Free X window managers
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