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olwm (OPEN LOOK Window Manager) was the default stacking window manager for
*Virtual Desktop Manager (olvwm only): allows windows to be dragged and dropped to any Workspace. The number of Workspaces is configurable; there are three rows of four Workspaces in the VDM in the lower illustration.
*Workspace Menu: allows the user to start programs
*Windows can be automatically started and positioned when the window manager starts (and can be started in a specific Workspace in olvwm), using the config file
*olvwm includes its own config file, which allows the user to resize and reposition a window using a shortcut key
*" Focus follows mouse" capability
* Ability to switch and click-into a workspace (using the olvwm VDM).
*Customizable colors
*Specify no, or minimal, window borders (olvwm only)
*Sticky windows (olvwm onlyOLVWM Configuration
/ref>)
OpenWindows
OpenWindows is a discontinued desktop environment for Sun Microsystems workstations which combined SunView, NeWS, and X Window System protocols. OpenWindows was included in later releases of the SunOS 4 and Solaris operating systems, until its r ...
, the original X11 desktop environment
In computing, a desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system that share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes described as a graphica ...
included with SunOS and Solaris. Its unique characteristic is its implementation of the OPEN LOOK
OPEN LOOK (sometimes referred to as Open Look) is a graphical user interface (GUI) specification for UNIX workstations. It was originally defined in the late 1980s by Sun Microsystems and AT&T Corporation.
History
OPEN LOOK was created at a ...
look and feel
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.
Scott Oaks developed a variant of olwm, called olvwm (OPEN LOOK Virtual Window Manager), which implements a virtual root window {{Unreferenced, date=September 2008
In the X Window System, every window is contained within another window, called its parent. This makes the windows form a hierarchy. The root window is the root of this hierarchy. It is as large as the screen/di ...
with dimensions greater than those of the video display
A display device is an output device for presentation of information in visual or tactile form (the latter used for example in tactile electronic displays for blind people). When the input information that is supplied has an electrical signal the ...
.
Key features
*Virtual Desktop Manager (olvwm only): allows windows to be dragged and dropped to any Workspace. The number of Workspaces is configurable; there are three rows of four Workspaces in the VDM in the lower illustration.
*Workspace Menu: allows the user to start programs
*Windows can be automatically started and positioned when the window manager starts (and can be started in a specific Workspace in olvwm), using the config file
*olvwm includes its own config file, which allows the user to resize and reposition a window using a shortcut key
*" Focus follows mouse" capability
* Ability to switch and click-into a workspace (using the olvwm VDM).
*Customizable colors
*Specify no, or minimal, window borders (olvwm only)
*Sticky windows (olvwm onlyOLVWM Configuration/ref>)
See also
* SunViewReferences
X window managers Sun Microsystems software {{desktop-environment-stub