RE: FVMW: ?? Virtual Window Manager

Subject: RE: FVMW: ?? Virtual Window Manager
From: "Richard Smith" <Richard -dot- Smith -at- windriver -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 10:43:50 -0700


Way back when, my first slackware distro called it the
feeble-virtual-window-manager. Curiously though, _Free_ (while probably the
correct answer) is hardly a distinction in an arena where 90% of the WMs are
free.

Tried a google for _feeble virtual window manager_, 202 hits return.
for _free virtual window manager_, 41 hits return.

Bye,

Richard Smith


> -----Original Message-----

> Subject: RE: FVMW: ?? Virtual Window Manager
>
>
> I asked:
> -----Original Message-----
> Does anyone know what the "f" in fvmw stands for? Or, for that matter, how
> "vmw" stands for "Virtual Window Manager"? I used my favourite
> resource for
> acronyms http://www.acronymfinder.com/, and googled on it when that failed
> me.
> ----
> And was answered very promptly by a horde of helpful people, which lack of
> time prevents me from acknowledging individually, but I have learned:
>
> "F" appears to be of uncertain meaning, but the most sensible option is
> "free".
>
> The acronym originally *was* "fvwm" but has been transposed by some
> illiterate developer in prehistoric times, so that both "fvwm" and "fvmw"
> are acknowledged as valid.
>
> So that entry on my glossary now reads: fvmw (since that's the variation
> we're using): "Free Virtual Window Manager".
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Jane Carnall
>


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