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Tiling window manager	Tiling window manager performs tiling using the FvwmRearrange command. It arranges windows on the screen into non-overlapping frames, unlike the more common method of coordinate-based stacking of overlapping windows that aims to fully replicate the desktop metaphor. This is how NsCDE arranges windows vertically and horizontally. FvwmRearrange -tile $0 -r -mn 3 -maximize 0 0 $[wa.width]p $[wa.height]p #vertical FvwmRearrange -tile $0 -r -mn 2 -maximize 0 0 ..→
F Virtual Window Manager	The F Virtual Window Manager is a virtual window manager for the X Window System. Originally a TWM derivative, FVWM has evolved into a powerful and highly configurable environment for Unix-like systems. In 1993, during his work analyzing acoustic signatures for the United States Department of Defense, Robert Nation began hacking TWM with the intent of simultaneously reducing memory usage and adding support for virtual desktops. Already known for his rxvt terminal ..→