Fvwm version 1.10 available

[Robert Nation]

Fvwm release 1.10 (source only) has been uploaded to sunsite.unc.edu
as file /pub/Linux/Incoming/fvwm-1.10-source.tar.z.
A binary distribution should follow shortly.

Fvwm is a light-weight window manager which provides a simple virtual
desktop, a 3-D look for windows decorations, and color icons.

Memory consumption for Fvwm is about 1/2 to 2/3 that of twm.
Fvwm is targeted at machines with too little memory, at laptops
on which mouse usage may be awkward, and at users who prefer the appearance
of the Motif window manager to twm's appearance. All window manager functions
can be performed (conveniently) without a mouse.

In this release there are some new features:
1. Improved Motif mwm emulation. Emulation mode can now be selected at
run time with MWMMenus, MWMButtons, MWMBorders. Improved mwm-like.fvwmrc
for motif fans.
2. Input Focus changes by clients like Lucid Emacs are tracked and
reflected by the window highlight color.
3. Add a warp function, like CirculateDown, but it de-iconifies as it
goes.
5. Menus reworked a bit, for more conventional operation.
6. Added a separate color set for sticky windows, using commands
StickyForeColor, StickyBackColor.
7. Added IconPath and Pixmap path command to make config files
simpler.
8. Assorted bug fixes.

Note: If you want to use color icons, you will need to get the Xpm libraries
from sunsite.unc.edu:
/pub/X11/contrib/xpm-3.2g.tar.Z for the Xpm library, or
/pub/Linux/X11/libs, file libXpm32g.tar.z. for a pre-compiled shared
library of libXpm for Linux.

You may also want these from sunsite.unc.edu:
/pub/X11/contrib/xpm3icons.tar.Z, sample icons
/pub/X11/contrib/ctwm-3.0.tar.Z, pull out the icons. ctwm has really nice
color icons.
and this from ftp.x.org:
/contrib/SunDesk???, lots of sample icons, which, unfortunately, have
very undescriptive file names. Apparantly there is
another version of this file with descriptive names,
also on ftp.x.org.

Rob Nation
(nat...@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com)

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