Amiwm
Encyclopedia
In computing
, the AMIga Window Manager (amiwm) is a stacking window manager for the X Window System
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Amwim was written by Marcus Comstedt. "The purpose of amiwm is to make life more pleasant for Amiga-freaks like myself who has/wants to use UNIX workstations once in a while."
Amiwm emulates the Amiga Workbench
screen. The author has indicated that he intends to keep up with any Amiga interface changes in the future.
Computing
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, the AMIga Window Manager (amiwm) is a stacking window manager for the X Window System
X Window System
The X window system is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces and rich input device capability for networked computers...
.
Amwim was written by Marcus Comstedt. "The purpose of amiwm is to make life more pleasant for Amiga-freaks like myself who has/wants to use UNIX workstations once in a while."
Amiwm emulates the Amiga Workbench
Workbench (AmigaOS)
-Overview:Commodore named their Amiga computer's first operating system Workbench 1.0 and continued with the Workbench name until version 3.1, when it was changed to AmigaOS, prompted by Apple renaming their propriety OS from "System" to "MacOS"...
screen. The author has indicated that he intends to keep up with any Amiga interface changes in the future.
Features
Features of the amiwm window manager include:- Supports iconification of running tasks
- Window borders
- Window titlebars
- Titlebar buttons for menu, minimize, maximize, and close
- Desktop shortcutShortcutShortcut may refer to:*File shortcut, a file that contains only the location of another file in the computer*Keyboard shortcuts, a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation*Shortcut , a Swedish magazine...
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