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	Desktop Window Manager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Desktop Window Manager (DWM) is currently the name for the new windowing system that will be available in all versions of Windows Vista, except Starter Edition, to enable the new Aero user interface.
		The Desktop Window Manager is similar to Quartz Compositor in Mac OS X in that applications do not draw directly to screen, but instead draw to off-screen buffers that are then composited by the window manager and displayed on-screen.
		This allows the window manager to easily create a number of on-screen effects such as the current one displayed in Vista betas, where the borders of application windows are translucent, showing parts of the windows lying beneath them, or the stacking effect displayed when users switch between applications.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Desktop_Window_Manager (202 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Microsoft Windows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Windows was developed for IBM PC-compatible computers (these were based on Intel x86 architecture), and today, almost all versions of Windows are made for this hardware-platform (although Windows NT was written as a cross-platform system for Intel and MIPS processors, and later appeared on the PowerPC and DEC Alpha architectures).
		Windows 3.0 (1990) and Windows 3.1 (1992) perfected the design, notably thanks to virtual memory and loadable virtual device drivers (VxDs) which allowed them to share arbitrary devices between multitasked DOS windows.
		Windows was originally designed for ease-of-use on a single-user PC without a network connection, and did not have security features built in from the outset.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Microsoft_Windows (2590 words)

	vtwm \| manual of the virtual desktop window manager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Windows are resized by pressing the right titlebutton (which resembles a group of nested squares), dragging the pointer over the edge that is to be moved, and releasing the pointer when the window is the desired size.
		Similarly, windows are moved by pressing in the title or highlight region, dragging it to the new location, and then releasing when the window is in the desired position.
		Windows that have both this and the IconManagerDontShow options set may not be accessible unless the user has provided bindings to the warp functions (f.warp and the like) while WarpUnmapped is set, or by the VTWM Windows menu.
	www.vtwm.org /vtwm-manpage.html (12867 words)

	Matchbox: Window Management Not for the Desktop
		The X Window System [15] diverges from convention by supporting external window management: the geometry and stacking of windows on the screen is managed by a separate application known as the window manager.
		Several window managers were investigated in terms of their suitability for use on a handheld device with limited application storage space and memory.
		The core of the window manager is an event loop which dispatches events to client objects as shown in Figure 4.
	www.usenix.org /events/usenix03/tech/freenix03/full_papers/allum/allum_html/matchbox.html (5902 words)

	Linux Downloads: Desktops & Window Manager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		window manager improved 2 (wmii) is the next generation of wmi.
		It has a built-in window manager and terminal emulator, and can be used as server for remote clients in the same style as X11.
		[Window Managers for X] - is a guide to window managers and desktop environments for The X Window System, as used mainly by Linux and UNIX operating systems.
	www.linuxbasis.com /downx11.html (813 words)

	W W W . E N L I G H T E N M E N T . O R G
		While we are best known for the Enlightenment Window Manager itself there is a long history of providing advanced libraries and tools to support the window manager and other applications, such as Imlib, FNLib, and Imlib2, which extend far beyond the window manager itself in scope.
		Version 0.16 of the Enlightenment window manager was released in 2000, along with its dependencies Imlib and Fnlib, and remains in heavy usage today.
		The desktop shell itself is only a basic framework and not yet ready for CVS, but will be emerging into CVS during the course of this year.
	www.enlightenment.org (680 words)

	About Desktop Manager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		To implement virtual desktops, I've had to delve into the internals of OS X and reverse-engineer some functionality.
		You are free to investigate and utilise the techniques used by Desktop Manager so long as you respect the license it is released under.
		Desktop Manager is my own pet project to implement a (hopefully) easy to use virtual desktop manager for OS X. I've put it up here in the hope that it will be useful to others.
	desktopmanager.berlios.de (408 words)

	Window Managers - Your ultimate window managers resource. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Orients the new user to window system concepts and provides detailed tutorials for many client programs, including the xterm terminal emulator and the twm, uwm, and mwm window managers.
		Window Maker includes compatibility options which allow it to work with other popular desktop...
		Window Managers Explained Introduction Steve Singer Thursday, September 16, 1999 06:44:21 PM Introduction Many users who are new to Linux are unfamiliar with the term Window Manager.
	windows.thebestsitesdir.com /index.php?k=window-managers (480 words)

	vtwm \| changelog og the virtual desktop window manager
		Fixed window resizing via icon managers and the virtual desktop and window moves (f.move) via the virtual desktop.
		By cleverly re-using the code for icon regions, a new window management scheme, applet regions, is born!
		Fixed a bug when trying to move the virtual desktop window with the pointer; see the notes in djhjr.vtwmrc pertaining to the virtual desktop, it's related, and the BUGS file.
	www.vtwm.org /vtwm-changelog.html (3914 words)

	DynaDeskXP - A window manager with support for the multiple monitor extended desktop
		DynaDeskXP is an innovative and user friendly window manager tool with a map of the desktop and can help get the most out of the multiple monitor extended desktop.
		Windows XP allows for up to ten monitors to be connected to create a larger desktop; each monitor is represented in the map.
		With the map, desktop windows can be easily moved and sized across multiple monitors using their corresponding mini windows.
	www.dynadeskxp.com (157 words)

	Virtual Desktop - Download Virtual Desktop Manager for Microsoft Windows
		Our desktop manager window is a skinnable popup window that can show you a graphical representation of what is in each desktop (see right for example), including the ones you can't currently see.
		Each desktop will be focused on one subject, so your screen looks tidy and well organized, and you don't need to find a window among lots of windows.
		To switch among virtual desktop quickly and easily, Virtual Desk provides you three methods to switch among virtual desktop: moving mouse on the icon located on the system tray and select a desktop when the switching window popped up; clicking shortcut on quick launch area; using definable hotkeys to switch.
	www.easyfp.com /virtualdesk (615 words)

	UNIX Window Manager
		AfterStep (David Mihm)- This is a window manager for the Unix X Window System based on the look and feel of the NeXTStep interface.
		Scwm (Greg J. Badros and Maciej Stachowiak)- This is the Scheme Constraints/Configurable Window Manager.
		What portion of the Virtual Desktop that is displayed, and whatever windows might be visible within it, is a simple point-and-click operation by means of a scaled representation of that workspace.
	unix.ittoolbox.com /topics/t.asp?t=414&p=414&h1=414 (726 words)

	Linux Window Manager
		A window manager is usually included in a desktop environment, but can run without one.
		AfterStep (David Mihm)- AfterStep is a window manager for the Unix X Window System based on the look and feel of the NeXTStep interface.
		Scwm (Greg J. Badros)- Scwm is the Scheme Constraints Window Manager.
	linux.ittoolbox.com /topics/t.asp?t=350&p=350&h1=350 (566 words)

	Desktop enviornment/window manager q's - LinuxQuestions.org
		I was searching through another thread and found a website that had a list of window managers and desktop environments.
		I am not sure what to do with window maker, I tried typing 'wmaker' the same way I did 'startxpde' but it didn't work, I figured it was because x needed to be running.
		By reading the instructions it implies that windowmaker will be the default window manager as soon as I restart x however that does not seem to be the case.
	www.linuxquestions.org /questions/showthread.php?t=249738 (552 words)

	Re: Rotate Window - MSDN Forums
		If you have a normal, full window WPF application, that is, not a browser-hosted application or a control in a child window, then at that point the entire window is being drawn by WPF.
		When it comes to exposing a way for applications to more premanently set their window properties, things are trickier because we have to worry about all other APIs that manipulate windows, as well as mouse input and the behavior of those windows when the desktop compositor is turned off.
		So, the DWM can definitely implement visually all kinds of interesting effects, but that capability isn't exposed to applications because other subsystems that we haven't replaced in Windows Vista aren't able to deal with arbitrarily rotated or skewed windows (let alone windows mapped to 3D surfaces).
	forums.microsoft.com /MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=209560&SiteID=1 (1040 words)

	[wplug] {window,desktop} {environment,manager}
		A DE includes one or more window managers (although extremists might consider a text console the most-basic DE) which may or may not be part of the DE project.
		The E file manager and associated other apps would, together with E, be considered a DE.
		You can run the panel without Nautilus (which I do), the window manager without the panel, or any other combination of components - but underneath them all are the DE subsystems, like bonobo and the gnome-session-manager.
	www.wplug.org /pipermail/wplug/2004-October/023524.html (520 words)

	GNOME Window Manager Compliance - How to write a GNOME compliant Window Manager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Desktop areas, button presses, and releases on the root window.
		This document provides quick and concise information for authors of Window Managers for the X Window System who wish to support the GNOME Desktop and its applications.
		A knowledge of ICCCM and experience in dealing with client interaction within a Window Manager framework is also assumed.
	developer.gnome.org /doc/standards/wm/book1.html (155 words)

	Desktop Technologies -- Motif
		The Motif 2.1 Window Manager (mwm) is a "lite" version of the CDE 2.1 Window Manager, desktop window manager (dtwm 2.1), and provides functionality compatible with Motif 1.2 mwm.
		In the area of geom etry management, Release 2.1 allows margins to be swapped and the layout of dialogue boxes and menus to be reversed.
		The Motif Window Manager is a separate ap plication that allows users to modify windows adding icons or resizing, for example.
	www.opengroup.org /desktop/motif.html (2894 words)

	GNOME Desktop Components
		The reason for this decision is that many people are attached to their particular window manager; forcing them to switch just to use GNOME would be counterproductive.
		This is a requirement for a window manager to be considered even minimally GNOME-compliant.
		If you are a window manager author and would like to join the discussion of the extensions and additions, please join the
	developer.gnome.org /arch/desktop/wm.html (298 words)

	Virtual desktop manager software downloads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Virtual Desktop is a desktop manager to create many virtual desktops and switch among them.
		WiseDesktop is an award-winning virtual desktop manager for Windows with user-friendly interface and useful features.
		Virtual Desktops Manager: it enables you to work on various tasks simultaneously without opening and closing application windows each time.
	www.freedownloadsoft.com /Virtual+desktop+manager (304 words)

	MSFN - Under the Hood of the Vista Desktop Window Manager
		The Desktop Window Manager (DWM) is one of the more visible features and changes to Windows coming out with the upcoming Windows Vista release.
		The DWM is built upon the core graphics layer of Avalon, and is being developed by the same team responsible for Avalon.
		We've been heads down on design, development, and testing for quite some time, but now that there's an end in sight, I figured I'd come up for air and describe a bit about what we've done and the technical underpinnings of this visible feature.
	www.msfn.org /comments.php?shownews=16295 (238 words)

	Build a Windows Vista System Today!--ExtremeTech Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Since Windows Vista (formerly codenamed "Longhorn") was announced, some of the bleeding-edge features have been scaled back.
		But it's likely that the Windows Vista's feature list is now stable enough that we can predict what kind of system you'll need to build today to accommodate the new OS.
		Windows Vista will ship on DVD discs, so a DVD-ROM drive, at a minimum, is required.
	www.extremetech.com /article2/0,1558,1913841,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0... (752 words)

	Window Manager / Desktop Enviroment ?? - LinuxQuestions.org
		I hate the idea of a windowing environment being directly tied into any applications being run on top of it, so I've tested and removed many applications that are specific to KDE and Gnome.
		I don't believe a 3rd-party application developed for an operating system should be dependent upon a certain windowing environment within that operating system unless it's explicitly stated as such....many KDE/Gnome applications don't inform you that they need to launch half a dozen other applications before they'll run properly.
		Running simply a window manager, such as any of the boxes or windowmaker or icewm, you're not forced to run a multitude of applications you may not want or need...you may run into issues such as what I mentioned above, but overall they run much faster and use very little resources.
	www.linuxquestions.org /questions/showthread.php?postid=737139 (698 words)

	Simon Lyall - Computer Related Interests
		It is stable for both desktop and server applications, can run all the software I use, is cheap and is what I am used to.
		My desktop consists of lots of netscape windows and xterms.
		I like to have a separate virtual desktop for each task and I open new xterms and Mozilla windows and tabs a lot.
	www.darkmere.gen.nz /interest/comp.html (647 words)

	Help In Nvidia Driver 66.32 Plugin - The CD Forum
		Neither of those entries were actually in my registry so I pulled the entries off a normal boot of Win XP and altered them as shown above.
		I'd guess that windows sees these missing drivers but checks the defined paths and gives up.
		The best part is no more floppy disk is required, also I would guess that this will remove the need to comment out the copyfiles entries in the driver inf's.
	www.911cd.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=8195 (678 words)

	GNOME: The Free Software Desktop Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The GNOME desktop is now faster and easier to configure than ever before.
		Learn more about this release through the GNOME 2.14 start page, the summarized press release and the detailed release notes.
		Know the state of the art of the GNOME desktop and applications.
	www.gnome.org (226 words)

	The Tango Desktop Codeblog » window manager theme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		You are currently browsing the archives for the window manager theme category.
		I’ve set up an Experiments section in the wiki as a spot for people to post incomplete ideas and mockups.
		To get things started in there, I’ve posted a brief write-up and some example mockup screenshots to illustrate some ideas I have about the basic document/application window layout.
	tango-project.org /codeblog/category/tango/window-manager-theme (86 words)

	xpde :: desktop environment
		Nothing more, no clipboard compatibility between Gtk and Qt applications, no emulation of Windows applications, no unification on the widgets of X applications, just a desktop environment.
		On October 17th 2003, the XPde team released a legal document intended to be useful to developers of free software that may include the ability to emulate aspects of the graphical environment familiar to users of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
		It is not a substitute for legal advice from an attorney licensed in your jurisdiction and no attorney/client relationship is formed by your reading it.
	www.xpde.com (246 words)

	Xfce - Desktop Environment
		Other than that a large number of bugs were fixed, and several core components were improved.
		Xfce 4.4 features new tools such as the much anticipated "Thunar" file manager as well as several huge improvements of its core components.
		A "micro" release to fix a regression in the window manager settings, get it from one of the download locations from this page, the change log for 4.2.3 remains here.
	www.xfce.org (247 words)

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