Twm

For other uses, see Twm (disambiguation).
twm
Original author(s)Tom LaStrange
Initial release1987
Stable release
1.0.12[1][2] Edit this on Wikidata / 2 April 2022
Repository
Written inC
TypeWindow manager
LicenseMIT-open-group[3]
MIT-CMU[4]
XFree86-1.0[5]

twm (Tab Window Manager)[6] is a window manager for the X Window System. Started in 1987 by Tom LaStrange, it has been the standard window manager for the X Window System since version X11R4. The name originally stood for Tom's Window Manager, but the software was renamed Tab Window Manager by the X Consortium when they adopted it in 1989. twm is a stacking window manager that provides title bars, shaped windows and icon management. It is highly configurable and extensible.

twm was a breakthrough achievement in the early years, but has been superseded by other window managers, which unlike twm, use a widget toolkit rather than a combination of the X Toolkit Intrinsics and XRandR.

Various other window managers—such as vtwm, tvtwm, CTWM, and FVWM—were built on twm's source code.

twm is still standard with X.Org Server, and is available as part of many X Window System implementations.

  1. ^ "[ANNOUNCE] twm 1.0.12". 2 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  2. ^ "twm-1.0.12 · Tags · xorg / app / twm · GitLab". 2 April 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ "MIT Open Group variant".
  4. ^ "CMU License".
  5. ^ "COPYING".
  6. ^ David B. Lewis (August 18, 1993). "comp.windows.x Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 1/5". Newsgroup: comp.windows.x. Retrieved February 16, 2022.