An Overview of twm (Tom’s Window Manager) - （twm的概述(汤姆的窗口管理器)-）.pdf

An Overview of twm (Tom’s Window Manager) Tom LaStrange Solbourne Computer Inc. Longmont, CO toml@Solbourne.COM ABSTRACT twm is a publicly available window manager for the X Window System Version 11. It started out as a simple reparenting window manager with much of the same capabilities found in exist- ing window managers. Since its initial release in April 1988, it has continued to evolve from suggestions and contributions taken from the X community. Its strengths are ease of use, small code size, and feature-rich functionality. This paper focuses on the basic architecture of twm and some of the unique features which set it apart from other window managers. 1 Introduction twm is an easy-to-use window manager for the X Window System that complies with the conventions pro- posed in the Inter-Client Communications Conventions Manual (ICCCM). It is a reparenting window manag- er; thus, client programs that create windows, which have the X root window as their parent, are given a new parent. The new parent is a frame window created by twm. The frame window contains not only the window of the client but can optionally contain a title bar that contains