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tvtwm is a superset of the X11R5 release of twm (Tom's Window Manager),
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written by Tom LaStrange. Much of the early functionality, which is
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described in more detail in README.old, was added by Tom LaStrange himself.
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Since then, tvtwm has fallen under my control, and I've added some things
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myself.
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Why doesn't tvtwm have version numbers, and only has patchlevels? I
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don't know. History, I suppose. But, for information's sake, that is
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effectually the version number. In this case, pl11.
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The major benefit of tvtwm over twm is the "Virtual Desktop". This
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allows you do define a substitute root window that is larger than your
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display area. This new virtual root window is the parent for all of your
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X clients. tvtwm provides a "Panner" which will let you see a scaled down
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representation of the whole virtual desktop. Using this panner, and keys
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bound to functions added to tvtwm, you can move around this desktop to
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have your physical display showing only part of the whole desktop. Thus,
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you can have sections of your desktop assigned to particular tasks, or
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just use it to keep from having 20 million layers of windows. :-)
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Many other things are discussed in README.old. Please look there for
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further information. The more recent changes have been documented on an
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item-by-item basis, and these changes can be found, not surprisingly, in
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the CHANGES file.
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