Hi folks, Waiting for some builds I started to google for the past of fvwm. Here are a few details (if you are interested):
The oldest version of the "old" fvwm (pre 1.0) I could find was 0.91b, created on July21st, 1993. The sources are here: ftp://ftp.uu.net/.vol/5/unix/linux/sources/usr.bin.X11/fvwm-0.91b.tar.gz The whole code is 289 KByte uncompressed. (2.5.25: >16 MByte.) After a few tweaks to the Makefile it still builds fine even with gcc 4.2.3 on amd64. And it seems to work. From the man page: =============================================================================== NAME fvwm - Feeble(?) Virtual Window Manager for X11 SYNOPSIS fvwm [ options ] DESCRIPTION Fvwm is a window manager for X11. It is a derivative of twm, redesigned to minimize memory consumption, provide a 3-D look to window frames, and provide a simple virtual desktop. Memory consumption is estimated at about one-half to one-third the memory consumption of twm, due pri- marily to a redesign of twm's inefficient method to storing mouse bind- ings. In addition, many of the configurable options of Twm have been removed. The name "Feeble(?) Virtual Window Manager" was used because "Small Window Manager" would have the same abbreviation as the "Saber Window Manager", which already exists. In any case, fvwm is small, and any- thing that is small must be feeble! : : AUTHOR Robert Nation ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), with help from Piercarlo Grandi, and Doug Muir, based on twm code, which was written by Thomas LaStrange. 3rd Berkeley Distribution 21 July 1993 FVWM(0.9) =============================================================================== The README included in the code mentions an even older version: fvwm 0.82, but this seems to be gone :-(. Have fun Harri
