Vtwm

Vtwm (the Virtual Tabbed Window Manager) is an <a href="/facts/X_window_manager/jccjahgG">X window manager</a> that was developed from the <a href="/facts/Twm/e0S6lKHV">twm</a> codebase. The first release was in 1990, and it is very much an "old school" window manager, lacking <a href="/facts/Desktop_environment/VXBpMWnG">desktop environment</a> features. It added features like <a href="/facts/X_Pixmap/4DqfE6Gf">xpm</a> icons, autoraising of windows, and a <a href="/facts/Virtual_desktop/kGy9heRI">virtual desktop</a>; the latter feature is from where the program takes its name. Later additions include playing sounds in response to window manager events, and <a href="/facts/Motif_(software)/zEwd49VX">Motif</a>-style window decorations in place of the "flat," 2D titlebars commonly associated with twm.
Vtwm was one of the first window managers to have an icon manager, a box of clickable windows which mapped to the application windows currently on the desktop. Clicking the entry in the icon manager iconizes or deiconizes the associated application. This behavior is common today in <a href="/facts/Taskbar/uLQUAwz6">taskbars</a> in many operating systems.
Vtwm is released under the <a href="/facts/MIT_license/8llAQtlk">MIT license</a>.

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