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9wm Version 1.1
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Copyright 1994 David Hogan.
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What is 9wm?
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9wm is an X window manager which attempts to emulate the Plan 9 window
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manager 8-1/2 as far as possible within the constraints imposed by X.
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It provides a simple yet comfortable user interface, without garish
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decorations or title-bars. Or icons. And it's click-to-type. This
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will not appeal to everybody, but if you're not put off yet then read
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on. (And don't knock it until you've tried it).
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One major difference between 9wm and 8-1/2 is that the latter provides
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windows of text with a typescript interface, and doesn't need to run a
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separate program to emulate a terminal. 9wm, as an X window manager,
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does require a separate program. For better 8-1/2 emulation, you should
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obtain Matthew Farrow's "9term" program (ftp://ftp.cs.su.oz.au/matty/unicode),
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version 1.6 or later (earlier versions don't cooperate with 9wm in
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implementing "hold mode"). Of course, you can run xterm under 9wm as well.
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