freebsd-ports/x11-wm/9wm/pkg-descr
Satoshi Asami 4a6b440781 Various plan9 utilities. It's such a complete collection, I'm going
to import it all at once!

Submitted by:	 Eric L. Hernes <erich@lodgenet.com>
1995-08-14 04:08:02 +00:00

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