./wm/tvtwm, Classic twm with virtual desktop support

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Branch: CURRENT, Version: 11nb3, Package name: tvtwm-11nb3, Maintainer: pkgsrc-users

tvtwm is a superset of the X11R5 release of twm (Tom's Window Manager),
written by Tom LaStrange. Much of the early functionality, which is
described in more detail in README.old, was added by Tom LaStrange himself.
Since then, tvtwm has fallen under my control, and I've added some things
myself.

Why doesn't tvtwm have version numbers, and only has patchlevels? I
don't know. History, I suppose. But, for information's sake, that is
effectually the version number. In this case, pl11.

The major benefit of tvtwm over twm is the "Virtual Desktop". This
allows you do define a substitute root window that is larger than your
display area. This new virtual root window is the parent for all of your
X clients. tvtwm provides a "Panner" which will let you see a scaled down
representation of the whole virtual desktop. Using this panner, and keys
bound to functions added to tvtwm, you can move around this desktop to
have your physical display showing only part of the whole desktop. Thus,
you can have sections of your desktop assigned to particular tasks, or
just use it to keep from having 20 million layers of windows. :-)

Many other things are discussed in README.old. Please look there for
further information. The more recent changes have been documented on an
item-by-item basis, and these changes can be found, not surprisingly, in
the CHANGES file.


Required to run:
[x11/libXpm]

Required to build:
[pkgtools/x11-links] [x11/xbitmaps] [pkgtools/cwrappers] [x11/xorgproto]

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Master sites: (Expand)

• ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/x11/x.org/contrib/window_managers/ (Download)
• ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/X11/contrib/window_managers/ (Download)
• ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/window_managers/ (Download)

Filesize: 219.663 KB

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Version history: (Expand)

• (2025-07-15) Package has been reborn
• (2025-07-15) Package deleted from pkgsrc
• (2017-11-23) Package has been reborn
• (2006-02-06) Updated to version: tvtwm-11nb3
• (2005-10-05) Package added to pkgsrc.se, version tvtwm-11nb2 (created)

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CVS history: (Expand)

2025-12-18 14:12:06 by Nia Alarie | Files touched by this commit (3)

Log message: tvtwm: Fix build with recent gcc versions.

2021-10-26 13:25:22 by Nia Alarie | Files touched by this commit (106)

Log message: wm: Replace RMD160 checksums with BLAKE2s checksums All checksums have been double-checked against existing RMD160 and SHA512 hashes

2021-10-07 17:05:15 by Nia Alarie | Files touched by this commit (106)

Log message: wm: Remove SHA1 hashes for distfiles

2017-01-04 13:20:07 by Jonathan Perkin | Files touched by this commit (2)

Log message: Ensure the local yywrap is used. Fixes build with newer flex.

2015-11-03 00:42:56 by Alistair G. Crooks | Files touched by this commit (90)

Log message: Add SHA512 digests for distfiles for wm category Problems found with existing distfiles: distfiles/fvwm-1.24r.tar.gz Otherwise, existing SHA1 digests verified and found to be the same on the machine holding the existing distfiles (morden). All existing SHA1 digests retained for now as an audit trail.

2012-10-23 12:24:24 by Thomas Klausner | Files touched by this commit (215)

Log message: Remove xextproto/buildlink3.mk in most cases where it occurs with libXext/buildlink3.mk, now that it is included there. Leave the places where its API version is set or variables from it are used directly (about 3 packages).

2012-10-08 14:42:26 by Aleksej Saushev | Files touched by this commit (87)

Log message: Drop PKG_DESTDIR_SUPPORT setting, "user-destdir" is default these days.

2008-06-20 03:09:45 by Joerg Sonnenberger | Files touched by this commit (993)

Log message: Add DESTDIR support.

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