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From: peterc@a3.ph.man.ac.uk (Peter Chang)
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Subject: Ctwm for VMS (an alternative window manager)
Date: 20 Feb 1995 21:23:06 GMT
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Sick of the bog-standard window manager? Then try ctwm, Claude's
extension of twm.

It's a nifty window manager with multiple workspaces and lots of
features. Coloured icons are supported via xpm and there is limited
icon/titlebar animation.

I've done the VMS port for it (based on the twm port) - actually I've
been doing it for several versions now - which is now incorporated into
the author's distribution. But, alas, he's got several of the files
wrong/omitted.

However you can now get the fixed distribution CTWM-3_3.ZIP from
ada.cenaath.cena.dgac.fr or ftp2.cnam.fr in [.decwindows].
Thanks goes to Patrick Moreau for providing the space.


Enjoy,

Peter Chang - peterc@a3.ph.man.ac.uk

PS Note for the VMS/DECWindows expert:
The port is fairly complete though the area where it is lacking most is
the animation which is very crudely implemented. I haven't the expertise
to improve this though - it's all about setting timers and event flags
that I could not get to work with the X server. Anyone wants to
volunteer to fix util.c?

