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This is sawfish, a highly configurable window manager for X11. It is
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known to compile on at least Solaris/sparc and Linux/ix86; it is
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released under the terms of the GNU GPL, copyright John Harper
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<jsh@users.sourceforge.net>
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For more details, see the url:
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http://sawmill.sourceforge.net/
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Sawfish is an extensible window manager using an Emacs Lisp-like
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scripting language--all window decorations are configurable, the basic
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idea is to have as much user-interface policy as possible controlled
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through the Lisp language. This is no layer on top of twm, but a wholly
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Despite this extensibility its policy is currently very minimal
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compared to most window managers. Its aim is simply to manage windows
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in the most flexible and attractive manner possible. As such it does
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not implement desktop backgrounds, applications docks, or other things
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that may be achieved through separate applications.
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All high-level wm functions are implemented in Lisp for future
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extensibility or redefinition. Currently this includes menus (using
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GTK+), interactive window moving and resizing, virtual workspaces,
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iconification, focus/transient window policies, frame theme definitions
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Also, most received events are exported to the Lisp environment through
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``key-bindings'' and hooks, similar to in Emacs. These events include
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pointer behaviour and many internal X11 events (enter/leave,
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focus-in/focus-out, map/unmap, etc..)
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To compile this distribution you'll need GNU make, Imlib, my librep
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Lisp interpreter, and the rep-gtk binding installed. Sources for some
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http://librep.sourceforge.net/
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http://rep-gtk.sourceforge.net/
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ftp://ftp.enlightenment.org/e/enlightenment/libs/
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After making sure that Imlib, librep, and rep-gtk are installed, do
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something similar to the following in the root of the unpacked sawfish
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If you've got GNOME installed, and you'd like to be able to configure
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sawfish via the control center, pass the --enable-capplet option to
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