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Many important (expensive) older applications expect a compliant{{clarify|reason=Compliant with what? The ICCCM? Or some other standard beyond the ICCCM?|date=July 2015}} window manager running and have glitches running under today's often "compliant with its own new standards" WM's. For example, Mathematica for X (built using Motif toolkit) expects the WM's x,y frame offsets to be correct; a detail surprisingly many new WM have lost in a race to extend GUI features of the WM itself.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} |
Many important (expensive) older applications expect a compliant{{clarify|reason=Compliant with what? The ICCCM? Or some other standard beyond the ICCCM?|date=July 2015}} window manager running and have glitches running under today's often "compliant with its own new standards"{{cn}} WM's. For example, Mathematica for X (built using Motif toolkit) expects the WM's x,y frame offsets to be correct; a detail surprisingly many new WM have lost in a race to extend GUI features of the WM itself.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} |
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All recent versions of Firefox since release 17 will maximize to four times the size of a single desktop. This has been verified on all recent versions of Debian and NetBSD. Given that there are no virtual desktops in Motif, this is likely due to a miscalculation of window sizes between Firefox versions 16 and 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=851930|title=Bug 851930 - Firefox doesn't maximize properly|date=March 17, 2013|website=bugzilla.mozilla.org}}</ref> |
All recent versions of Firefox since release 17 will maximize to four times the size of a single desktop. This has been verified on all recent versions of Debian and NetBSD. Given that there are no virtual desktops in Motif, this is likely due to a miscalculation of window sizes between Firefox versions 16 and 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=851930|title=Bug 851930 - Firefox doesn't maximize properly|date=March 17, 2013|website=bugzilla.mozilla.org}}</ref> |
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| Developer(s) | The Open Group |
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| Stable release | 2.3.8
/ December 5, 2017 |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | Window manager |
| License | GNU LGPL |
| Website | motif |
In computing, the Motif Window Manager (MWM) is an X window manager based on the Motif toolkit.
Overview
MWM is a lightweight window manager, having robust compliance and configuration of the features it has. MWM first appeared on in the early-1990s, along with the Motif toolkit. MWM supports: Common User Interface (i.e., Alt-Tab is switch windows, a standard), some International support, Common Desktop Environment, X Resource Database (/home/app-defaults/ and runtime), X Session Manager protocol, X Edited Resource Protocol (edit widget data), desktop icons, optional use of images to decorate, and had supported Virtual desktop (removed since 2.1) but now supports non-virtual desktop panning. MWM is a window manager, not a full desktop environment, so it only manages windows; it is expected that configuration, programs, sound, are provided by other programs. A plain text file is parsed to customize menus, user input mappings, management features, and user made functions of the same.
Compliance
Many important (expensive) older applications expect a compliant[clarification needed] window manager running and have glitches running under today's often "compliant with its own new standards"[citation needed] WM's. For example, Mathematica for X (built using Motif toolkit) expects the WM's x,y frame offsets to be correct; a detail surprisingly many new WM have lost in a race to extend GUI features of the WM itself.[citation needed]
All recent versions of Firefox since release 17 will maximize to four times the size of a single desktop. This has been verified on all recent versions of Debian and NetBSD. Given that there are no virtual desktops in Motif, this is likely due to a miscalculation of window sizes between Firefox versions 16 and 18.[1]
Origins
Motif and MWM were created by the Open Software Foundation (Motif was sometimes even called "OSF/Motif") but is nowadays owned by The Open Group.
Licensing
Originally, MWM and Motif could only be purchased. The same software was also available as OpenMotif, though not on properly open-source or free software terms. In late 2012, Motif and MWM were released under the LGPL as free software.
Virtual Desktop
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A panner slides a desktop (or just a window) on an infinite backdrop, which makes larger desktop
See also
References
- ^ "Bug 851930 - Firefox doesn't maximize properly". bugzilla.mozilla.org. March 17, 2013.
External links
- SourceForge: Motif (source code)
- SourceForge: Motif 2.0 build libXm.so.2.0.n (Data Display Debugger uses 2.0) with easier automake and optional panner
- Open Motif project page
- The Motif FAQ (Kenton Lee)
- Motif: Volumes 6A and 6B (O'Reilly and Associates, free PDF downloads)
- Motif User's Guide