FVWM

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FVWM (F Virtual Window Manager) is a stacking window manager for Xorg. It is designed to minimize memory consumption, provide a 3D look to window frames, and to provide a virtual desktop. It is also possible to extend FVWM using C, M4 and Perl preprocessing or scripts, in the case of Perl.

Installation

USE flags

USE flags for x11-wm/fvwm3 A multiple large virtual desktop window manager derived from fvwm

+go Enable building dev-lang/go code (FvwmPrompt)
bidi Enable bidirectional language support
nls Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
readline Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants
svg Add support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
Data provided by the Gentoo Package Database · Last update: 2026年08月05日 08:04 More information about USE flags

Emerge

After flags have been set issue an emerge command to install FVWM:

root #emerge --ask x11-wm/fvwm3

Configuration

FVWM's main configuration file is ~/.fvwm/config.

Starting

To start FVWM use a display manager or the startx command.

When using startx with elogind support, setup elogind and create the following file:

FILE ~/.xinitrc
exec dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session fvwm

See also

  • FVWM-Crystal — an easy to use, powerful and pretty desktop environment.

External resources