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authorPierre Cazenave <pwcazenave at gmail {dot} com>2010-05-13 00:57:43 +0200
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+Viper Window Manager (VWM) is a lightweight, extensible window manager for
+the console. Originally, VWM was designed to be the reference implementation
+of libviper. In fact, the two projects were initially one before public
+release.
+
+From conception, VWM was designed to be both lightweight and ssh
+friendly. Character based line-art compresses very well as do the escape
+sequences which handle cursor manipulation. This makes VWM quite suitable
+for low-bandwidth, remote connectivity over ssh.
+
+It is also very easy to extend the functionality of VWM. By following a
+few simple API rules, anyone can create a "native application" which will
+appear on the VWM Main Menu. The mechanism for this is very similar to
+Mozilla-style plugins.
+
+Requires libpseudo, libviper and libgtop, all available at SlackBuilds.org.
+
+See /usr/doc/vwm-2.0.2/samples/vwmrc for information on customising VWM.