Welcome to the FvwmWiki
This is the home of the FvwmWiki, a collection of user pages, tips, etc., focusing on Fvwm. Fvwm is a very flexible and configurable window manager.
If you are new, check out the New to Fvwm page and the Why use Fvwm pages.
About the Wiki
This wiki is a collection of pages describing configuration examples for Fvwm. The syntax examples are mostly written for the 2.6.x versions of Fvwm and it is suggest that you run the current release, https://github.com/fvwmorg/fvwm/releases
FvwmWiki is built from Markdown files using Jekyll. The source to build the wiki can be found at https://github.com/fvwmorg/fvwmorg.github.io.
A list of things left unfinished can be found on the /Todo list.
List of main pages
This wiki is divided into the following main collections of pages:
Config
These pages cover the different aspects of the Fvwm configuration
file.
Decor
Here is a collection of different window Decors examples for Fvwm.
They range from Vector decors using Fvwm built-ins to MultiPixmap
Decors with the .png image files inlucded.
CookBook
This is a collection of different recipes to get fvwm to achieve
different effects. Some examples are a show desktop feature, give
sticky windows their own decor, and many more.
Tips
These are a collection of tips to deal with various tasks.
Panels
Panels/Docks are a broad term for various control panels, launchers,
information displays, etc that are usually always visible -- such
as a taskbar or pager. Fvwm provides various modules to help build
panels. This can also be mixed with third party software or even
use a third party panel.
Modules
Fvwm has various modules that can be used to create custom panels,
docks, task managers, desktop switchers and more. These are a collection
of pages describing the different modules in Fvwm.
Irc
#fvwm on irc.libera.chat has been a gathering place for Fvwm users.
Here is the channel FAQ and a few conversations that occurred on irc.