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- Short: Virtual Window Manager - version 1.5
- Uploader: bm18@hem2.passagen.se (Bahman Moallem)
- Author: bm18@hem2.passagen.se (Bahman Moallem)
- Type: util/misc
- Replaces: util/misc/VWM14.lha
- Requires: OS 2.04
- Version: 1.5
-
- VWM version 1.5, third version released to the public.
-
- VWM, the virtual screen aware window manager, is a small, fast,
- and system friendly virtual screen aware program that gives you
- 100% control over windows' positions.
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- VWM features 2 ways of defining the new location for the target
- window, setting an absolute or relative position (Coordinate
- Positioning) or using one of the several preset positioning
- techniques usually related to the mouse position (Preset
- Positioning Techniques).
-
- VWM can force your programs to:
-
- - open their windows in absolute positions related to the start
- point (0x0) of the active screen.
-
- - open their windows in absolute positions but related to the
- point (0x0) of the "active part" of the screen (for virtual
- screens).
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- - center their windows under the mouse pointer (FollowMouse).
-
- - locate their windows under the mouse pointer but respect the
- view, that is to locate the windows far enough away from the
- closest edges of the visible screen but still under the mouse
- pointer (RespectView).
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- - open their windows in the center of the visible part of the
- screen (CenterWindow).
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- - open their windows in proportion to where the mouse pointer
- is located.
-
- - open their windows in the corner of the visible part of the
- screens which is farthest away from the mouse pointer position
- (UseCorners).
-
- And much more.
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- Summary of news in version 1.5 (see VWM.guide/History for details):
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- - VWM couldn't handle borderless windows that didn't have their
- dimensions defined in their structures. This is fixed now.
-
- - This version handles Workbench 3.0's Execute (menu) window.
-
- - Abbreviations for keywords are now supported.
-
- - Updated 'destination definition' keyword DestinationFlag=FollowMouse
- In earlier versions DestinationFlag=FollowMouse would center
- the window under the mouse pointer. From this version, the argument
- commands the program to open the matched window in proportion to
- where the mouse pointer is located.
-
- To do this, VWM calculates how far from a screen-border the mouse
- pointer is located, and then using the value, it calculates how far
- from the mouse the relevant border of the matched window should be
- located.
-
- - New 'destination definition' keyword DestinationFlag=CenterMouse
- DestinationFlag=CenterMouse in this version works exactly as
- DestinationFlag=FollowMouse used to in previous versions.
- That is, it centers the matched window under the mouse pointer.
-
- - New 'destination definition' keyword DestinationMouseOffsets
- X-offset and Y-offset in DestinationMouseOffsets=X-offset,Y-offset
- are the 2 positive or negative offsets that VWM uses when
- calculating a target window's position for the following keywords:
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- DestinationFlag=FollowMouse
- DestinationFlag=RespectView
- DestinationFlag=CenterMouse
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- - New 'destination definition' keyword DestinationWindowToFront=YES/NO
- If, for any reason, you want the opened window to be brought to
- front, you can use this optional 'destination definition' keyword.
-
- - The (free) personalized VWM key file can now be placed in an
- optional location.
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- Explicit permission to publish VWM is given to the Fred Fish and
- the Aminet CD series.
-
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- VWM Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Bahman Moallem.
- VWM.guide Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Bahman Moallem.
- All Rights Reserved Worldwide
-
- VWM is freely distributable.
- Unlimited non-commercial use is encouraged.
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