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Which alternatives does Motif 2.3.8 has for virtual desktop?

I have read that MWM had WSM in the past, and that is included in the demos/programs folder in the source code for 2.3.8.

However, there is a note stating that the functionality to support was removed in 2.1.

As Motif is quite a legacy toolkit now the information available on this is obviously limited, I am wondering if somebody would still now (or remember from past days) which are the options to implement that kind of functionality in Motif.

I know such functionality is included in CDE which is now open sourced, but I do not like CDE.

Solution

  • There're four Mwm versions available in addition to the original one:

    1. The version included with LessTif, which has support for virtual desktops built-in. I'm not sure about WSM API compatibility, though.

    2. There's a fork of Mwm called EMWM which is actively maintained. If any functionality you need is missing, I believe patches will be welcome.

    3. You can build CDE and use just the Dtwm window manager. It is basically Mwm 2.0/2.1 with WSM functionality retained.

    4. Finally, there's a MaXX Interactive Desktop (source code) which contains a 5Dwm window manager and aims to provide the look-and-feel similar to that of IRIX Interactive Desktop.