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| Motif Window Manager | |
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| Developers | Open Software Foundation,The Open Group |
| Stable release | 2.3.8[1]  / 5 December 2017 |
| Operating system | Unix-like,OpenVMS[2] |
| Type | Window manager |
| License | 2012:LGPL-2.1-or-later[a] 1990s: Proprietary |
| Website | motif |
Incomputing, theMotif Window Manager (MWM) is anX window manager based on theMotif toolkit.
MWM is a lightweight window manager, having robust compliance and configuration of the features it has. MWM first appeared in the early 1990s, along with the Motif toolkit. MWM supports: Common User Interface (i.e., Alt-Tab is switch windows, a standard), some International support,Common Desktop Environment, X Resource Database (/home/app-defaults/ and runtime), X Session Manager protocol, X Edited Resource Protocol (edit widget data), desktop icons, optional use of images to decorate, and had supportedVirtual desktop (removed since 2.1) but now supports non-virtual desktop panning. MWM is awindow manager, not a fulldesktop environment, so it only manages windows; it is expected that configuration, programs, sound, are provided by other programs. A plain text file is parsed to customize menus, user input mappings, management features, and user made functions of the same.
Originally, MWM and Motif could only be purchased. The same software was also available as OpenMotif, though not on properlyopen-source orfree software terms. In late 2012, Motif and MWM were released under theLGPL-2.1-or-later license as free software.[citation needed]
