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From: treed@rohan.sdsu.edu (Tracy R. Reed)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
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Date: 19 May 1997 04:43:27 GMT
Organization: San Diego State University
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Jae-Hyuck Lee (jalee@grail.cba.csuohio.edu) wrote:
: Is there anybody who knows what 'f' stands for in fvwm, fvwm2, fvwm95,
: etc?
From the manpage...
FVWM(1.2) FVWM(1.2)
NAME
fvwm - F(?) Virtual Window Manager for X11
SYNOPSIS
fvwm [ options ]
<SNIP>
The name "FVWM" used to stand for something, but I forgot
what. (Feeble, famous, foobar? It doesn't really matter,
this is an acronym based society anyway.)
Although some people say it's "F*cked Virtual Window Manager" :)
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Tracy Reed
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