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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!feeder.chicago.cic.net!chi-news.cic.net!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!europa.clark.net!disgorge.news.demon.net!demon!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!hairnet.demon.co.uk!hairnet.demon.co.uk! From: edward@hairnet.demon.co.uk (Edward Betts) 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? Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 10:29:06 GMT Message-ID: <3385713c.16584397@192.168.0.1> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <5l37jg$87j$1@wuff.mayn.de> <337B425E.7DA45569@grail.cba.csuohio.edu> <5lolpf$als$5@hole.sdsu.edu> <5m1s33$7q8@lace.colorado.edu> Reply-To: edward@hairnet.demon.co.uk (Edward Betts) NNTP-Posting-Host: hairnet.demon.co.uk Summary: http://www.hairnet.demon.co.uk/edward X-NNTP-Posting-Host: hairnet.demon.co.uk [158.152.142.74] To: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.01/32.397 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 17 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45357 comp.os.linux.misc:176683 comp.os.linux.x:62343 alt.os.linux:21513 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3393 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41503 gnu.misc.discuss:31458 comp.unix.solaris:107423 In article <5lolpf$als$5@hole.sdsu.edu>, Tracy R. Reed <treed@rohan.sdsu.edu> wrote: >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" :) it stands for FVWM Virtual Windows Manager _____________________________________ Edward Betts http://www.hairnet.demon.co.uk/edward