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Re: [PLUG] A few newbie questions :-)
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On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 05:40:46PM -0400, Chaz wrote:
> In comparison, what exactly does the wm do?
A window manager is responsible for giving focus to windows, drawing
window decorations like frames, title bars, minimize/maximize/close
buttons, letting you move windows around on the screen, etc.
According to this definition, a desktop evironment is a window manager
combined with a compiler, a file manager, a toolkit that provides
widgets, a defined API, and possibly an IDE.
desktop_environment = window_manager++; /* ;) */
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