# The plan9/9wm port

## 9wm-1.2prep2 – 8 1/2-like Window Manager for X11

## Description

                            9wm Version 1.1
                       Copyright 1994 David Hogan.

    What is 9wm?
    ============

    9wm is an X window manager which attempts to emulate the Plan 9 window
    manager 8-1/2 as far as possible within the constraints imposed by X.
    It provides a simple yet comfortable user interface, without garish
    decorations or title-bars. Or icons.  And it's click-to-type.  This
    will not appeal to everybody, but if you're not put off yet then read
    on.  (And don't knock it until you've tried it).

    One major difference between 9wm and 8-1/2 is that the latter provides
    windows of text with a typescript interface, and doesn't need to run a
    separate program to emulate a terminal.  9wm, as an X window manager,
    does require a separate program.  For better 8-1/2 emulation, you should
    obtain Matthew Farrow's "9term" program (ftp://ftp.cs.su.oz.au/matty/unicode),
    version 1.6 or later (earlier versions don't cooperate with 9wm in
    implementing "hold mode").  Of course, you can run xterm under 9wm as well.

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Categories:
  plan9

## Library dependencies

## Build dependencies

- STEM->=1.21:textproc/groff

## Run dependencies