Fvwm is a powerful window manager. Version 2.5.15 is a beta release that fixes a couple of bugs and introduces a number of new minor features. You are welcome to upgrade and test the new features or help stabilizing the code. Please be aware that any features introduced in the 2.5.x development versions may be renamed, changed or removed without notice before 2.6.0.
2.5.15 fixes some bugs with the 64-bit architecture support. For 64-bit support, upgrading from any earlier release is strongly recommended. Otherwise upgrading from any earlier 2.5.x release is recommended. This release is available at the home page: http://www.fvwm.org/. * New features: - Variables can be nested, like $[desk.name$[desk.n]]. - Obsolete one-letter variables work, but generate warnings now. - Windows can be placed by any button (now also >3). - It is now possible to redefine the buttons usable to finish window movement and manual placement. - New window condition PlacedByButton. - MenuStyle pairs can be negated by prefixing '!'. - New generic tabbing module - FvwmTabs. - New Style option: EWMHIgnoreWindowType. - New MenuStyle options: MouseWheel, ScrollOffPage and TrianglesUseFore. - New option "screen" to Move and ResizeMove commands to allow specifying the target Xinerama screen. * Bug Fixes: - Supported a new fribidi version 0.10.5 in addition to 0.10.4. - Better look for windows with "BorderStyle TiledPixmap". - Some EWMH-related 64-bit fixes. - Fixed segmentation fault when replacing title of title only menus (Bug #1121). - Fixes for resizing of shaded windows and resizing/moving windows with complex functions.