Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Jonathan Magid
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 00:00

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In article <337B425E.7DA45569@grail.cba.csuohio.edu>,
Jae-Hyuck Lee  <jalee@grail.cba.csuohio.edu> wrote:
>Is there anybody who knows what 'f' stands for in fvwm, fvwm2, fvwm95,
>etc?

Originally "feeble" (fvwm was a stripped down version of twm by Robert
Nation). Now that some versions and off-shoots are bigger than twm ever
was (although very configurable), I believe it stands for "fine" or 
"fabulous"

cheers,
jem.
-- 
jem@cnidr.org\/Center for Networked Information and Discovery and Retrieval
Co-author of UNIX Web Server Book (2nd ed), available January, '96 from Ventana
<URL:http://www.vmedia.com/cat/press/store/wsb>

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From: jem@calzone.oit.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/15
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