<s>
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
for	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
,	O
allowing	O
graphical	O
applications	O
to	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating-systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
emulate	O
NeXTSTEP	B-Application
's	O
GUI	B-Application
as	O
an	O
OpenStep-compatible	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
has	O
been	O
characterized	O
as	O
reproducing	O
"	O
the	O
elegant	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
of	O
the	O
NeXTSTEP	B-Application
GUI	B-Application
"	O
and	O
is	O
noted	O
as	O
"	O
easy	O
to	O
configure	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
use.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
graphical	B-Application
tool	I-Application
called	O
Wprefs	B-Application
is	O
included	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
configure	O
most	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
UI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interface	O
tends	O
towards	O
a	O
minimalist	O
,	O
high	O
performance	O
environment	O
directly	O
supporting	O
XPM	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
TIFF	O
,	O
GIF	O
and	O
PPM	O
icons	O
with	O
an	O
alpha-channel	O
and	O
a	O
right-click	O
,	O
sliding-scrolling	O
application	B-Application
menu	O
system	O
which	O
can	O
throw	O
off	O
pinnable	O
menus	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
window-icon	O
miniaturization	O
and	O
other	O
animations	O
on	O
multiple	O
desktops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
most	O
window	B-Application
managers	I-Application
it	O
supports	O
themes	O
and	O
many	O
are	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Owing	O
to	O
its	O
NeXT	O
inspiration	O
,	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
has	O
a	O
dock	O
like	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
but	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
's	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
hews	O
mostly	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
its	O
NeXT	O
forebear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
has	O
window	O
hints	O
which	O
allow	O
seamless	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
GNUstep	B-Application
,	O
GNOME	B-Application
,	O
KDE	B-Application
,	O
Motif	B-Application
and	O
OpenLook	B-Operating_System
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Significantly	O
it	O
has	O
almost	O
complete	O
ICCCM	B-Operating_System
compliance	O
and	O
internationalization	O
support	O
for	O
at	O
least	O
11	O
locales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
uses	O
the	O
lightweight	O
WINGs	O
widget	B-Library
set	I-Library
which	O
was	O
built	O
specifically	O
for	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
skirt	O
what	O
its	O
developers	O
said	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
the	O
"	O
overkill	O
"	O
(	O
or	O
bloat	O
)	O
of	O
using	O
GNUstep	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WINGs	O
is	O
common	O
to	O
other	O
applications	O
including	O
a	O
login	O
display	O
manager	O
called	O
WINGs	B-Device
Display	I-Device
Manager	I-Device
(	O
WDM	B-Device
)	O
and	O
many	O
dockapps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
dock	O
and	O
clip	O
applets	O
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
those	O
from	O
AfterStep	B-Language
's	O
wharf	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
was	O
written	O
from	O
scratch	O
primarily	O
by	O
Brazilian	O
programmer	O
Alfredo	O
Kojima	O
as	O
a	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
for	O
the	O
GNUstep	B-Application
desktop	O
environment	O
and	O
originally	O
meant	O
as	O
an	O
improved	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
AfterStep	B-Language
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
's	O
design	O
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
time	O
it	O
was	O
included	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
in	O
several	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
and	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
ports	O
collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
to	O
closely	O
emulate	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
defunct	O
NeXTstep	B-Application
and	O
OpenStep	B-Operating_System
GUIs	B-Application
,	O
further	O
development	O
has	O
been	O
light	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
June	O
2008	O
a	O
post	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
website	O
said	O
active	O
development	O
would	O
resume	O
,	O
noting	O
,	O
"	O
we	O
...	O
are	O
working	O
very	O
hard	O
to	O
revitalize	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
's	O
presence	O
on	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
(	O
and	O
perhaps	O
beyond	O
)	O
desktops	O
...	O
We	O
expect	O
to	O
once	O
again	O
provide	O
the	O
de-facto	O
minimalist	O
yet	O
extremely	O
functional	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
to	O
the	O
world.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
29	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
0.95.1	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
official	O
release	O
in	O
almost	O
seven	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	B-Application
's	O
original	O
name	O
was	O
WindowMaker	B-Application
(	O
camel	O
cased	O
and	O
without	O
the	O
space	O
)	O
but	O
a	O
naming	O
conflict	O
arose	O
with	O
an	O
older	O
product	O
called	O
Windowmaker	B-Application
from	O
Windowmaker	B-Application
Software	O
Ltd	O
,	O
a	O
UK	O
company	O
producing	O
software	O
for	O
companies	O
that	O
manufacture	O
windows	O
and	O
doors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1998	O
agreement	O
between	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
and	O
Windowmaker	B-Application
Software	O
specified	O
that	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
(	O
in	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
sense	O
)	O
should	O
never	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
word	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
menu	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
displayed	O
using	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
with	O
for	O
the	O
application	B-Application
menu	O
and	O
for	O
a	O
window	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
can	O
be	O
configured	O
by	O
double-clicking	O
the	O
screwdriver	O
icon	O
on	O
the	O
dock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
icon	O
depicting	O
a	O
computer	O
monitor	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
launch	O
a	O
command-window	B-Application
and	O
a	O
paperclip	O
icon	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
cycle	O
between	O
workspaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
icon	O
in	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
,	O
including	O
application	B-Application
icons	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
easily	O
changed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Icons	O
representing	O
running	O
applications	O
appear	O
at	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
(	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
extend	O
application	B-Application
windows	O
to	O
cover	O
these	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
separate	O
,	O
dockable	O
application	B-Application
called	O
wmdrawer	O
features	O
a	O
slide-out	O
drawer	O
which	O
can	O
hold	O
application	B-Application
and	O
file	O
launching	O
icons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
any	O
X	B-Operating_System
application	B-Application
can	O
be	O
docked	O
in	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
,	O
the	O
archetypical	O
WM	O
dockable	O
applications	O
are	O
called	O
dockapps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
clock	O
implementations	O
,	O
including	O
wmcalclock	B-Application
,	O
,	O
wmclock	O
(	O
a	O
NeXTStep-like	O
calendar	O
clock	O
clone	O
)	O
and	O
wmclockmon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WPrefs	B-Application
configuration	O
tool	O
enables	O
tuning	O
of	O
most	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
preferences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wmakerconf	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
to	O
provide	O
more	O
configuration	O
options	O
,	O
notably	O
theme	O
customization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Configuration	O
files	O
are	O
typically	O
stored	O
in	O
~	O
/GNUstep/	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
background	O
can	O
be	O
changed	O
from	O
the	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
with	O
wmsetbg	B-Application
-s	O
-u	O
 [ filename.jpg ] 	O
(	O
wmsetbg	B-Application
stands	O
for	O
"	O
window	B-Application
maker	I-Application
set	O
background	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FSViewer	O
is	O
a	O
separate	O
,	O
configurable	O
Miller	O
Columns	O
file	B-Application
browser	I-Application
developed	O
for	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
in	O
1998	O
by	O
George	O
Clernon	O
as	O
a	O
visual	O
and	O
functional	O
analogy	O
to	O
NeXTstep	B-Application
's	O
Workspace	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
adapted	O
to	O
later	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
WINGs	O
libraries	O
and	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
by	O
Guido	O
Scholz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
aterm	O
is	O
an	O
rxvt	B-Application
based	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
developed	O
for	O
Afterstep	B-Language
mainly	O
for	O
visual	O
appeal	O
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
NeXTstep	B-Application
style	O
scrollbar	O
(	O
which	O
matches	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
's	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
)	O
along	O
with	O
pseudo-transparency	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	B-Application
menu	O
can	O
be	O
edited	O
graphically	O
with	O
much	O
versatility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
configuration	O
is	O
recorded	O
in	O
~	O
/GNUstep/Defaults/WMRootMenu	O
as	O
a	O
text	O
file	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
easily	O
read	O
and	O
edited	O
(	O
in	O
versions	O
after	O
0.94.0	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
automatically	O
generated	O
from	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
installed	O
applications	O
using	O
a	O
program	B-Application
called	O
wmgenmenu	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
define	O
their	O
own	O
applications	O
menu	O
for	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amanda	B-Application
the	I-Application
Panda	I-Application
is	O
the	O
mascot	O
of	O
Window	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
.	O
</s>
