B4Step - Eric Boucher.
B4Step is a Window Manager running under X11R6 (Solaris and Linux),
featuring a new innovating way to manage window banners.
B4Step is free.
CURRENT RELEASES :
NEWS :
- 14-Jul-2004: Version 2.4 for Solaris/Sparc
is available. The Linux and Solaris/intel version will follow. What's new in this version:
- Fixes for bugs B15, B16, B17, B18, B19, B20, B22
- Fully configurable mouse cursor.
- Acces log for the control panel.
- TIFF image file support.
- More detailed message when the icon of a window cannot be processed.
- Double click to start an program from the LaunchIcons.
- Zoom invoked by [ALT]+[SHIFT] or [ALT]+[CTRL] (instead of [SHIFT]+[CTRL]) Will be integrated in version 2.3
- An unfinished theme "tmp".
- 14-Jul-2004: The new email address for B4Step is b4stepsupport
free.fr. The previous one has become unusable because of 10s of spam received every day.
RATINGS :
SOME FEEDBACKS FROM SOME USERS :
- I like your B4Step Window Manager layout. Quite original. The title banners are great.
- I have tried your WM... it's simply awesome! :)
I specially like the behavior of window title 'bars' when the focus is changed, I find it really intelligent and useful... :)
- I like the format, and although the shapes extension is probably stressing my X server, I find this wm fast enough for my taste and, as said before, I find that title bar thing really innovative and userfriendly...
- I tried practically every window manager and I am now using your window manager because it is functional, fast, and looks nice. I
specially like the clock on the cursor and no panel to take precious window space.
- B4Step looks very fast and clean, I especially like how the window "banners" move.
FEATURES :
- Complete original code, written from scratch.
- Innovating managing of window titles.
- OpenGL routines for animations.
- Heavy use of threads and X11 shape extensions.
- Management of several workspaces.
- Can read XPM, GIF, JPEG an PNG files for graphic themes.
- Near ICCCM2.0 compliance.
- Design for buttons, title bars, etc... configurable by user.
- Support of docks.
- Support of left-handed mouse.
- Gnome compliant.
- Sound support.
SURVEY :
OLD NEWS :
CREDITS :
- B4Step uses the X Pixmap Format xpm library 3.4k,
the libungif 4.1.0 library, the jpeglib 6b,
the libpng 1.0.3.
- The sound player is based on
Xplay-1.00.
- Testing : Thanks to Renaud Manus and Olivier Scart.