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+Although the computer screen is two-dimensional, today most users of
+windowing environments control their systems with a one-dimensional
+list of choices -- the standard pull-down or drop-down menus such as
+those found on Microsoft Windows, Presentation Manager, or the
+Macintosh.
+
+An alternative user-interface technique is "pie" menus -
+two-dimensional, circular, and in many ways easier to use and faster
+than conventional linear menus. Pie menus also work well with
+alternative pointing devices such as those found in stylus or
+pen-based systems.
+
+piewm is a virtual window manager based on tvtwm, which uses pie menus.