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diff --git a/wm/piewm/DESCR b/wm/piewm/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e66dff8a130 --- /dev/null +++ b/wm/piewm/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +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. |