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Partial list of features common to 1.xx and 2.xx:

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      <li>Multiple Disjoint Large Virtual Desktops
      <li>Smaller memory usage (more so in 1.xx)
      <li>Dynamically extensable via modules
      <li>Recognizes Motif MWM hints
      <li>Keyboard or Mouse operation
      <li>Attempts to be ICCCM 1.1 compliant
      <li>3-D look to window frames
      <li>Full color shaped icons
      <li>M4 preprocesing of the config file
      <li>Auto-raising of windows
      <li>Multi-screen support
      <li>Cursor (Mouse Pointer) control on a context basis
      <li>Viewport scrolling by moving the mouse off the edge of the screen
      <li>Different window decorations for window that have or don't have focus
      <li>Multiple ways to control icon placement
      <li>Multiple ways to control initial window placement
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Partial list of features new to 2.xx:
      
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      <li>New more powerful and sensible rc file format
      <li>Change more features on per-window basis
      <li>Change many features on the fly
      <li>Optional Flat or Pixmap window borders
      <li>Recogizes Open Look hints
      <li>Just about any focus style you can think of
      <li>Unwanted features can be removed at compile time
      <li>CPP preprocesing of the config file
      <li>Titlebars can be suppressed, Pixmaps, gradients, or plain
      <li>Titlebar buttons can be vector graphics, pixmaps or gradients
      <li>Menu hot-keys, continuation menus, pixmaps in and to the side
	of menus
      <li>Macro definition in the config file
      <li>Animated window movement
      <li>A way to limit the amount of color used by fvwm (for 8 bit displays)
      <li>Window manager commands can come from external programs
      <li>Roll-up type window shading
      <li>Some ability to centrally configure fvwm
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