Editing X window manager (section)

===Stacking window managers===
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A '''stacking window manager''' renders the windows one-by-one onto the screen at specific co-ordinates. If one window's area overlaps another, then the window "on top" overwrites part of the other's visible appearance. This results in the appearance familiar to many users in which windows act a little bit like pieces of paper on a desktop, which can be moved around and allowed to overlap.

In contrast to ''compositing'' window managers (see below), the lack of separate [[off-screen buffer]]s can mean increased efficiency, but effects such as translucency are not possible.

Stacking window managers include [[Amiwm]], [[Blackbox]], [[CTWM]], [[Enlightenment (window manager)|Enlightenment]], [[Fluxbox]], [[FLWM]], [[FVWM]], [[IceWM]], [[Motif Window Manager|MWM]], [[Openbox]], [[Twm|TWM]] and [[Window Maker]].