Extended Window Manager Hints
A new specification in development for extended window manager hints for GNOME, KDE, and other desktop UI's under UNIX
Table of Contents
1.
What is this Project
2.
Who Is On The Project
Current People On the Project
People Who Should Be On the Project
3.
Action Items to be Worked On
Developer Support
Project Specifications
4.
Topics of Discussion
Purpose and Intent
What is Compliance?
Naming Conventions
How is Compliance Determined?
How does a WM communicate with a pager?
How does a pager communicate with a WM?
Proxying Root Window Requests...
CORBA Compliance, Pros, Cons?
5.
Drafts
Matthias Ettrich, Draft 1
Properties of the client window
WM_PROTOCOLS
Properties of the root window
Misc
6.
Marko Macek, Draft 1.9b
Changes from 1.9a:
Packaging the hints into 2 X properties for performance (less roundtrips)
Root Window Properties (+Related Messages)
Other Root Window Messages
Application Window Properties
Client Window Messages
Desktop/workspace model
File Manager desktop
Implementing enhanced support for application-modal dialogs in the WM.
Obsoleted In this Draft
Under Consideration: Degrees of activation: (proposed by Dominik Vogt)
Under Consideration: Icons
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More To Come
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