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>Introduction</A
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>Root Window Properties (+Related Messages)</A
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>Other Root Window Messages</A
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>Application Window Properties</A
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>Window Manager Protocols</A
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>Implementation notes</A
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>Introduction</A
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>What is this spec?</A
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>This spec defines interactions between window managers, applications and the utilities that form part of a desktop environment. It builds on the ICCCM, which defines wm/client interactions at a lower level. It was born out of a need to replace the original Gnome WM specification, although this specification has been designed to be independent of any one desktop environment.
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>The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD",
"SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be
interpreted as described in RFC 2119.
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>The key words "Window Manager" refer to a window manager which is adopting this
specification. "Pager" refers to desktop utility applications, including
pagers and taskbars. "Application" refers to other clients. "Clients" refers
to Pagers + Applications ie. all X clients, except for the Window Manager.
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>Changes since 1.9d</A
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>Added _NET_VIRTUAL_ROOTS
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>Added note about ICCCM compliant window moves.
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>Added _NET_WM_HANDLED_ICONS
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>Added _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK
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>Removed degrees of activation
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>Removed packaging of hints into 2 X properties. Jim Gettys points out that the
performance gains of fewer round trips can be better achieved using Xlib
routines.
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>Clarified that _NET_DESKTOP_VIEWPORT is in pixels
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>_NET_DESKTOP_VIEWPORT is now an array, one for each desktop, to allow for
different active viewports on different desktops
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>_NET_WM_STRUT now only applies on desktops on which the client is visible
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>Introduced RFC 2119 language, and attempted to clarify the roles of the Window
Manager, Pagers and Applications
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>Added _NET_WM_NAME
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>_NET_DESKTOP_NAMES now in UTF8
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>Desktops now start from 0
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>Added _NET_WM_PID
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>Added _NET_WM_PING protocol
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>Added _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR
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>Removed _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS client message, as it overlaps unnecessarily with _NET_{INSERT/DELETE}_DESKTOP.</P
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>Replaced _NET_WM_LAYER and _NET_WM_HINTS with _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE functional hint.</P
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>Changed _NET_WM_STATE to a list of atoms, for extensibility.</P
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>Expanded description of _NET_WORKAREA and _NET_WM_STRUT.</P
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>Removed _NET_WM_SIZEMOVE_NOTIFY protocol. </P
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>Added degrees of activation to _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW client message</P
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>Added _NET_WM_ICON</P
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>My comments are in [[ ]]. Comments from Marko's draft are in [[MM: ]]</P
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