Re: First offered sheet

[James K.Lowden <jklowden speakeasy org>]

On 15 Jul 2002 16:32:37 -0500, Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, James Michael DuPont wrote:
> > I think that one of the problems that I have with dia is the missing
> > concept of an application. Call me a windows user, but I dont like
> > fighting with all these windows. I just want them to go away and get
> > out of my way when i minimize the window!!!
>
> You ... Windows user, you! :)
> Gtk probably has some way to mark windows as belonging together, and
> thus iconifying together.  Haven't looked into that yet.

AIUI, an X client tells the WM what windows belong in a "Window Group". 
It's up to the WM what it does with that information.  A good WM would
iconify them as a set.  

This interaction is described in the Inter-Client Communications
Conventions, the spec that governs window managers.  See:

        http://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-4.html#s-4.1.11

HTH.

--jkl