Re: Support for WM spec

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Sasha_Vasko osca state mo us writes:

> > The WM spec needs to be clear about what setting both _NET_WM_ICONS
> > and an Icon pixmap or window means.
> >
> > If _NET_WM_ICONS and a pixmap are set, it's pretty clear that
> > _NET_WM_ICONS is the preferred information.
> >
> > But it's conceivable that if _NET_WM_ICONS and a icon window are
> > set, then the icon is an active icon, and should be preferred
> > over _NET_WM_ICONS, and the app is just setting _NET_WM_ICONS
> > for the information of tasklists and suchlike.
> >
> > Does there need to be some disambiguation between these, or
> > can we just pick one interpretation and ignore the other?
> >
> > What do window managers do currently?
> 
> As per ICCCM :
> (4.1.9)
> In the Iconic state, the window manager usually will ensure that:
> If the window's WM_HINTS.icon_window is set, the window it names is visible.
> If the window's WM_HINTS.icon_window is not set but the window's WM_HINTS.icon_pixmap is set, the pixmap it names is visible.
> Otherwise, the window's WM_ICON_NAME string is visible.

Well, that says what to do when icon_window and icon_pixmap are set,
but (obviously) says nothing about _NET_WM_ICONS.

Are you saying that you think icon_window should also always override
_NET_WM_ICONS?
 
Regards,
                                        Owen