Re: Spec Purpose and Definition

[Michael ROGERS <M Rogers cs ucl ac uk>]

>> It seems to me that pager interaction makes up a large part of the
>> complexity of the spec, for a small benefit. Many window managers already
>
>This was my thinking at first as well. However, a pager (or a taskbar ) doesn't
>require much more than what any application requires anyway. Since all the
>hints/states of a window are already advertised, all that is missing is a way
>to access all managed windows. Functionality to change the state of windows
>outside the wm is a basic requirement anyway (for example maximizing or 
>activating a window ). So once the managed windows are made available to
>modules, we get the pager for free.

Which other programs would wish to maximise or activate windows?


Michael Rogers