Re: Spec Purpose and Definition

[Matthias Clasen <clasen pong mathematik uni-freiburg de>]

> 
> The maximise hints are a good idea. I'm talking about the messages sent by
> the pager (or other applications) telling the window manager which windows
> to raise or maximise, and which desktop to switch to. The window manager has
> to obey these, otherwise window manager/pager interaction will be broken.
> That's no problem when the pager uses them, but it is a problem if other
> apps start using them, because it breaks the window manager's layout policy.
> 

Yes. That is also my position. These messages are fine for wm<->pager
interaction, since the pager is really just a gui frontend to wm
functionality. If apps start using it, things will become messy.

> >Applications _should_ be allowed to define its own window layout policy.
> 
> No. That is the job of the window manager.
> 

Yes.



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