Re: comments on current spec

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, John Harper wrote:

> |> _NET_CLIENT_LIST[_STACKING]
> |> 
> |> 	should this only include currently mapped windows?
> |
> |definitiely not. as in the old spec, the window manager has to provide
> |pagers/tasklists with all windows it actually manages, independant of
> |their skip-from-task-list/hidden/unmapped states, otherwise they simply
> |can't keep track of windows temporarily switching states (i.e. the
> |tasklist would loose track of iconified windows).
> 
> I think I should have been clearer: I meant windows that the wm is
> aware of, but have been withdrawn by the client. They're not visible
> and they're not iconified, so there doesn't seem to be any point in
> putting them in the CLIENT_LIST properties?

ok, got it. yeah, withdrawn windows should be in the client list,
iconified ones should of course.

> 
> 	John
> 

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ciaoTJ