Re: Removing wm/pager interaction

[Sasha_Vasko osca state mo us]

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>So yes, the hints are indeed very important for many desktops. Luckily we
>agreed on them long time ago and luckily the end-users will be able to use
>tools like "kicker" with any window manager they want in the future.

Unluckily there is a sufficient amount of problems with agreed specs:
1) INSERT/DELETE DESKTOP message has no defined behaviour in specs, and
either
way to define it you'll get into other problems.

2) Desktop naming and numbering is too inflexible and shortsighted

3) several hints are designed to provide clients with means to do things,
that
should not be allowed, thus creating possiblity for conflicts of interests
and configuration between WM and client.

Fact that it is implemented somewhere does not right the wrong. It will
only lead to the situation where these specs will have to be reviewed in
future.

>Matthias

Cheers
Sasha Vasko