Re:call for other views [was Removing wm/pager interaction]

["Bradley T. Hughes" <bhughes trolltech com>]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 Sasha_Vasko@osca.state.mo.us wrote:

> *****************************************************************
> APPROACH 2:
> 
> Instead of :
> <quote>
> A Pager can insert or delete a certain desktop by sending
> a _NET_{INSERT/DELETE}_DESKTOP client message to the root window.
> </quote>
> 
> Specs should read :
> 
> <quote>
> A Pager can request change in the desktops number by sending
> a _NET_SET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS message to the root window:
> 
> NET_SET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS
>   window = target app window
>   message_type = _NET_SET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS
>   format = 16
>   data.s[0] = new_desktops_number

again, this has my vote, as the implementation in kde2 and blackbox
currently does this (Matthias and I opted to remove
_NET_{INSERT,DELETE}_DESKTOP)

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