Re: WM_Sn manager selection

["Matthias Clasen" <matthiasc poet de>]

Since the EWMH already states that

"Window Managers and Clients which aim to fulfil this specification MUST
adhere to the ICCCM on which this
specification builds."

maybe it would be enough to clarify that this refers to version 2.0 of the
ICCCM. But it may be a good idea
to be more specific about what parts of the ICCCM we consider essential (eg
getting move/resize vs gravity right)
and which are not so important (eg colormap handling could be dropped in
pseudocolor-ignorant wms). If
we decide to do so, I would vote for adding manager selections to the
essential part, (if only because I implemented
them for fvwm 2.4 :-)

Matthias


----- Original Message -----
From: "Havoc Pennington" <hp redhat com>
To: <wm-spec-list gnome org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:30 PM
Subject: WM_Sn manager selection


>
> Hi,
>
> Most window managers don't seem to implement the manager selection.
> Do you think it would help to add text like this to the EWMH?
>
>   Window managers must implement the manager selection described in
>   section 4.3 of the ICCCM, following the suggestions in section 2.8
>   for user-friendly behavior. In particular, when losing the manager
>   selection a window manager should unmanaged the screen in question,
>   and when an existing selection owner is detected, window managers
>   should ask the user whether to replace it.
>
> Ideally this could then be used to implement e.g. the GNOME window
> manager control panel. Right now that control panel does something
> like walk up the window hierarchy, find a WM frame, and XKillClient()
> the WM. ;-) Not nice.
>
> Havoc
>
>
>
>
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