Re: Linux Window Managers and Accessibility
- From: Bill Haneman <bill haneman sun com>
- To: Sasha_Vasko osca state mo us
- Cc: cwitty newtonlabs com, daniel%rimspace osca state mo us, Brian Cameron sun com, jsh pixelslut com, sawfish lists eazel com, wm-spec-list gnome org, gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Linux Window Managers and Accessibility
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:35:41 +0100
Sasha_Vasko osca state mo us wrote:
>
> > desktops. As you point out if the application is not using the window
> manager
> > (in other words, maps no windows) then the window manager can report
> that, and
In other words, the WM can report that it fails to identify the app's
id among its window clients.
> > the broker can choose to map it to desktops according to its own
> heuristics.
>
> just a little clarification in case you did not make mistake in above
> statement.
> Window Manager does not manage, know or in any way care about windows that
> are
> not mapped. Thus it can't report it. In fact the only way of keeping track
> of such
> windows, except for some custom communication mechanism, would be repitedly
> requerying window hierarchy.
That was my point, I was referring to programs that create no windows
at all, in which case their unique ids will not be recognized by the
WM.
> > -Bill
>
> Sasha Vasko
>
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Bill Haneman
Gnome Accessibility / Batik SVG Toolkit
Sun Microsystems Ireland
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