Re: _NET_WM_ALLOWED_ACTIONS

["Matthias Clasen" <matthiasc poet de>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Havoc Pennington" <hp redhat com>
To: <wm-spec-list gnome org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: _NET_WM_ALLOWED_ACTIONS


>
> Hi,
>
> One issue here. Are the listed actions those generally allowed for a
> given window in some abstract sense, or those allowed right this
> minute.
>
> That is, if a window is currently maximized, is maximization then not
> in _NET_WM_ALLOWED_ACTIONS, since the window is already maximized? Or
> is maximization in there because the window is "maximizable" in
> general, even if it isn't currently?
>
> This matters since a tasklist/pager needs to know whether to handle
> the current state by itself.

What is wrong with demanding wm appendages to maintain the current state ?
This shouldn't be a burden, especially with dedicated libraries like the one
you're
currently writing...