Re: Proposal for ConfigureRequest handling

[Marko Macek <Marko Macek gmx net>]

Dominik Vogt wrote:

> > > I somewhat doubt that Java/AWT is going to support the whole NETWM
> > > hints just to communicate a single property.
> >
> > Where does it say they have to support everything?
> >
> > They only have to implement NET_WM_PING.
>
>
> You mean simply answering the ping indicates that the application
> hounours the ICCCM rule about ConfigureRequests?  Well, then it
> must *really* be written in the spec in big fat letters so that
> new applications don't start to misuse ConfigureRequests again.

There would be no ping/answer (although that is part of the correct 
implementation of NET_WM_PING).

The presence of _NET_WM_PING atom in the WM_PROTOCOLS property
would mean that application supports some of the NET WM spec.
There needs to be one definite way. I am only suggesting _NET_WM_PING 
because it's implementation is trivial is already specified to be 
registered in the WM_PROTOCOLS property that every WM checks already.

Obviously we need to specify this exactly in the spec.

MArk