Re: proposed addition to EWMH: _NET_WM_NORMAL_GEOMETRY

[Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <raster rasterman com>]

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:42:25 -0700 "Mark Tiefenbruck" <mark fluxbox org>
babbled:

> This goes in the list of Application Window Properties. The idea is
> that this holds the previous state of a window that has been
> temporarily changed by the window manager, e.g. while maximized or
> fullscreen. If the user switches or restarts his window manager, this
> information is currently lost, giving unexpected results when trying
> to restore the state. This property gives the new window manager the
> information it needs to restore the window properly.
> 
> One issue is that of ordering width and height vs. x and y. The
> --geometry argument typically uses width, height, x, y, whereas
> _NET_WORKAREA uses x, y, width, height. I've chosen width, height, x,
> y for now. Another question is whether or not the client should be
> allowed to change these values. I've decided for now that it may alter
> them only from withdrawn state.

i disagree with the ordering - -geometry is the way it is because of parsing
ans spacing - this is a command-lin e argument. different from PROPERITES. all
other netwm PROPERTIES are X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT - which is actually the most common
order you see such geometry in API calls for creating and moving/resizing
windows, drawing boxes etc. etc. i see no good reason to re-order the arguments
in a property based on the ordering in just 1 command-line argument.

> _NET_WM_NORMAL_GEOMETRY width, height, x, y, CARDINAL[4]/32
> 
> Array of four cardinals that defines the size and position to which
> the window should be restored when changing window state. The values
> should be set according to the same rules as WM_NORMAL_HINTS given in
> ICCCM Section 4.1.2.3. This property SHOULD be updated by the window
> manager whenever a change in _NET_WM_STATE corresponds to a change in
> window geometry. A client MAY change this property from the Withdrawn
> state but MUST NOT change it while the window is being managed.
> 
>   Mark
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