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4.7 KiB
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310 lines
4.7 KiB
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><TITLE
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>Extended Window Manager Hints</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.52"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="Root Window Properties (+Related Messages)"
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HREF="x71.html"></HEAD
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CLASS="ARTICLE"
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CLASS="ARTICLE"
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CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
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><H1
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CLASS="TITLE"
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><A
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NAME="AEN2"
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>Extended Window Manager Hints</A
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></H1
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><HR></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="TOC"
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><DL
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><DT
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><B
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>Table of Contents</B
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></DT
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><DT
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><A
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HREF="index.html#AEN5"
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>Introduction</A
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></DT
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><DT
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><A
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HREF="x71.html"
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>Root Window Properties (+Related Messages)</A
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></DT
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><DT
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><A
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HREF="x123.html"
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>Other Root Window Messages</A
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></DT
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><DT
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><A
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HREF="x137.html"
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>Application Window Properties</A
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></DT
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><DT
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><A
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HREF="x207.html"
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>Window Manager Protocols</A
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></DT
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><DT
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><A
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HREF="x216.html"
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>Implementation notes</A
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></DT
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CLASS="SECT1"
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><H1
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CLASS="SECT1"
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><A
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NAME="AEN5"
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>Introduction</A
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></H1
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><DIV
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CLASS="SECT2"
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><H2
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CLASS="SECT2"
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><A
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NAME="AEN7"
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>What is this spec?</A
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><P
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>This spec defines interactions between window managers, applications and the utilities that form part of a desktop environment. It builds on the ICCCM, which defines wm/client interactions at a lower level. It was born out of a need to replace the original Gnome WM specification, although this specification has been designed to be independent of any one desktop environment.
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</P
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="SECT2"
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><H2
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CLASS="SECT2"
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><A
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NAME="AEN10"
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>Language used in this specification</A
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></H2
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><P
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>The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD",
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"SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be
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interpreted as described in RFC 2119.
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</P
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><P
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>The key words "Window Manager" refer to a window manager which is adopting this
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specification. "Pager" refers to desktop utility applications, including
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pagers and taskbars. "Application" refers to other clients. "Clients" refers
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to Pagers + Applications ie. all X clients, except for the Window Manager.
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</P
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="SECT2"
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><H2
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CLASS="SECT2"
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><A
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NAME="AEN14"
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>Changes since 1.9d</A
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></H2
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><P
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></P
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><UL
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><LI
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><P
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>Added _NET_VIRTUAL_ROOTS
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Added note about ICCCM compliant window moves.
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</P
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></LI
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><P
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>Added _NET_WM_HANDLED_ICONS
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Added _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Removed degrees of activation
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</P
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></LI
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></UL
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="SECT2"
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><H2
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><A
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NAME="AEN27"
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>Changes since 1.9c</A
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></H2
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><P
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></P
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><UL
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><LI
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><P
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>Removed packaging of hints into 2 X properties. Jim Gettys points out that the
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performance gains of fewer round trips can be better achieved using Xlib
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routines.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Clarified that _NET_DESKTOP_VIEWPORT is in pixels
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>_NET_DESKTOP_VIEWPORT is now an array, one for each desktop, to allow for
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different active viewports on different desktops
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>_NET_WM_STRUT now only applies on desktops on which the client is visible
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Introduced RFC 2119 language, and attempted to clarify the roles of the Window
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Manager, Pagers and Applications
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Added _NET_WM_NAME
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>_NET_DESKTOP_NAMES now in UTF8
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Desktops now start from 0
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Added _NET_WM_PID
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Added _NET_WM_PING protocol
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Added _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR
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</P
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></LI
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></UL
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="SECT2"
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><H2
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CLASS="SECT2"
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><A
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NAME="AEN52"
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>Changes since 1.9b</A
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></H2
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><P
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></P
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><UL
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><LI
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><P
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>Removed _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS client message, as it overlaps unnecessarily with _NET_{INSERT/DELETE}_DESKTOP.</P
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></LI
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><LI
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>Replaced _NET_WM_LAYER and _NET_WM_HINTS with _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE functional hint.</P
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></LI
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><LI
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>Changed _NET_WM_STATE to a list of atoms, for extensibility.</P
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></LI
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><LI
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>Expanded description of _NET_WORKAREA and _NET_WM_STRUT.</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Removed _NET_WM_SIZEMOVE_NOTIFY protocol. </P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Added degrees of activation to _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW client message</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Added _NET_WM_ICON</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>My comments are in [[ ]]. Comments from Marko's draft are in [[MM: ]]</P
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></LI
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></UL
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WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
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VALIGN="top"
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> </TD
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WIDTH="34%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="top"
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> </TD
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="right"
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>Next</A
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WIDTH="33%"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Root Window Properties (+Related Messages)</TD
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