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>Extended Window Manager Hints</TITLE
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>Extended Window Manager Hints</A
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>X Desktop Group</A
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>August 19, 2002<BR></SPAN
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>Introduction</A
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>2. <A
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>Non-ICCCM features</A
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>3. <A
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>Root Window Properties (+Related Messages)</A
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>Application Window Properties</A
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>6. <A
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>Window Manager Protocols</A
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>Implementation notes</A
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>Change history</A
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>This is DRAFT version 1.2 of the Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH) spec, updated August 19, 2002.
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>1.2. What is this spec?</A
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>This spec defines interactions between window managers, applications,
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and the utilities that form part of a desktop environment. It builds
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on the ICCCM [2], which defines WM (window manager) interactions at a
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lower level. The ICCCM does not provide ways to implement many
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features that modern desktop users expect. The GNOME and KDE desktop
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projects originally developed their own extensions to the ICCCM to
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support these features; this spec replaces those custom extensions
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with a standardized set of ICCCM additions that any desktop
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environment can adopt.
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>1.3. Language used in this specification</A
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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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>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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>Window Managers and Clients which aim to fulfil this specification MUST adhere
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to the ICCCM on which this specification builds. If this specification
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explicitly modifies the ICCCM Window Managers and Clients MUST fulfil these
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modifications.
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