Re: extended window manager hints

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Tuomo Valkonen <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2008-05-30, Jordan Sissel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Does ion-3 support any of the documented ways of expressing the number
>> of available desktops (workspaces, whatever you want to call them)?
>
> RTFFAQ. The workspace properties of EWMH don't map nicely into Ion's
> way of handling them.

Gotcha.

I didn't see _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW mentioned in the faq entry, and I see
code in ion-3 that looks like this request is supported. However, when
I send it, the window chosen isn't activated. Testing in gnome2
(metacity?) shows the same code working.

Is _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW supported?

-Jordan

>
>> extended wm hints spec, but it seems like ion claims that
>> _NET_VIRTUAL_ROOTS is supported.
>
> Leftover from Xinerama hacks.
>
>> xprop(1) shows:
>> _ION_WORKSPACE(STRING) = "WGroupWS<1>"
>
> It's the (internal) name of the currently selected region within
> the mutually exclusive list of the screen. It can be also a client
> window, and is therefore very dynamic, whereas EWMH properties are
> geared towards a static set of traditional workspaces.
>
> --
> Tuomo
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