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<HTML
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><TITLE
>Extended Window Manager Hints</TITLE
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><DIV
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><DIV
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><H1
CLASS="TITLE"
><A
NAME="AEN2"
>Extended Window Manager Hints</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="AUTHORGROUP"
><A
NAME="AEN3"
></A
><H3
CLASS="CORPAUTHOR"
>      <A
HREF="http://www.freedesktop.org"
TARGET="_top"
>X Desktop Group</A
>
      </H3
></DIV
><SPAN
CLASS="RELEASEINFO"
>DRAFT version 1.2<BR></SPAN
><SPAN
CLASS="DATE"
>August 19, 2002<BR></SPAN
><HR></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="TOC"
><DL
><DT
><B
>Table of Contents</B
></DT
><DT
>1. <A
HREF="index.html#AEN9"
>Introduction</A
></DT
><DT
>2. <A
HREF="x24.html"
>Non-ICCCM features</A
></DT
><DT
>3. <A
HREF="x107.html"
>Root Window Properties (+Related Messages)</A
></DT
><DT
>4. <A
HREF="x208.html"
>Other Root Window Messages</A
></DT
><DT
>5. <A
HREF="x225.html"
>Application Window Properties</A
></DT
><DT
>6. <A
HREF="x340.html"
>Window Manager Protocols</A
></DT
><DT
>7. <A
HREF="x351.html"
>Implementation notes</A
></DT
><DT
>8. <A
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>References</A
></DT
><DT
>9. <A
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>Copyright</A
></DT
><DT
>10. <A
HREF="x489.html"
>Contributors</A
></DT
><DT
>11. <A
HREF="x512.html"
>Change history</A
></DT
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN9"
>1. Introduction</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN11"
>1.1. Version</A
></H2
><P
>This is DRAFT version 1.2 of the Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH) spec, updated August 19, 2002.
		</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN14"
>1.2. What is this spec?</A
></H2
><P
>This spec defines interactions between window managers, applications,
and the utilities that form part of a desktop environment.  It builds
on the ICCCM [2], which defines WM (window manager) interactions at a
lower level. The ICCCM does not provide ways to implement many
features that modern desktop users expect. The GNOME and KDE desktop
projects originally developed their own extensions to the ICCCM to
support these features; this spec replaces those custom extensions
with a standardized set of ICCCM additions that any desktop
environment can adopt.
		</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN17"
>1.3. Language used in this specification</A
></H2
><P
>The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD",
"SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED",  "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be
interpreted as described in RFC 2119.  
		</P
><P
>The key words "Window Manager" refer to a window manager which is adopting this
specification.  "Pager" refers to desktop utility applications, including
pagers and taskbars.  "Application" refers to other clients.  "Clients" refers
to Pagers + Applications ie. all X clients, except for the Window Manager.
		</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN21"
>1.4. Prerequisites for adoption of this specification</A
></H2
><P
>Window Managers and Clients which aim to fulfil this specification MUST adhere 
to the ICCCM on which this specification builds. If this specification 
explicitly modifies the ICCCM Window Managers and Clients MUST fulfil these 
modifications.
		</P
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