On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 11:34:38PM +0200, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-08-08 at 19:26, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > > 
> > > When fvwm takes over from metacity, it seems to ignore the _NET_WM_DESKTOP
> > > properties left behind by metacity. Worse, windows which are not on the
> > > first desk sometimes get completely lost - they don't appear on any desk,
> > > but switching back to metacity makes them reappear at the right position.
> > 
> > Could you point me to the spec and the specific place that states
> > how the _NET_WM_DESTOP property should be handled?  I'd assume the
> > window manager is resposible of deleting this property from the
> > client window and map all windows on all desks when it terminates.
> > How else should the WM find out about windows that are not mapped
> > when it starts and that are never mapped by the application?
> > 
> 
> Yes, the leaving WM is responsible for mapping all windows (actually I
> think this is automatic as part of save-set handling). The CVS version 
> of the EWMH 1.2 draft (still not available online...) specifies that 
> the _NET_WM_DESKTOP and _NET_WM_STATE properties should be cleared upon
> withdrawal of a window, but left in place in case of loosing ownership
> of the manager selection, so that the next wm can pick them up.

So, is the "windows don't appear on any desk" part a bug or not?

Bye

Dominik ^_^  ^_^

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