Since there seem to be no further comments on this, here is a patch to add _NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW to the EWMH.
I have probably lost my fd.o commit powers since I last did an EWMH edit, so I can just put the patch here and ask for somebody else to commit it. Matthias
--- wm-spec.xml.orig 2006-09-26 00:45:58.000000000 -0400 +++ wm-spec.xml 2006-09-26 00:53:13.000000000 -0400 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"; [ -<!ENTITY version "Draft version 1.4.draft-1"> -<!ENTITY date "May 13, 2005"> +<!ENTITY version "Draft version 1.4.draft-2"> +<!ENTITY date "September 26, 2006"> ]> <article id="index"> <articleinfo> @@ -1470,7 +1470,8 @@ window took place. </para> <para> -Clients should set this property on every new toplevel window, before mapping +Clients should set this property on every new toplevel window (or on the window +pointed out by the _NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW property), before mapping the window, to the timestamp of the user interaction that caused the window to appear. A client that only deals with core events, might, for example, use the timestamp of the last KeyPress or ButtonPress event. ButtonRelease and @@ -1498,8 +1499,29 @@ event. </para> </sect2> + + <sect2><title>_NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW</title> + <programlisting><![CDATA[ +_NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW WINDOW/32 +]]></programlisting> + <para> +This property contains the XID of a window on which the client sets +the _NET_WM_USER_TIME property. Clients should check whether the +window manager supports _NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW and fall back to +setting the _NET_WM_USER_TIME property on the toplevel window if it +doesn't. + </para> + <para> +Rationale: Storing the frequently changing _NET_WM_USER_TIME property +on the toplevel window itself causes every application that is +interested in any of the properties of that window to be woken up +on every keypress, which is particularly bad for laptops running on +battery power. + </para> + </sect2> + <sect2><title>_NET_FRAME_EXTENTS</title> - <programlisting><![CDATA[ + <programlisting><![CDATA[ _NET_FRAME_EXTENTS, left, right, top, bottom, CARDINAL[4]/32 ]]></programlisting> <para> @@ -2136,6 +2158,9 @@ <listitem><para> Added note WM_TRANSIENT_FOR for override-redirect windows </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> +Added _NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW. + </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> <sect2>
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