_NET_WM_STATE

[Lubos Lunak]

On Wednesday 28 of October 2009, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> On 10/28/2009 05:16 AM, Fabien Meghazi wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It seems that at least one atom should be added to the list of
> > _NET_WM_STATE
> >
> > Namely : _NET_WM_STATE_MINIMIZED
> >
> > See  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wmctrl/+bug/260875
> >
> > I guess a _NET_WM_STATE_ICONIFIED would be welcome too.
> >
> > What do you think ?

 There is a special list for the EWMH spec, 
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/wm-spec-list .

 There have been already several discussions on the list about a special flag 
for minimized windows, but never with a conclusion because of disagreements 
on exact semantics. You can try your luck and bring it up again. There are 
one or two bugreports in KDE bugzilla that would be fixed by introducing such 
flag too.

> _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN serves this purpose.  The bug you reference is
> marked invalid and references _HIDDEN.  There is no semantic difference
> between hidden, minimized, and iconified.

 Then the bug resolution itself is invalid. The parts from the spec quoted 
there themselves claim otherwise.

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