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diff --git a/wm-spec/wm-spec.sgml b/wm-spec/wm-spec.sgml index f3e46cf..400ca69 100644 --- a/wm-spec/wm-spec.sgml +++ b/wm-spec/wm-spec.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <!doctype article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" [ <!entity version "Draft version 1.3"> -<!entity date "November 27, 2002"> +<!entity date "January 3, 2003"> ]> <article id="index"> <articleinfo> @@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ <sect2> <title>Version</title> <para> -This is &version; of the Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH) spec, updated &date;. +This is &version; of the Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH) spec, updated +&date;. The canonical home for this document is <ulink +url="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/wm-spec.html">http://www.freedesktop.org</ulink>, +which also contains directions for reporting bugs or contributing to future +versions. </para> </sect2> <sect2> @@ -483,7 +487,7 @@ windows. <sect2> <title>_NET_DESKTOP_LAYOUT</title> <programlisting><![CDATA[ -_NET_DESKTOP_LAYOUT, orientation, x, y, starting_corner CARDINAL[4]/32 +_NET_DESKTOP_LAYOUT, orientation, columns, rows, starting_corner CARDINAL[4]/32 ]]> #define _NET_WM_ORIENTATION_HORZ 0 #define _NET_WM_ORIENTATION_VERT 1 @@ -519,19 +523,20 @@ _NET_DESKTOP_LAYOUT, orientation, x, y, starting_corner CARDINAL[4]/32 use _NET_WM_TOPLEFT as the starting corner in this case. </para> <para> - The virtual desktops are arranged in a rectangle - with X rows and Y columns. If X times Y does not match the total number of - desktops as specified by + The virtual desktops are arranged in a rectangle with + <literal>rows</literal> rows and <literal>columns</literal> columns. + If <literal>rows</literal> times <literal>columns</literal> does not match + the total number of desktops as specified by _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS, the highest-numbered - workspaces are assumed to be nonexistent. Either X or Y (but not - both) may be specified as 0 in which case its actual value will be - derived from _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS. + workspaces are assumed to be nonexistent. Either <literal>rows</literal> or + <literal>columns</literal> (but not both) may be specified as 0 in which + case its actual value will be derived from _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS. </para> <para> When the orientation is _NET_WM_ORIENTATION_HORZ the desktops are laid out in rows, with the first desktop in the - specified starting corner. So a layout with X=4 and Y=3 starting in - the _NET_WM_TOPLEFT corner looks like this: + specified starting corner. So a layout with four columns and three rows + starting in the _NET_WM_TOPLEFT corner looks like this: <programlisting> +--+--+--+--+ | 0| 1| 2| 3| @@ -541,8 +546,7 @@ _NET_DESKTOP_LAYOUT, orientation, x, y, starting_corner CARDINAL[4]/32 | 8| 9|10|11| +--+--+--+--+ </programlisting> -With starting_corner _NET_WM_BOTTOMRIGHT, it looks like -this: +With starting_corner _NET_WM_BOTTOMRIGHT, it looks like this: <programlisting> +--+--+--+--+ |11|10| 9| 8| @@ -555,9 +559,8 @@ this: </para> <para> - When the orientation is _NET_WM_ORIENTATION_VERT - the layout for X=4 and Y=3 starting in the _NET_WM_TOPLEFT + the layout with four columns and three rows starting in the _NET_WM_TOPLEFT corner looks like: <programlisting> @@ -935,10 +938,10 @@ them from the list. These extension atoms MUST NOT start with the prefix _NET. </para> <para> -_NET_WM_STATE_MODAL indicates that this is a modal dialog box. The -WM_TRANSIENT_FOR hint MUST be set to indicate which window the dialog is a -modal for, or set to the root window if the dialog is a modal for its window -group. +_NET_WM_STATE_MODAL indicates that this is a modal dialog box. +If the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR hint is set to another toplevel window, the +dialog is modal for that window; if WM_TRANSIENT_FOR is not set or set +to the root window the dialog is modal for its window group. </para> <para> _NET_WM_STATE_STICKY indicates that the Window Manager SHOULD keep the @@ -1704,6 +1707,15 @@ to "Window Geometry". Rewrote the implementation notes on "Urgency", making it clear that the hint is not just about dialogs. </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> +Fixed the specification of the X and Y members of _NET_DESKTOP_LAYOUT +and renamed them to columns and row for clarity. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> +Change the description of _NET_WM_STATE_MODAL to no longer require apps to +break the ICCCM for group-modal windows, but still support the +WM_TRANSIENT_FOR=root dialect. + </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> <sect2> |