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diff --git a/wm-spec/wm-spec.sgml b/wm-spec/wm-spec.sgml
index 7836064..4a2d4b9 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 1.2">
-<!entity date "September 7, 2002">
+<!entity date "September 14, 2002">
]>
<article id="index">
<articleinfo>
@@ -328,8 +328,10 @@ If the number of desktops is shrinking and _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP is out of the ne
_NET_DESKTOP_GEOMETRY width, height, CARDINAL[2]/32
]]></programlisting>
<para>
-Array of two cardinals that defines the common size of all desktops.
-This property SHOULD be set by the Window Manager.
+ Array of two cardinals that defines the common size of all desktops
+ (this is equal to the screen size if the Window Manager doesn't support
+ large desktops, otherwise it's equal to the virtual size of the
+ desktop). This property SHOULD be set by the Window Manager.
</para>
<para>
A Pager can request a change in the desktop geometry by sending a _NET_DESKTOP_GEOMETRY client
@@ -641,12 +643,21 @@ _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW
window = window to be moved or resized
message_type = _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW
format = 32
- data.l[0] = gravity
- data.l[1] = x
+ data.l[0] = gravity and flags
+ data.l[1] = x
data.l[2] = y
data.l[3] = width
data.l[4] = height
]]></programlisting>
+ <para>
+ The low byte of data.l[0] contains the gravity to use; it may contain
+ any value allowed for the WM_SIZE_HINTS.win_gravity property:
+ NorthWest (1), North (2), NorthEast (3), West (4), Center (5), East
+ (6), SouthWest (7), South (8), SouthEast (9) and Static (10). A
+ gravity of 0 indicates that the Window Manager should use the gravity
+ specified in WM_SIZE_HINTS.win_gravity. The bits 8 to 11 indicate the
+ presence of x, y, width and height.
+ </para>
<para>
Pagers wanting to move or resize a window may send a
_NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW client message request to the root window
@@ -1526,11 +1537,11 @@ attempt to kill a process.
</para>
<para>
-WM_CLIENT_MACHINE must be set to the fully-qualified domain name of the client's
-host. This would normally be retrieved using gethostname(2). When gethostname()
-is not available on the client's platform implementors may use the value of the
-nodename field of struct utsname as returned by uname(2). An example of how to
-retrieve a value for WM_CLIENT_MACHINE:
+WM_CLIENT_MACHINE is usually set by calling XSetWMProperties(). The hostname for the current host can be be retrieved using gethostname(), when gethostname()
+is not available on the platform implementors may use the value of the
+nodename field of struct utsname as returned by uname(). Note also that the value of WM_CLIENT_MACHINE is not guaranteed
+to be a fully fully-qualified domain name of the host. An example of how to
+retrieve the hostname:
</para>
<para>
<programlisting><![CDATA[
@@ -1668,7 +1679,7 @@ OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
<para>Greg Badros</para>
<para>Matthias Clasen</para>
<para>David Rosenthal</para>
-
+ <para>Lubos Lunak</para>
</sect1>
<Sect1>
<title>Change history</title>
@@ -1721,6 +1732,13 @@ OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
<listitem><para>
Improve markup of citations.
</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Explain _NET_DESKTOP_GEOMETRY in more detail and improve the explanation
+ of WM_CLIENT_MACHINE in <xref linkend="KILLINGWINDOWS">.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Add Lubos Lunak to the list of contributors.
+ </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2>