Hi, I am trying to make my window manager conform to the ICCCM specifications. I fully understand the reason for the _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK atom - this ensures that no invalid information stays whenever the window manager isn't running anymore. What I don't understand is why are no other atoms like _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS expected on...
I'm trying to get a list of all top level desktop windows in an X11 session. Basically, I want to get a list of all windows that are shown in the window managers application-switching UI (commonly opened when the user presses ALT+TAB). I've never done any X11 programming before, but so far I've managed to enumerate through the entire wi...
I've got a Python/Linux application that displays bits of info I need in a GTK window. For the purposes of this discussion, it should behave exactly like a dock - exists on all virtual desktops, and maximized windows do not overlap it. The first point is pretty easy, but I have spent days bashing my head against my monitor trying to ...