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From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: User-WM communication
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Date: 22 Sep 89 11:52:38 GMT
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> The issue here is not the non-existent standard for pseudo-roots, is
it? The problem, 
> I think, is that you cannot communicate information about a client to the window
> manager without the client knowing it -- no matter what the information is.

You could certainly prototype something using WM_COMMAND.
'-xrm FunnyWindowManagerResource:VeryFunnyValue' will appear
in the property for any Xt client and (probably) have no
effect on the client.