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From: karlton@decwrl.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Window managers grabbing buttons
Message-ID: <8227@decwrl.DEC.COM>
Date: Mon, 23-Feb-87 17:33:39 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 23 17:33:39 1987
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Reply-To: karlton@decwrl.UUCP (Philip Karlton)
Organization: DEC Western Software Lab, Palo Alto, CA
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The X/V11 protocol allows one to build a window manager in another process
that doesn't have this problem. Basically the protocol supports the notion of
a window manager that wants to wrap some real estate around the application
window. The window manager's user interface can then be implemented as user
actions that happen there. The protocol even supports a tiling window manager.

This allows you to have a consitent user interface across all your
applications, as well as not have huge client binaries since all of the window
manager functions don't have to be loaded with each client. It also means that
the window manager does not have to "grab" buttons and make them unavailable
to the applications.

Of course, one does not have to use such a window manager. It is certainly not
mandated by the V11 protocol.

PK