Purpose: discuss what function a window manager has and what Tk can and cannot do with the help of a window manager, etc. Interesting related reading: an emerging window manager specification [http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/wm-spec.html]. [ICCCM] [[pertinence of xprop]] [[examples]] Window managers that use Tcl/Tk: * arswm (at one time available from mailto:burdick@ars.rtp.nc.us) (Bill Burdick) * [Panache] [http://www.xmission.com/~georgeps/panache/] * [Tkwm] Window managers that use Tk: * perlbox [http://freshmeat.net/releases/102422/] [[Summary: it's hard for Tk to know what the WM is doing.]] See also: * TIP #47: Modifying Tk to Allow Writing X Window managers [http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/47.html]