Version 8 of Window manager

Updated 2002-11-01 19:03:55

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 [L1 ].

ICCCM

[pertinence of xprop]

[examples]

Window managers that use Tck/Tk:

• arswm (at one time available from mailto:[email protected] (Bill Burdick)
• Panache [L2 ]
• Tkwm

[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 [L3 ]