Window Manager Specification Project
The Window Manager Specification is meant to unify the GNOME and KDE window manager hint conventions. Most of the design work takes place on wm-spec-list@gnome.org; you can subscribe to this list in the usual way, by sending to wm-spec-list-request@gnome.org with subscribe in the subject. To post without subscribing, subscribe to the no-traffic post-only@gnome.org list.
Mailinglist
You can find archives of the WM spec list here.
CVS
The CVS module for this spec is icccm-extensions/wm-spec.
Spec
Version 1.3 - html (one page) - html (multiple pages) - xml
Version 1.4.draft-2 - html (one page) - html (multiple pages) - xml
Supporters
This table is a (possibly incomplete) list of window managers that support this specification, with details about their level of support.
NAME |
DETAILS |
KWin (KDE) |
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Metacity (GNOME) |
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FVWM (2.5.x) |
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Openbox |
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Interface |
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Enlightenment (e16) |
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icewm |
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AfterStep |
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Blackbox (0.70.x+) |
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Edewm (EDE) |
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xfwm4 (Xfce) |
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awesome |
|
whimsy |


