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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Improving task manager interaction
From:       Richard Moore <rich () ipso-facto ! freeserve ! co ! uk>
Date:       2001-08-22 15:50:04
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Richard Moore wrote:
> 
> Ilya Konstantinov wrote:
> >
> > One thing already specified in the core protocol is the UrgencyHint bit
> > of WM_HINTS property. It can be set via XSetWMHints(3).
> 
> This isn't listed in my O'Reilly book, but I'll take a look.

Ok, I found some docs at
http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/ICC/client-to-window-manager/wm-hints.html
for those who are interested.

Rich.

> 
> >
> > The taskbar could reflect it's presence in a similiar way to the
> > Windows taskbar, by blinking the taskbar button to attract attention.
> 
> This isn't fine grained enough for me - I want something better.
> 
> >
> > On Windows, applications such as mIRC attract the user's attention when
> > their name is mentioned in the channel etc. and other applications do
> > this when there's an error requiring the user's attention.
> 
> That's done by noticing when the window tries to steal the focus.
> We /could/ do that, but again I'd rather have something that does
> the job properly.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Rich.
> 
> >
> > The bit should be unset by kwin as soon as the window is focused.
> >
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