InterfaceWM + GNUstep applications

[Mondragon, Ian]

all,

  i'm currently in the proccess of making IWM conform to the specifications
layed out in the 1.3 revesion of the EWMH doc, and wanted to contact you
(the gnustep developers) about some things that could help ensure GNUstep
applications are completely supported within IWM.

  (please keep in mind that i don't have the source for either IWM or
GNUstep in front of me)

  as of version 1.3, the _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE property now has 8 different
atoms to represent different window types:

        _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DESKTOP
        _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK
        _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR
        _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_MENU
        _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY     ** new **
        _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH      ** new **
        _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG
        _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL

  yet, when a GNUstep application starts up under my current sources (EWMH
version), the property set for the dock icon seems logical
(_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK), but the application menu is set to
_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL, rather than the _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_MENU that i
expected...is this in-line with what was planned on your end?

  while i had contemplated proposing either new properties or modifications
to the WM_CLASS property to help integrate IWM & GS apps, i'd rather adhere
to standards & get a good discussion with active gnustep developers going on
what you might want to see in your ideal window manager for a GNUstep
environment.

- ian mondragon