Bug#285397: RFP: wmctrl -- Control a EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager
* Shyamal Prasad:
> Florian> Does the program work with WindowMaker?
>
> I don't use WindowMaker, but it now (0.90) claims NetWM
> compatibility. So, yes, it *should* work with this program if you've
> got a recent enough version.
Okay, fair enough.
> Florian> If it doesn't, the "wm" prefix is a bit confusing.
>
> Perhaps, if you use WindowMaker ;-) There are already a few packages
> that are named wm* and don't have to do with WindowMaker (wmix, wml
> are two I found right away).
wmix is a dockapp and thus related to WindowMaker. wml has nothing to
do with window managers at all, so there is less potential of
confusion.
> I'd hate to name the package anything but wmctrl since that is what
> everyone else calls it!
If it works with WindowMaker, the "wm" prefix isn't harmful, so I'd
say go ahead and package it under this name.
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