Extended Window Manager Hints

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Extended Window Manager Hints, aka NetWM or Net WM,^[1] is an X Window System standard for window managers. It defines various interactions between window managers, utilities, and applications, all part of an entire desktop environment. It builds on the functionality of the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM).

[edit] List of window managers that support Extended Window Manager Hints

aewm
awesome
Blackbox
edewm
Enlightenment E16
Fluxbox^[2]
fwm (via a plugin)
FVWM (via a plugin)
interfacewm
KWin
matchbox
metacity
Openbox
Sawfish (not completely)
wmfs
wmii
xmonad (needs to be turned on in the config)

[edit] Notes and references

^ Net WM - Blackbox
^ "Fluxbox EWMH Support". http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docs/ewmh-support.html. Retrieved 2009-09-09.

[edit] External links

v t e X Window System

Architecture	Core protocol Xlib X Window selection X window manager X session manager X display manager X Toolkit Intrinsics X Window authorization X11 color names

Window managers	Re-parenting Compositing Stacking Tiling

Extensions	X Image Extension X keyboard extension RandR X Rendering Extension Shape extension Shared memory extension X video extension AIGLX GLX Multi-Pointer X Display PostScript

Notable implementations	Cygwin/X KDrive X11.app X.Org Server X-Win32 X386 XFree86 XGGI XDarwin Xming Xsgi Xsun Xgl

Standards	ICCCM EWMH XDS freedesktop.org

Applications	xcalc xclock xedit xload xterm xeyes Desktop environments

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