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2003-01-02  Rob Adams  <readams@readams.net>

	* README: Update reference to EWMH.

	* HACKING: Add a reference to COMPLIANCE and to the ICCCM and
	EWHM.
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2003-01-02 Rob Adams <readams@readams.net>
* README: Update reference to EWMH.
* HACKING: Add a reference to COMPLIANCE and to the ICCCM and
EWHM.
2003-12-25 Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com>
* src/compositor.c (process_reparent): handle ReparentNotify, and

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The code could use cleanup in a lot of places, feel free to do so.
Metacity is ideally a fully ICCCM and EWMH-compliant window manager.
Reading these specifications is a useful first step to understanding
the role of a window manager on an X11 desktop and the standards and
conventions on which X11 desktops are based. Please refer to the
COMPLIANCE file for additional information on these specifications and
metacity's compliance therewith.

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SHRINKING METACITY
===
Not that metacity is huge (<400K binary last I checked), but about
half of that is in the preferences handling, in static strings that
aren't essential, and in the theme engine.
Not that metacity is huge, but a substantial amount of code is in
preferences handling, in static strings that aren't essential, and in
the theme engine.
You can strip about 70K from the metacity binary by compiling with
options such as:
@ -187,11 +187,10 @@ METACITY FEATURES
be respawned. It theoretically restores sizes/positions/workspace
for session-aware applications.
- Metacity implements much of the new window manager spec from
freedesktop.org
(http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/wm-spec.html), and much of
the ICCCM. But then there are parts of each that it doesn't
implement, just because I haven't yet.
- Metacity implements much of the EWMH window manager specification
from freedesktop.org, as well as the older ICCCM. Please refer to
the COMPLIANCE file for information on metacity compliance with
these standards.
- Uses Pango to render text, so has cool i18n capabilities.
Supports UTF-8 window titles and such.