Version

This is version 1.1 of the Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH) spec, updated 10 March 2001.
これは Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH) 仕様のバージョン 1.1 である。 2001年3月10日に更新された。

What is this spec?

This spec defines interactions between window managers, applications, and the utilities that form part of a desktop environment. It builds on the ICCCM [2], which defines WM (window manager) interactions at a lower level. The ICCCM does not provide ways to implement many features that modern desktop users expect. The GNOME and KDE desktop projects originally developed their own extensions to the ICCCM to support these features; this spec replaces those custom extensions with a standardized set of ICCCM additions that any desktop environment can adopt.
この仕様はウィンドウマネージャとアプリケーション、 およびデスクトップ環境の一部を形成するユーティリィティの間の 相互作用を定義する。 それは、 より低いレベルの WM(ウィンドウマネージャ) の相互作用を定義する ICCCM [2] に基礎を置く。 ICCCM は今日のデスクトップ・ユーザが期待する多くの機能を実装する方法を提供しない。 GNOME および KDE デスクトップ・プロジェクトはこれらの機能をサポートするために、 当初 ICCCM に対する独自の拡張を開発した; この仕様はそのような独自拡張を ICCCM に追加する標準化セットに 置き換えるものである。

Language used in this specification

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.

The key words "Window Manager" refer to a window manager which is adopting this specification. "Pager" refers to desktop utility applications, including pagers and taskbars. "Application" refers to other clients. "Clients" refers to Pagers + Applications ie. all X clients, except for the Window Manager.

Prerequisites for adoption of this specification

Window Managers and Clients which aim to fulfil this specification MUST adhere to the ICCCM on which this specification builds. If this specification explicitly modifies the ICCCM Window Managers and Clients MUST fulfil these modifications.