I decided it was finally time to go digging in our boxes of books to find my old Xlib manual. We haven't unpacked any of our books since we moved in August, they are all sitting in boxes in our basement. I went through every box I could find, and, of course, the book I was looking for was really in the very last box in the stack. This was a blessing and curse. A curse for the obvious reason that I had to look through every box, a blessing in that I got to pull out a couple of other books that I've been meaning to get my hands on, such as a couple of key birding books, and my NCJOHB.
Anyway, I return to the couch with my Xlib Programming Manual (which is from R5, but I'm sure is going to answer some questions I have). I of course turn right to the section on window manager, only to find in the first paragraph:
This chapter is not primarily for window manager writers, as those are a rare breed. There are several good customizable window managers available, and there is very little reason for users or application writers to want to write their own. Only a few people in the X community are going to be actively involved in writing window managers, and chances are good they already know all of what is described here"
Heh, what have I gotten myself into?
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