How can a client identify the window manager version?

[Glynn Clements]

Jim Gettys wrote:

> The danger Carsten points out is very real: we'd end up with code that
> says "if this window manager, then do the following" (which might not
> even be true in the next version of that window manager),

At which point, WMs will acquire yet another configuration option to
control which WM they claim to be, in much the same way that many web
browsers have an option for claiming to be IE.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>