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Re:Ask HN: Why does Zoom Desktop examine all processes and a... by stinos on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @04:41AM (#28218902)
The windows manager can provide you with a list of open windows.

But that needs a unified way for this across window managers, does that exist?

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Zoom Desktop examine all processes and a... by account42 on Thursday August 19, 2021 @04:01AM (#28231478)
Yes for X11: _NET_CLIENT_LIST [0]

[0] https://specifications.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/wm-spec-1.3.h...

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Zoom Desktop examine all processes and a... by numpad0 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:14AM (#28219073)
I don’t know but xkill works across WM
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