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Talk about variants as the dictionary values for hints.

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Mon Jul 25 22:48:54 PDT 2005 Christian Hammond <chipx86@gnupdate.org>
* notification-spec.xml:
- Bump to version 0.7.
- Mention the x, y hints.
- Talk about variants as the dictionary values for hints.
Fri Apr 01 09:11:38 PST 2005 Christian Hammond <chipx86@gnupdate.org>
* notification-spec.xml:

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<date>28 July 2005</date>
<authorinitials>cdh</authorinitials>
<revremark>
Added "x" and "y" hints.
Added "x" and "y" hints. Talk about the variant type for hint values.
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consensus is reached, the hint name should be in the form of
<literal>"x-<replaceable>vendor</replaceable>-<replaceable>name</replaceable>."</literal>
</para>
<para>
The value type for the hint dictionary in D-BUS is of the
<literal>DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT</literal> container type. This allows different
data types (string, integer, boolean, etc.) to be used for hints. When
adding a dictionary of hints, this type must be used, rather than putting
the actual hint value in as the dictionary value.
</para>
<para>
The following table lists the standard hints as defined by this
specification. Future hints may be proposed and added to this list