Re: xterm no title (buster)
On Sun, Aug 09, 2020 at 09:59:12AM +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> To verify/falsify that, you might run xprop on your xterm window.
> The property you are looking for is called WM_NAME. You can even
xprop | grep WM_NAME
WM_NAME(STRING) = "schaefer@reliand: /home/schaefer"
> use xprop to /set/ the window property -- this way you can be sure
xprop -f WM_NAME 8s -set WM_NAME "toto"
clicking on either the titleless xterm or an emacs changes nothing (*).
NB: the xterm window title is seen on MATE's taskbar.
> whether it's xterm who is forgetting to do the right thing (that
> would be a bug to file against xterm) or it's your window manager
> ignoring it.
As I am the only one to experience this, it must be some configuration
somewhere!
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICCCM
Thank you, definitely is an interesting reference.
(*) examples often show xprop -set WM_NAME "toto" but it does not
work (cannot convert WM_NAME argument to STRING or COMPOUND_TEXT),
thus the -f
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