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XSetWMName(3)                   XLIB FUNCTIONS                   XSetWMName(3)




NAME

       XSetWMName, XGetWMName, XStoreName, XFetchName - set or read a window's
       WM_NAME property


SYNTAX

       void XSetWMName(Display *display, Window w, XTextProperty *text_prop);

       Status   XGetWMName(Display   *display,   Window    w,    XTextProperty
              *text_prop_return);

       int XStoreName(Display *display, Window w, char *window_name);

       Status    XFetchName(Display    *display,   Window   w,   char   **win-
              dow_name_return);


ARGUMENTS

       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

       text_prop Specifies the XTextProperty structure to be used.

       text_prop_return
                 Returns the XTextProperty structure.

       w         Specifies the window.

       window_name
                 Specifies the window name, which should be a  null-terminated
                 string.

       window_name_return
                 Returns the window name, which is a null-terminated string.


DESCRIPTION

       The  XSetWMName  convenience function calls XSetTextProperty to set the
       WM_NAME property.

       The XGetWMName convenience function calls  XGetTextProperty  to  obtain
       the  WM_NAME  property.  It returns a nonzero status on success; other-
       wise, it returns a zero status.

       The XStoreName function assigns the name passed to window_name  to  the
       specified window.  A window manager can display the window name in some
       prominent place, such as the title bar, to allow users to identify win-
       dows  easily.   Some window managers may display a window's name in the
       window's icon, although they are encouraged to use  the  window's  icon
       name  if  one  is provided by the application.  If the string is not in
       the Host Portable Character Encoding,  the  result  is  implementation-
       dependent.

       XStoreName can generate BadAlloc and BadWindow errors.

       The  XFetchName  function returns the name of the specified window.  If
       it succeeds, it returns a nonzero status; otherwise, no name  has  been
       set  for  the window, and it returns zero.  If the WM_NAME property has
       not been set for this window,  XFetchName  sets  window_name_return  to
       NULL.   If  the  data  returned  by the server is in the Latin Portable
       Character Encoding, then the returned string is in  the  Host  Portable
       Character Encoding.  Otherwise, the result is implementation-dependent.
       When finished with it, a client must free the window name string  using
       XFree.

       XFetchName can generate a BadWindow error.


PROPERTIES

       WM_NAME   The name of the application.


DIAGNOSTICS

       BadAlloc  The  server  failed  to  allocate  the  requested resource or
                 server memory.

       BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.


SEE ALSO

       XAllocClassHint(3),    XAllocIconSize(3),    XAllocSizeHints(3),   XAl-
       locWMHints(3), XFree(3), XSetCommand(3), XSetTransientForHint(3), XSet-
       TextProperty(3),    XSetWMClientMachine(3),   XSetWMColormapWindows(3),
       XSetWMIconName(3),       XSetWMProperties(3),       XSetWMProtocols(3),
       XStringListToTextProperty(3)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface



X Version 11                     libX11 1.6.9                    XSetWMName(3)

xorg-libX11 1.6.9 - Generated Sun Oct 20 16:31:11 CDT 2019
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