On Sunday 08 December 2002 14:27, Yannick OZOUF wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 22:46:50 +0200
>
> Ciprian Popovici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > That setup has one major problem: you need to assign icons to the
> > various windows or applications, which is troublesome. Or is there a
> > standard about this? Instead, either go with a name listing (I think I
> > already suggested wmappkill as an example) or use something more
> > general, like small coloured rectangles with the window name as a
> > tooltip.
>
> I think the application icons are stored in the WM_HINTS property of
> the windows. Is this right?
> So maybe a configuration file with the icon name associated to a window
> class or name and a default icon for unknown windows while be enough (I
> hope many windows fill this property to not force anyone to fill a
> huge configuration file). It could also be possible to have different
> modes, one with icon, one with only name, simple colored form with
> tooltips, etc...
>
> Thanks for your advice and idea :)

Many programs do specify an icon in their hints but not all do.  So you need a 
fallback for windows with icons.

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