On Sun, Aug 09, 2020 at 09:59:12AM +0200, to...@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
