On 16 September 2010 18:56, Claude Rubinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> There are certain websites for which I like to customize how FVWM
> treats the browser window (e.g., different styles for different
> sites).  As long as the name of the website is part of the window
> name, it's not a problem.

FVWM sets the title based on the WM_NAME XAtom.

> Occasionally, however, I'll run into a site where there's no stable
> name.  For example, the online music streaming site MOG.com only
> includes the name of the artist and song in the window name.  Many X
> clients let you specify your own name, but neither Firefox nor Chrome
> does.  Is there a way to uniquely identify such browser windows

Nope -- not unless there's an additional property of the window that's
set (see xprop).

> (whether from within FVWM or not) when the site doesn't provide a
> fixed reference?  For FvwmEvent, I can use the WindowId but as far as
> I understand, that doesn't work for Style specifications.

The WindowID is (an old) means to an end to ensure a given action from
FvwmEvent ran in the correct window context.  This is no longer needed
as you get that for free.

Some tine ago, I started work on this:

http://xteddy.org/fvwm/patches.html#toc9

... which may or may not help you -- but don't ask support for it
here, it's an old patch.

-- Thomas Adam

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