Hi, The WM_ICON_NAME is often used in X programs as a shorter Title name. Originally some window managers would use this as the text for an Icon to represent the running program, these days it's more likely to be used in a taskbar. Some shells will have a different configuration to set the WM_ICON_NAME to a shorter string, thatn the WM_NAME which is often used for the text in the title bar on the window. Previously in "st", the standard xterm escape sequences for both, were being set to the WM_NAME Xwindows atom. This patch allows for either both or one, to follow the way that xterm and other terminal emulators do, so that the shell or program can set them seperately.
Hopefully this is clearer?? Cheers, John On Sun, 6 Sep 2020, Hiltjo Posthuma wrote: > > Hi, > > Could you give a (short) description what you use this feature for in st? > > Alternatively you can add the patch to the wiki. > > Thanks, > > -- John Collis - [email protected] Software Engineering Team Leader Allied Telesis Labs Ltd. Christchurch New Zealand
