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 **window_name_return);

ARGUMENTS

display
    Specifies the connection to the X server.

text_prop
    Specifies the structure to be used.

text_prop_return
    Returns the 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 convenience function calls to set the WM_NAME property.

The convenience function calls to obtain the WM_NAME property. It returns a nonzero status on success; otherwise, it returns a zero status.

The 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 windows 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.

can generate and errors.

The 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, 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

can generate a error.

PROPERTIES

WM_NAME
    The name of the application.

DIAGNOSTICS

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

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

SEE ALSO
XAllocClassHint(3X11), XAllocIconSize(3X11), XAllocSizeHints(3X11), XAllocWMHints(3X11), XFree(3X11), XSetCommand(3X11), XSetTransientForHint(3X11), XSetTextProperty(3X11), XSetWMClientMachine(3X11), XSetWMColormapWindows(3X11), XSetWMIconName(3X11), XSetWMProperties(3X11), XSetWMProtocols(3X11), XStringListToTextProperty(3X11)
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