XSetWMName(3X11)              X11 SDE 5.4R3.00              XSetWMName(3X11)


NAME
       XSetWMName, XGetWMName, XStoreName, XFetchName - set or read a
       window's WM_NAME property

SYNTAX
       void XSetWMName(display, w, textprop)
             Display *display;
             Window w;
             XTextProperty *textprop;

       Status XGetWMName(display, w, textpropreturn)
             Display *display;
             Window w;
             XTextProperty *textpropreturn;

       XStoreName(display, w, windowname)
             Display *display;
             Window w;
             char *windowname;

       Status XFetchName(display, w, windownamereturn)
             Display *display;
             Window w;
             char **windownamereturn;

ARGUMENTS
       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

       textprop Specifies the XTextProperty structure to be used.

       textpropreturn
                 Returns the XTextProperty structure.

       w         Specifies the window.

       windowname
                 Specifies the window name, which should be a null-
                 terminated string.

       windownamereturn
                 Returns the window name, which is a null-terminated string.

DESCRIPTION
       The XSetWMName convenience function calls XSetTextProperty to set the
       WM_NAME property.

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

       The XStoreName 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



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XSetWMName(3X11)              X11 SDE 5.4R3.00              XSetWMName(3X11)


       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.

       XStoreName can generate BadAlloc and BadWindow errors.

       The XFetchName function returns the name of the specified window.  If
       it succeeds, it returns nonzero; 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, XFetchName 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
       XFree.

       XFetchName can generate a BadWindow error.

PROPERTIES
       WM_NAME   The name of the application.

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

       BadWindow 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)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface




















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