Re: Application names in the (bottom) notification area.

["Christian Dysthe" <cdysthe gmail com>]

On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:25:08 -0500, Jasper St. Pierre  
<jstpierre mecheye net> wrote:

> Go into the overview, launch the looking glass (Alt+F2 lg), click the
> eye dropper and then click on the icon (make sure the center label
> says ShellTrayIcon), and then enter into the evaluator:
>
>     it.title
>
> What does it say?

For the updater I get:

mintUpdate.py

For the HP application I get:

null

> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Christian Dysthe <cdysthe gmail com>  
> wrote:
> > On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:49:34 -0500, Jasper St. Pierre
> > <jstpierre mecheye net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Christian Dysthe <cdysthe gmail com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:00:46 -0500, Jasper St. Pierre
> > > > <jstpierre mecheye net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Christian Dysthe <cdysthe gmail com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a couple of application which stays in the (bottom)  
> > > > > > notification
> > > > > > area. In Gnome 2 they were named "Update Manager" and "HP Printer
> > > > > > Manager",
> > > > > > but in Gnome Shell their names are "update.py" and "hp-toolbox". I
> > > > > > think
> > > > > > that's their executable file names. Why aren't they named like they  
> > > > > > are
> > > > > > in
> > > > > > Gnome 2 or all other DE's I've used (Cinnamon, Unity, KDE, LXDE and
> > > > > > XFCE)?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Cinnamon? Are you sure? If so, that's a pretty bad bug.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I checked Cinnamon again since I just updated it to v1.4 and it has  
> > > > been
> > > > in
> > > > heavy development lately. Now his particular program, which btw is  
> > > > Linux
> > > > Mint's updater, doesn't a name associated with it in Cinnamon at all.
> > > > It's
> > > > just the icon. But in Gnome Shell it's still'update.py' when you hover
> > > > over
> > > > it. The other program is called 'HPLIP Status Service' in Cinnamon,  
> > > > but
> > > > is
> > > > 'HP-systray' in Gnome Shell. To me it seems like Gnome Shell uses WM
> > > > class
> > > > for naming, not the .desktop file. Could that be the case?
> > >
> > >
> > > That could very well be, and that would be a bug.
> >
> >
> > I checked with xprop. It really looks like Gnome Shell uses WM_class,  
> > not
> > WM_name or the .desktop file. I'll look into filing it as a bug.
> >
> > > > > > Is there a way I can get Gnome Shell to show their application name
> > > > > > instead
> > > > > > of the executable file name?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Are these system tray icons or libnotify notifications?
> > >
> > >
> > > If you click on them, do they bring up a fancy bubble, or do they
> > > launch the application or bring up a menu or something.
> >
> >
> > No fancy bubble. One opens the application, the other has a menu with a  
> > few
> > options.
> >
> > > > I'm not sure what they are. How could I find out?
> > > >
> > > > > > I'm running Gnome 3.2 on Linux Mint Debian Edition UP4 x64.

--
//Christian