Am Montag, den 14.09.2009, 18:56 +0300 schrieb Timo Korvola: > The entire rename-window feature is something like a bug. It is > forbidden in the ICCCM for the wm to change WM_NAME and other such > properties written by the client (see 4.1.2 Client Properties, first > paragraph). _NET_WM_NAME is part of EWMH and not in the ICCCM, but > because _NET_WM_NAME is intended as a UTF-8 replacement for WM_NAME, it > would seem reasonable to expect the same behaviour. > Well, sawfish on it's own doesn't break ICCCM, only if the user forces it. The real problem are windows changing their title or windows with strange titles, if you ask me. I mean, take Exaile (my favourite Audioplayer / Amarok of the GNOME Users) for example: - Track name in OSD - Track name in StatusIcon ToolTip - Track name in Playlist - Track name in Collection List - Track name above the Playlist - So why is it the 6th (!) time in the titlebar? I know I may send a patch to fix Exaile, but if I would do that for every "missbehaving" app, I'll end up only patching. Or windows having a "progressbar" in their title, especially Discburning apps tend to do so, this is horrible. Another example are GNOME apps, which don't display their names in the title, but their *description*, eg.: "Texteditor" instead of "GEdit" or "Mediaplayer" instead of "Totem". So `rename-window' comes in handy here, as it makes the *title*bar contain the *title* - if it would fully work -, perhaps It's just me beeing too narrow-minded for this kind of *title*bar. Chris
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