FVWM: Setting window title

[Jason Timrod]

Hi

Some apps have options like "-title" or "-T" to set the title of windows. Not all apps have this tho - so how can i set the title of the window when the app doesnt have such an option?

is it possible?

Jason

[Thomas Adam]

Post by Jason Timrod
Hi
Some apps have options like "-title" or "-T" to set the title of windows.
Not all apps have this tho - so how can i set the title of the window when
the app doesnt have such an option?

It's not possible to set (in FVWM terms) the visible_name of the window, no.
If you're lucky, some applications might respond to:

xprop -set WM_NAME some_new_title

But it likely won't work for most of the apps you're referring to (they'd
likely alread have provided a -T or -title option anyway), and note that not
application have to respond to resetting WM_NAME anyway.

-- Thomas Adam

[Jason Timrod]

Post by Thomas Adam
It's not possible to set (in FVWM terms) the visible_name
of the window, no.
xprop -set WM_NAME some_new_title

i tried this with firefox - it didn't work. i dont like how the title changes everytime i go to a new page - i would rather it just said 'firefox'.

Where do i submit feature requests for this? if I get what youre telling me, it is possible to do if fvwm is able to change this... visible_name value somehow?

can you add this feature request somewhere please? i think it would be useful.

i didn't realise you were a developer - thank you for your hard work! and to others as well, i am really enjoying this wm.

Jason

[Thomas Adam]

[ Sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you. ]

Post by Jason Timrod

Post by Thomas Adam
It's not possible to set (in FVWM terms) the visible_name
of the window, no.
xprop -set WM_NAME some_new_title

i tried this with firefox - it didn't work. i dont like how the title
changes everytime i go to a new page - i would rather it just said
'firefox'.

Well, unless there's some extension to Firefox to handle this, or some
esoteric setting in about:config, you're not going to solve this easily.

Post by Jason Timrod
Where do i submit feature requests for this? if I get what youre telling
me, it is possible to do if fvwm is able to change this... visible_name
value somehow?

It is. But I won't commit the patch. See:

https://github.com/ThomasAdam/fvwm/commit/71d3072ace3aa4359a2d16a1d36c25058098ef35

Post by Jason Timrod
can you add this feature request somewhere please? i think it would be useful.

No need, it's already on my radar, although the use for me is for different
reasons, but would solve your problem.

-- Thomas Adam

[Jason Timrod]

hi,

Or if you're not tracking that, the email I sent out to the

this works really well! why wont it be applied? it solves my problem and i know theres other people out there with the same issue!

thanks though!

Jason

[Jaimos Skriletz]

Post by Jason Timrod
hi,

Or if you're not tracking that, the email I sent out to the

this works really well! why wont it be applied? it solves my problem and i know theres other people out there with the same issue!

Thomas clearly explains why it won't be applied. FVWM is in a feature freeze until 2.6 comes out. This is a new feature (not a bug fix). From the link you read:

"It's not really a bug fix per-se, hence why I've not committed it to CVS."

After 2.6 comes out and new features start being added again this or a modified version of this does sound like a useful new feature add.

jaimos

[Jason Timrod]

hi Jaimos,

Post by Jaimos Skriletz
Thomas clearly explains why it won't be applied. FVWM is in
a feature freeze until 2.6 comes out. This is a new feature
"It's not really a bug fix per-se, hence why I've not
committed it to CVS."
After 2.6 comes out and new features start being added
again this or a modified version of this does sound like a
useful new feature add.

what are the plans for the next release? is it near? i think ive read before about 2.6.0 but that was ages ago - how long must us users wait before a new release?

whats left to be done, and why isnt the cvs version released as 2.6 already? or am i missing something? :) who controls this process, and who can i talk to about helping out?

thanks,

Jason

[Jaimos Skriletz]

Post by Jason Timrod
hi Jaimos,

Post by Jaimos Skriletz
Thomas clearly explains why it won't be applied. FVWM is in
a feature freeze until 2.6 comes out. This is a new feature

what are the plans for the next release? is it near? i think ive read before about 2.6.0 but that was ages ago - how long must us users wait before a new release?
whats left to be done, and why isnt the cvs version released as 2.6 already? or am i missing something? :) who controls this process, and who can i talk to about helping out?

The answer is as with many opensource software, when its ready. FVWM has very slow development (compared to other more main stream projects) but its still slowly moving forward.

If you are intersted in what is needed to be done check out the files docs/TODO and docs/todo-2.6 in the CVS tree. The second is a summary of the bugs/testing that plans to be done before the release of 2.6.

If your wanting 2.6 in the near future don't hold your breath, but it will eventally get released.

jaimos

[Jason Timrod]

hi,

Post by Jaimos Skriletz
The answer is as with many opensource software, when its
ready. FVWM has very slow development (compared to other
more main stream projects) but its still slowly moving
forward.

ok, thats cool. thanks for letting me know :)

Post by Jaimos Skriletz
If you are intersted in what is needed to be done check out
the files docs/TODO and docs/todo-2.6 in the CVS tree. The
second is a summary of the bugs/testing that plans to be
done before the release of 2.6.

i looked but i have to say i dont think i have enough knowledge to be helpful - i dont know alot of C and never have looked at xlib (if thats needed?) how difficult is xlib to learn? where would any one start?

or are there more simple tasks not on the lists you mentioned which could still be done? i am sure i can spend an hour or two doing something :)

Post by Jaimos Skriletz
If your wanting 2.6 in the near future don't hold your
breath, but it will eventally get released.

thank you for letting me know - do you or any one else post announcement someplace for progress so that people like me can check on progress?

are you working on any thing at present for fvwm?

Jason