Can't set window name

[Michael Lustfield]

There is no -name options for terminator. In rxvt I use "-T irssi -n irssi -name irssichat" when I launch irssi. I use this in other situations as well.

I think man page snippets are the best way to describe the desired action.

       -name name
           Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, rather
           than the default executable file name. Name should not contain ‘.’ or ‘*’
           characters. Also sets the icon and title name.
       -n text
           Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified after
           the -e option, if any, otherwise the application name; resource iconName.

-T already works as expected and seems to also do -n with it. What I really really need for many of my uses of a terminal is -name. This allows me to have specific actions performed when I open specific terminals.

Unfortunately, this is the only thing keeping me from using terminator full time. :(

[Michael Lustfield (michaellustfield)]

xprop output ::

Terminator:
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "terminator", "Terminator"
WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "irssi"
_NET_WM_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = 0x69, 0x72, 0x73, 0x73, 0x69
WM_NAME(STRING) = "irssi"
_NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = 0x69, 0x72, 0x73, 0x73, 0x69

rxvt-unicode:
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "irssichat", "URxvt"
_NET_WM_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = 0x69, 0x72, 0x73, 0x73, 0x69
WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "irssi"
_NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = 0x69, 0x72, 0x73, 0x73, 0x69
WM_NAME(STRING) = "irssi"

Basically... what -name does, is set the WM_CLASS(STRING) line.

[Chris Jones (cmsj)]

I'd like to do a little research into the "correct" behaviour in this regard, I know a lot of X11 apps make incorrect use of the WM hints.

[Chris Jones (cmsj)]

http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/wm-spec-latest.html looks like a good spec about the hints

[Michael Lustfield (michaellustfield)]

Looks pretty hard to dispute those as standards.