"Jeremy C. Reed" wrote:
>
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Derek Cunningham wrote:
>
> > On a related note, I've noticed that if i set the -title with rxvt, it
> > doesn't change anything.
>
> I also use rxvt. I use version v2.6.1. -title works for me.
>
> What do you mean by "it doesn't change anything"?
>
OK. Here's what happens:
When i do something like "rxvt -title "BitchX"", the window loads, and I
see "BitchX" in the titlebar for like .5 seconds, and then it changes
back to "user@host:/current/directory". So WTF?
> But I also notice:
>
> rxvt -name NAME -title TITLE
> WM_CLASS(STRING) = "NAME", "XTerm"
> WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "TITLE"
> WM_NAME(STRING) = "TITLE"
>
> xterm -name NAME -title TITLE
> WM_CLASS(STRING) = "NAME", "XTerm"
> WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "NAME"
> WM_NAME(STRING) = "TITLE"
> (xterm version with XFree86 Version 3.3.6.)
>
> They do act differently. And I don't know why. I couldn't find a list
> archive at rxvt.org...
>
Both rxvt, and xterm do the same thing for me.
> > > -name is for the icon name.
> > > Use -T or -title for window title.
>
> (I didn't send this to the blackbox list because I believ it is
> off-topic.)
>
I actually think this is very ontopic, because OBVIOSLY the
windowmanager (in this case: blackbox) is changing things.
DC
