[ Sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you. ] On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 10:00:13AM -0800, Jason Timrod wrote: > --- On Sun, 12/5/10, Thomas Adam <tho...@fvwm.org> wrote: > > 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 > > > 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. > 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 Or if you're not tracking that, the email I sent out to the mailing list: http://www.mail-archive.com/fvwm-workers@fvwm.org/msg02316.html > 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 -- "Deep in my heart I wish I was wrong. But deep in my heart I know I am not." -- Morrissey ("Girl Least Likely To" -- off of Viva Hate.)
