On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 04:58:02PM -0400, des...@verizon.net wrote:
> Thomas Adam <tho...@fvwm.org> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 08:31:01PM -0400, Nikos Leonardos wrote:
> >> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 08:15:09PM -0400, des...@verizon.net wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Perhaps the xboard developers could be persuaded to add a -name or
> >> > -wmname type option.
> >> >
> >> > I don't think I saw a complete list of their X Resources.
> >> > Perhaps there is something that can be set that way.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Thanks Dan! It's funny, but after seeing your reply, I tried
> >>
> >> # xboard -name myname
> >>
> >> and the resource of the window was set to myname. I'm not sure
> >> this is correct behaviour of xboard (I think -name is supposed
> >> to do something else), but it works for now.
> >
> > But again, note my previous email. Per the xboard man page:
> >
> > -wname <full name>
> > -bname <full name>
> > -name <full name>
> > -oppname <full name>
> > The full name of White, Black, yourself or your opponent.
> >
> > Unfortunately, this is not the option per most other applications to set
> > the name of the window, which is mildly irritating. If this is setting the
> > name of the window to whatever you enter here, that's a coincidence, not
> > intended behaviour.
> >
> > I've patched xboard before. I think I might take a look over the weekend to
> > see how difficult it would be to add this option as I'm surprised it's
> > missing.
>
> Tom,
>
> I saw those options but they are listed under the cmail program.
> Still, it could be that -name is meant to be something else and
> works by coincidence.
You're right -- the documentation for Xboard is misleading. It shouldn't
group "-name" anywhere near cmail options in the manpage. The "-name"
option goes straight through to the underlying Xt calls, which I would have
hoped.
I had to use strace to prove it though. I'll submit a documentation fix
upstream.
-- Thomas Adam
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