Re: [dwm] Java patch

From: Don Stewart <dons_AT_galois.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:57:04 -0700

arg:
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 01:43:14PM -0700, Don Stewart wrote:
> > luizribeiro:
> > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Jukka Salmi <j+dwm_AT_2008.salmi.ch> wrote:
> > > > It doesn't work for me. Just tested with jdk 1.5.0 and netbeans...
> > >
> > > I think the LG3D Java compatibility came with jdk 1.6. Remember that
> > > the hack sets the NET_WM_NAME to LG3D.
> > > Maybe setting it to a different name could work with jdk 1.5. But I'm
> > > not sure about that, or what window manager name you should use.
> >
> > This patch has been in xmonad for a while, there's some more
> > documentation here,
> >
> > http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Hooks-SetWMName.html
> >
> > Several users have reported this as useful.
> >
>
> So why not converting this patch into a standalone setwmname
> application written in C, then we can delete the patches in dwm
> and XMonad and people just run setwmname FooBarBaz to work
> around the XToolkit bug(s)?

Good idea.

-- Don
Received on Tue Apr 29 2008 - 17:57:41 UTC

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