[PATCH v3] xdg-shell: use case to change the app ID at runtime

[Jonas Ådahl]

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 12:12:37PM +0200, Jan-Marek Glogowski wrote:
> Am 15.07.19 um 16:20 schrieb glogow at fbihome.de:
> > From: Jan-Marek Glogowski <glogow at fbihome.de>
> > 
> > LibreOffice is one big binary with explicit brandings for different
> > application modules. This is represented in X11 by a different
> > WM_CLASS setting for a window. The WM_CLASS is changed based on the
> > loaded document at runtime. As a result LibreOffice already offers
> > multiple desktop files with different icons, StartupWMClass
> > entries and application names.
> > 
> > This amendment of the set_app_id request just explicitly specifies
> > the use case to change a surfaces' app ID at runtime, so a compositor
> > implementor is made aware of it. Just as the WM_CLASS, a change of
> > the app ID should result in an update of the propertes of a surface
> > depending on the app ID, like the window icon specified in the
> > desktop file or a re-grouping of the surfaces in a task manager.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan-Marek Glogowski <glogow at fbihome.de>

Thanks, this has now landed.


Jonas

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