XSetWMName fails to set the window title

Edgar Toernig froese at gmx.de
Tue Jun 12 12:47:52 PDT 2007


Jon Kristensen wrote:
>
> I want to set the window title, and below follows how I try to do it. I
> know that the window handle unsigned long is correct, becuase I've
> converted the number to hex and compared it to the output of `xwininfo'.
> 
> I get no errors, the window title just doesn't get set.

Did you XFlush the output buffer?  Try inserting an XFlush, XSync or
an XCloseDisplay after the XSetWMName.

Ciao, ET.




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