XSetTextProperty(3X1X)Version 11 (Release 6XSetTextProperty(3X11)
NAME
XSetTextProperty, XGetTextProperty - set and read text
properties
SYNTAX
void XSetTextProperty(display, w, text_prop, property)
Display *display;
Window w;
XTextProperty *text_prop;
Atom property;
Status XGetTextProperty(display, w, text_prop_return,
property)
Display *display;
Window w;
XTextProperty *text_prop_return;
Atom property;
ARGUMENTS
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
property Specifies the property name.
text_prop Specifies the XTextProperty structure to be used.
text_prop_return
Returns the XTextProperty structure.
DESCRIPTION
The XSetTextProperty function replaces the existing
specified property for the named window with the data, type,
format, and number of items determined by the value field,
the encoding field, the format field, and the nitems field,
respectively, of the specified XTextProperty structure. If
the property does not already exist, XSetTextProperty sets
it for the specified window.
XSetTextProperty can generate BadAlloc, BadAtom, BadValue,
and BadWindow errors.
The XGetTextProperty function reads the specified property
from the window and stores the data in the returned
XTextProperty structure. It stores the data in the value
field, the type of the data in the encoding field, the
format of the data in the format field, and the number of
items of data in the nitems field. An extra byte containing
null (which is not included in the nitems member) is stored
at the end of the value field of text_prop_return. The
particular interpretation of the property's encoding and
data as text is left to the calling application. If the
specified property does not exist on the window,
XGetTextProperty sets the value field to NULL, the encoding
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field to None, the format field to zero, and the nitems
field to zero.
If it was able to read and store the data in the
XTextProperty structure, XGetTextProperty returns a nonzero
status; otherwise, it returns a zero status.
XGetTextProperty can generate BadAtom and BadWindow errors.
PROPERTIES
WM_CLIENT_MACHINE
The string name of the machine on which the client
application is running.
WM_COMMAND
The command and arguments, null-separated, used to
invoke the application.
WM_ICON_NAME
The name to be used in an icon.
WM_NAME The name of the application.
DIAGNOSTICS
BadAlloc The server failed to allocate the requested
resource or server memory.
BadAtom A value for an Atom argument does not name a
defined Atom.
BadValue Some numeric value falls outside the range of
values accepted by the request. Unless a specific
range is specified for an argument, the full range
defined by the argument's type is accepted. Any
argument defined as a set of alternatives can
generate this error.
BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a
defined Window.
SEE ALSO
XAllocClassHint(3X11), XAllocIconSize(3X11),
XAllocSizeHints(3X11), XAllocWMHints(3X11),
XSetCommand(3X11), XSetTransientForHint(3X11),
XSetWMClientMachine(3X11), XSetWMColormapWindows(3X11),
XSetWMIconName(3X11), XSetWMName(3X11),
XSetWMProperties(3X11), XSetWMProtocols(3X11),
XStringListToTextProperty(3X11)
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