XSetTextProperty(3) XLIB FUNCTIONS XSetTextProperty(3)
NAME
XSetTextProperty, XGetTextProperty - set and read text properties
SYNTAX
void XSetTextProperty(Display *display, Window w, XTextProperty
*text_prop, Atom property);
Status XGetTextProperty(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 struc-
ture. 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 win-
dow 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 prop-
erty'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 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 struc-
ture, 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 ac-
cepted. 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(3), XAllocIconSize(3), XAllocSizeHints(3), XAl-
locWMHints(3), XSetCommand(3), XSetTransientForHint(3), XSetWMClientMa-
chine(3), XSetWMColormapWindows(3), XSetWMIconName(3), XSetWMName(3),
XSetWMProperties(3), XSetWMProtocols(3), XStringListToTextProperty(3)
Xlib - C Language X Interface
X Version 11 libX11 1.8.12 XSetTextProperty(3)
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