[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #35199] figure windows should set a WM_CLASS property

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URL:
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                 Summary: figure windows should set a WM_CLASS property
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fri 30 Dec 2011 02:02:08 PM UTC
                Category: Plotting
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Colin Macdonald
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.4.3
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

For interacting with gnome-shell in Gnome 3, it would be helpful if each
figure window had a WM_CLASS of "Octave".  That way gnome-shell could group
them all under a "Octave" item on the dash
(https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/ApplicationBased).  Currently each figure
generates a new icon.

If I get around to it, I might try to patch this, but I'll open in bug in case
I don't.

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More info:

Here is what xprop says for the various backends:

gnuplot:
  currently no wm_class property at all.

FLTK:
  WM_CLASS(STRING) = "FLTK", "FLTK"

GL:
  untested, I've never learned how to use this backend.


(FWIW, Matlab also has this problem, e.g.,
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=651510)

Ipython and matplotlib do not: there the WM_CLASS is set to "ipython",
"IPython" (which is why I propose Octave use "Octave").






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