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bug#17537: x-window-property doesn't work for most properties
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Andreas Schwab |
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bug#17537: x-window-property doesn't work for most properties |
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Date: |
Wed, 21 May 2014 09:27:42 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) |
Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jeremy@jeremyms.com> writes:
> x-window-property seems to return nil for most properties.
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> (x-window-property "WM_HINTS") -> returns non-nil
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> (x-window-property "WM_NAME") -> returns nil even though the property is
> set (and displayed by xprop)
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> (x-window-property "_NET_WM_STATE") -> returns nil even though property is
> set
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> In fact I haven't found any property I can read other than WM_HINTS.
You can, if you use the same window id for the target window as xprop
(or build emacs without toolkit).
Andreas.
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