At Thu, 29 May 2025 11:24:24 -0400, Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
Subject: Re: Tweeking X11
>
> So, I re-read this today:
>
> bash-5.1$ xprop -id 0x120001f _NET_WM_NAME
> _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "KWin"
>
> Are you giving *WM_NAME a var , or name???
Not "giving" -- answering!
"xprop" is asking a question (specified by its parameter).
Its output is the answer.
"parameter(type) = value"
> > bash-5.1$ xprop -root _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK
> > _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK(WINDOW): window id # 0x120001f
> > bash-5.1$ xprop -id 0x120001f _NET_WM_NAME
> > _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "KWin"
For example I see:
$ xprop -id $(xprop -root _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK | awk '{print $NF}') _NET_WM_NAME
_NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "ctwm"
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