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XSetTextProperty, XGetTextProperty
- set and read text properties 
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;
 
- 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. 
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 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. 
- 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. 
- 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. 
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)
Xlib - C Language X Interface 
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