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Try looking at source code for other free window managers that are small and simple, like twm.
 

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XStoreName(3X11)														  XStoreName(3X11)

Name
       XStoreName, XFetchName - set or get window names

Syntax
       XStoreName(display, w, window_name)
	     Display *display;
	     Window w;
	     char *window_name;

       Status XFetchName(display, w, window_name_return)
	     Display *display;
	     Window w;
	     char **window_name_return;

Arguments
       display	 Specifies the connection to the X server.

       w	 Specifies the window.

       window_name
		 Specifies the window name, which should be a null-terminated string.

       window_name_return
		 Returns a pointer to the window name, which is a null-terminated string.

Description
       The  function  assigns the name passed to window_name to the specified window.  A window manager can display the window name in some promi-
       nent place, such as the title bar, to allow users to identify windows easily.  Some window managers may display a window's name in the win-
       dow's icon, although they are encouraged to use the window's icon name if one is provided by the application.

       can generate and errors.

       The function returns the name of the specified window.  If it succeeds, it returns nonzero; otherwise, if no name has been set for the win-
       dow, it returns zero.  If the WM_NAME property has not been set for this window, sets window_name_return to NULL.  When finished with it, a
       client must free the window name string using

       can generate a error.

Property
       WM_NAME

Diagnostics
       The server failed to allocate the requested resource or server memory.

       A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.

See Also
       XSetCommand(3X11),  XSetIconName(3X11),	XSetIconSizeHints(3X11), XSetNormalHints(3X11), XSetSizeHints(3X11), XSetStandardProperties(3X11),
       XSetWMHints(3X11), XSetZoomHints(3X11)
       Guide to the Xlib Library

																  XStoreName(3X11)
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