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XSetStandardProperties(3X11)											      XSetStandardProperties(3X11)

Name
       XSetStandardProperties - set standard window manager properties

Syntax
       XSetStandardProperties(display, w, window_name, icon_name, icon_pixmap, argv, argc, hints)
	     Display *display;
	     Window w;
	     char *window_name;
	     char *icon_name;
	     Pixmap icon_pixmap;
	     char **argv;
	     int argc;
	     XSizeHints *hints;

Arguments
       argc	 Specifies the number of arguments.

       argv	 Specifies the application's argument list.

       display	 Specifies the connection to the X server.

       hints	 Specifies a pointer to the size hints for the window in its normal state.

       icon_name Specifies the icon name, which should be a null-terminated string.

       icon_pixmap
		 Specifies the bitmap that is to be used for the icon or

       w	 Specifies the window.

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

Description
       The  function provides a means by which simple applications set the most essential properties with a single call.  should be used to give a
       window manager some information about your program's preferences.  It should not be used by applications  that  need  to  communicate  more
       information than is possible with (Typically, argv is the argv array of your main program.)

       can generate and errors.

Properties
       WM_NAME, WM_ICON_NAME, WM_HINTS, WM_COMMAND, and WM_NORMALHINTS

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
       XSetClassHint(3X11),  XSetCommand(3X11), XSetIconName(3X11), XSetIconSizeHints(3X11), XSetNormalHints(3X11), XSetSizeHints(3X11), XSetTran-
       sientForHint(3X11), XSetWMHints(3X11), XSetZoomHints(3X11), XStoreName(3X11)
       Guide to the Xlib Library

														      XSetStandardProperties(3X11)

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