yet another icon question

[Jack Coates]

ah-hah! that does it. Thanks also to Ken Goode who replied off-list to
tell me about xprop for getting details of an app.

On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 20:57, Heiko Berges wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 08:19:37PM -0800, Jack Coates wrote:
> > I have launcher buttons defined for machines I use a lot like so:
> > aterm -title Machine -name Machine --transparent -fg grey -tint green
> > +sb --shading 40 -e ssh -l username machine
> > 
> > I also have a basic "open a terminal" button like so:
> > aterm --transparent -fg grey -tint blue +sb --shading 40
> > 
> > My basic open a terminal button iconifies correctly as a
> > CheckMarkMonitor with the word "aterm" under it.
> > 
> > My SSH windows iconify as gear icons with the word "ssh" under them --
> > the title and name flags only take effect in the title bar of the aterm.
> 
> 
> Try the aterm manpage, the options are a bit tricky:
> 
> -name : Specify  the application name under which resources are 
> 	obtained; also sets icon and title name
> 
> -title: set title-string, but not icon name
> 
> -e    : command to execute, also sets icon name and title, unless 
> 	-T|-title or -n option are given.
> 
> 
> As I understand this, you should use:
> 
> aterm -T Machine -n Machine --fancy_aterm_options -e ssh -l user host
> 
> 
> 	Heiko
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