Window frame icon

[Mike Massonnet]

Hi,

2013/2/25 <jf at dockes.org>
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there somewhere a description of how the window manager finds the small
> icon which is displayed in the left of the top of the window frame ? Also
> besides the window title in the panel area when iconified.
>
> I have an application (recoll) for which the icon is ok in the application
> menu, but which only gets a generic icon for the running program, so I
> guess that something is missing somewhere and it would be great if someone
> knew what...

The window icon is defined by the application itself, usually by using
an icon file which usually corresponds to the application's executable
name.

http://developer.gnome.org/gtk2/unstable/GtkWindow.html#gtk-window-set-icon

If the application doesn't set an icon, all you can do is patch the code ;-)

> Cheers,
>
> jf

Regards,
Mike