Window frame icon

[jf at dockes.org]

Mike Massonnet writes:
 > 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 ;-)

Thank you, it had not occurred to me that this was set from the program
itself.

I will add the appropriate piece of code.

Cheers,

J.F. Dockès