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Old 12-22-2016, 02:10 PM   #1
ZXLT
Minors (Triple A)
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Oregon
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OOTP window manager problem

[Linux]

It's a minor thing that should be easy to fix.

Here's a screenshot.



Here's what you're looking at. (It's my dock.)

First, the logo for the window manager is the logo for OOTP 2006, a game released over a decade ago.

Second, the window manager doesn't have a title, so the OS reports it as "Unknown."

It's my understanding that the solution to the second issue simply entails setting the WM_CLASS attribute for the window. Maybe another attribute or two. I'm not sure. But almost certainly WM_CLASS.

This issue is noticeable both on the dock and when alt-tabbing.

It's mostly aesthetic, though it also presents a usability issue when launching the game from the dock because users will see two OOTP icons on the dock:

(1) the OOTP 17 icon, designated as a not running application; and
(2) the OOTP 2006 logo, shown as a running application.

This issue exists on OOTP 16 and OOTP 17 for sure, and I'm guessing maybe all the way back to earlier versions, though I have not tested them on Linux. It's true for both the Steam and non-Steam versions of the game.

As someone who spends way too much time with the game running, it'd be nice to have this issue resolved.

Last edited by ZXLT; 12-22-2016 at 02:12 PM.
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