[Rd] Possible x11 window manager window aggregation under one icon?

Duncan Murdoch murdoch@dunc@n @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Tue Mar 23 17:53:46 CET 2021


On 23/03/2021 11:54 a.m., Ivan Krylov wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:41:39 -0400
> Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> It would probably be nice  to have rgl windows and other R graphics
>> windows in the same group, but I don't see a way for rgl to know the
>> group_leader that R is using (and it's probably not worth adding this
>> to the API to be able to request it).
>>
>> Am I missing an easier solution?
> 
> Do you envision any problems stemming from setting the same WM_CLASS
> ("r_x11", "R_x11") for rgl windows as used by x11() windows? 

Since early 2013, rgl has set the WM_CLASS to ("rgl", "R_x11").  So I 
think with your suggested change to R.desktop the problem is solved, 
assuming the first component (res_name) doesn't matter as long as the 
second one (res_class) matches.

Duncan Murdoch



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