XTerm icon updated? Re: Updated: xterm-283-1

XTerm icon updated? Re: Updated: xterm-283-1

[Matt Seitz (matseitz)]

Did this update change the XTerm icon that is displayed in the Windows task bar?

Previously, when I launched the XWin Server, I would see the x.org logo (a black X with an orange ring) in the task bar as the icon for the XTerm window.  Today, I see the XTerm icon for the XTerm window: a red X with a blue T superimposed over it.

"Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" wrote:
> The following package has been updated for the Cygwin distribution:
> 
> *** xterm-283-1
> 
> The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It
> provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs
> that can't use the window system directly.
> 
> This is an update to the latest upstream release.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Yaakov
> Cygwin/X

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Re: XTerm icon updated? Re: Updated: xterm-283-1

[Thomas Dickey]

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On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 05:58:10PM +0000, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:
> Did this update change the XTerm icon that is displayed in the Windows task
> bar?
> 
> Previously, when I launched the XWin Server, I would see the x.org logo (a
> black X with an orange ring) in the task bar as the icon for the XTerm
> window.  Today, I see the XTerm icon for the XTerm window:  a red X with a
> blue T superimposed over it.

yes - from xterm's standpoint it's moderately complicated.

For Xwin Server, I assume that the icon is shown because that's the
window which keeps the server from exiting.

Though I investigated several cases, I didn't consider this particular
one.  xterm now specifies an icon because several of the cases I found
didn't provide any icon at all - a favor from the desktop packagers, it
seems. I did consider providing a special resource value that would
suppress the xterm-specific icon (such as "none" or "default"), but
decided to see what type of feedback I'd get first.

HTH
 
> "Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" wrote:
> > The following package has been updated for the Cygwin distribution:
> > 
> > *** xterm-283-1
> > 
> > The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It
> > provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs
> > that can't use the window system directly.
> > 
> > This is an update to the latest upstream release.
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > Yaakov
> > Cygwin/X
> 
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RE: XTerm icon updated? Re: Updated: xterm-283-1

[Matt Seitz (matseitz)]

> From: Thomas Dickey
> 
> I did consider providing a special resource value that would suppress the
> xterm-specific icon (such as "none" or "default"), but decided to see what
> type of feedback I'd get first.

I like having a specific xterm icon in the taskbar to make it clear which X application is actually running.  I was just surprised to see a different icon, and I was curious what had changed to make it appear.  Thanks for the explanation!

  


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Re: XTerm icon updated? Re: Updated: xterm-283-1

[Thomas Dickey]

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On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 04:35:24PM +0000, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:
> > From: Thomas Dickey
> > 
> > I did consider providing a special resource value that would suppress the
> > xterm-specific icon (such as "none" or "default"), but decided to see what
> > type of feedback I'd get first.
> 
> I like having a specific xterm icon in the taskbar to make it clear which X application is actually running.  I was just surprised to see a different icon, and I was curious what had changed to make it appear.  Thanks for the explanation!

no problem (thanks for the feedback)

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Re: XTerm icon updated? Re: Updated: xterm-283-1

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Matt Seitz wrote:

> Did this update change the XTerm icon that is displayed in the Windows task bar?

Yes, it reminds me of the Texas Rangers logo (American baseball team).

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Re: XTerm icon updated? Re: Updated: xterm-283-1

[Thomas Dickey]

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On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 03:42:02PM -0600, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Matt Seitz wrote:
> 
> > Did this update change the XTerm icon that is displayed in the Windows task bar?
> 
> Yes, it reminds me of the Texas Rangers logo (American baseball team).

Looking at that, I'd say not more than 10% (and wasn't inspired by it -
I don't pay much attention to organized sports).

See
	http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.icon.html

(I'll add more to the page, when I'm not working on more urgent things)

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