Re: Setting WM_CLASS

On Sun, 9 Sep 2012, Tony Mechelynck wrote:

> On 08/09/12 23:02, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote:
>> On Sat, 8 Sep 2012, Marco wrote:
>>
>>> is it possible to set the WM_CLASS of gVim to a custom value?
>>
>> If you're using a GTK version of gvim, you should be able to pass the
>> '--class' commandline argument.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Not sure this is documented anywhere. [...]
>
> It is not documented in the Vim help AFAICT. But looking down that
> list suggests (and experiment shows) that typing
>
> vim -?
>
> at a Unix-like shell prompt will give the help for GTK and GNOME
> command-line arguments if your "vim" binary was compiled with GNOME
> GUI support. However Vim still starts the editor in that case, so
>
> vim -? -cq
>
> is better. You will still get an E852 error and a hit-Enter prompt
> after the help; just hit Enter to go back to the shell prompt.

`vim -?` gets me:

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Sep 9 2012 00:49:50)
Unknown option argument: "-?"
More info with: "vim -h"

So, "-?" must be handled by something guarded by FEAT_GNOME.


> Or else,
>
> vim --help
> or
> vim --help |less
>
> will give _both_ the Vim command-line help and the GTK/GNOME
> command-line help (if compiled-in). That's quite a lot of console
> output, hence the |less redirection.

`gvim --help` doesn't explain the "--name" or "--class" options, despite
having a section with the heading:

Arguments recognized by gvim (GTK+ version):

Were the options just overlooked?

--
Best,
Ben

Other info from my current version:
Included patches: 1-618
Huge version with GTK2 GUI.

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