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    xdg-shell: use case to change the app ID at runtime · e0d6ad1d
    Jan-Marek Glogowski authored and Jonas Ådahl's avatar Jonas Ådahl committed
    
    
    LibreOffice is one big binary with explicit brandings for different
    application modules. This is represented in X11 by a different
    WM_CLASS setting for a window. The WM_CLASS is changed based on the
    loaded document at runtime. As a result LibreOffice already offers
    multiple desktop files with different icons, StartupWMClass
    entries and application names.
    
    This amendment of the set_app_id request just explicitly specifies
    the use case to change a surfaces' app ID at runtime, so a compositor
    implementor is made aware of it. Just as the WM_CLASS, a change of
    the app ID should result in an update of the propertes of a surface
    depending on the app ID, like the window icon specified in the
    desktop file or a re-grouping of the surfaces in a task manager.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJan-Marek Glogowski <glogow@fbihome.de>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJonas Ådahl <jadahl@gmail.com>
    Reviewed-by: Simon Ser's avatarSimon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>
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