GNU bug report logs - #17537
x-window-property doesn't work for most properties

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jeremy <at> jeremyms.com>

Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 02:43:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jeremy <at> jeremyms.com>
To: 17537 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17537: x-window-property doesn't work for most properties
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 18:12:01 -0700

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x-window-property seems to return nil for most properties.

(x-window-property "WM_HINTS")  -> returns non-nil

(x-window-property "WM_NAME") -> returns nil even though the property is
set (and displayed by xprop)

(x-window-property "_NET_WM_STATE") -> returns nil even though property is
set

In fact I haven't found any property I can read other than WM_HINTS.

I know this worked with previous version of Emacs.

Version:

GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.7) of
2014-01-28 on var-lib-archbuild-extra-x86_64-juergen

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