[comp.windows.x] Changing XTERM Icon

ssdken@watson.claremont.EDU (Ken Nelson) (03/16/90)

Hi:

   This may be a dumb question.  I cannot figure out how to change the
icon of an
   xterm.  Can it be done?  How?? (By the way thanks to all those who
answered my
   last icon question about xbiff!!)



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meo@stiatl.UUCP (Miles O'Neal) (03/22/90)

ssdken@watson.claremont.EDU (Ken Nelson) writes:
|   This may be a dumb question.  I cannot figure out how to change the
|icon of an
|   xterm.  Can it be done?  How?? (By the way thanks to all those who
|answered my
|   last icon question about xbiff!!)

Ken-

Do you want to change it generically, or just for some invocations
of xterm? On the fly? What are you looking for?

If generically, the easiest way is usually through the window
manager. For instance, in twm (at least, pre-R4), you add the
following (or something similar) to your .twmrc file:

IconDirectory  "/usr/include/X11/icons"
Icons
{
   "xterm"        "xterm.icon"   # obtained from IconDirectory
}

Is that what you wanted?

-Miles O'Neal
meo@SalesTech.com
emory!stiatl!meo