[Pkg-urxvt-maintainers] Bug#763745: rxvt-unicode: gnome-shell fails to match urxvt windows due to discrepancy between WM_CLASS and desktop files

[Martin Kourim]

Package: rxvt-unicode
Version: 9.20-1+b1
Severity: normal

Hi,

quoting from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031368

"Whenever instance of urxvt (or urxvt256c) is started either form run
dialog or as a result of being assigned to a shortcut key, a new app
icon pops up. However, if I start urxvt/urxvt256c from applications list
(as via corresponding *.desktop file), the matching is mostly correct.

Adding StartupWMClass to *.desktop file solves the problem (patch for
Fedora package included)"

In Debian, adding line
StartupWMClass=URxvt
to rxvt-unicode.desktop solves the issue.

May apply to rxvt-unicode-256color and rxvt-unicode-lite packages as
well.

Thanks,
Martin Kourim


-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages rxvt-unicode depends on:
ii  base-passwd               3.5.36
ii  libc6                     2.19-11
ii  libfontconfig1            2.11.0-6.1
ii  libfreetype6              2.5.2-2
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.9.1-15
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0        2.30.8-1+b1
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.42.0-1
ii  libperl5.20               5.20.1-1
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.12-4
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxft2                   2.3.2-1
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.8-1
ii  ncurses-base              5.9+20140913-1

Versions of packages rxvt-unicode recommends:
ii  fonts-vlgothic [fonts-japanese-gothic]  20140801-1
ii  ttf-dejavu                              2.34-1

rxvt-unicode suggests no packages.

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