[Feature Request] allow setting a custom window title from retroarch CLI
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Description
When launching some game with retro arch CLI, it sets a standard window title something like
RetroArch Genesis Plus GX <version> depending on what core it's using.
It would be useful to allow setting any custom title, like for example reflecting the name of the game that's being run.
The benefit is that you can create a launcher script using such title, and then make a kwin window rule in KDE Plasma that would match that window to specific icon. That can make such game when it's running appear with a game specific icon in task manager in KDE.
Otherwise it always shows retroarch's default icon.
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Research direction
Start by tracing RetroArch's CLI option handling and the existing code that generates the standard window title. Define the option's expected behavior for a launched game, then verify that the custom title appears on the running window while the existing default remains unchanged when the option is omitted.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- cli, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100