get_wm_name.cpp

#include <gdk/gdkx.h>
#include <gdk/gdk.h>
#include <gtk/gtk.h>

#include <iostream>

/**
g++ -g `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --cflags` -c get_wm_name.cpp 
g++ get_wm_name.o `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --libs`
**/
int main(int argc, char**argv) {
    gtk_init(&argc, &argv);

    GdkScreen *  screen = gdk_screen_get_default ();
    if (screen) {
    std::cout << "Going to fetch wm name" << std::endl;
    const char* name = gdk_x11_screen_get_window_manager_name (screen);
    
    std::cout << name << std::endl;
    }
    return 0;
}