Om Chillure
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#### Context On X11, the Settings window title displayed as `"Zed â██ Settings"` instead of "Zed — Settings"`. The em-dash (U+2014) was garbled because the window creation path only set the legacy `WM_NAME` property (Latin-1 encoded), but never set `_NET_WM_NAME` (UTF-8). Modern taskbars prefer `_NET_WM_NAME`, so without it they fell back to `WM_NAME` and misinterpreted the UTF-8 bytes as Latin-1. `set_title()` already sets both properties, which is why windows that update their title after creation (like the main workspace) were unaffected. The fix adds `_NET_WM_NAME` during window creation, matching what `set_title()` already does. #### Closes #51871 #### How to Review Single change in `crates/gpui_linux/src/linux/x11/window.rs` focus on the new `_NET_WM_NAME` property being set alongside the existing `WM_NAME` in `X11Window::new`. #### Self-Review Checklist - [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability - [ ] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments - [x] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist) - [ ] Tests cover the new/changed behavior - [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable #### Video [Screencast from 2026-03-19 11-19-45.webm](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ff810e37-90ac-4ce2-a8f5-ad83e66aa3b8) Release Notes: - Fixed garbled characters in window titles on Linux X11 (e.g., Settings window)
Zed
Welcome to Zed, a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
Installation
On macOS, Linux, and Windows you can download Zed directly or install Zed via your local package manager (macOS/Linux/Windows).
Other platforms are not yet available:
- Web (tracking issue)
Developing Zed
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for ways you can contribute to Zed.
Also... we're hiring! Check out our jobs page for open roles.
Licensing
License information for third party dependencies must be correctly provided for CI to pass.
We use cargo-about to automatically comply with open source licenses. If CI is failing, check the following:
- Is it showing a
no license specifiederror for a crate you've created? If so, addpublish = falseunder[package]in your crate's Cargo.toml. - Is the error
failed to satisfy license requirementsfor a dependency? If so, first determine what license the project has and whether this system is sufficient to comply with this license's requirements. If you're unsure, ask a lawyer. Once you've verified that this system is acceptable add the license's SPDX identifier to theacceptedarray inscript/licenses/zed-licenses.toml. - Is
cargo-aboutunable to find the license for a dependency? If so, add a clarification field at the end ofscript/licenses/zed-licenses.toml, as specified in the cargo-about book.
Sponsorship
Zed is developed by Zed Industries, Inc., a for-profit company.
If you’d like to financially support the project, you can do so via GitHub Sponsors. Sponsorships go directly to Zed Industries and are used as general company revenue. There are no perks or entitlements associated with sponsorship.