LibreOffice is one big binary with explicit brandings for different
application modules. This is represented by different WM_CLASS
settings for a window on X11, based on the loaded document. As a
result LibreOfiice already offers multiple desktop files with
different icons and StartupWMClass entries.

This amendment of the set_app_id request just explicitly specifies
this use case to change a windows app_id on runtime to change icon
and grouping of a window as used by LibreOffice.
---
 stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml b/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml
index 2e420c6..fd3670f 100644
--- a/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml
+++ b/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml
@@ -604,6 +604,11 @@
        For example, "org.freedesktop.FooViewer" where the .desktop file is
        "org.freedesktop.FooViewer.desktop".
 
+       This request can be used to change the icon of a window at runtime by
+       providing different desktop files and changing the app_id. Windows of
+       the same app_id will still be grouped together, as they are expected
+       to represent the same application from the users point of view.
+
        See the desktop-entry specification [0] for more details on
        application identifiers and how they relate to well-known D-Bus
        names and .desktop files.
-- 
2.20.1

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