From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#36839: 26.1: unique frame names Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:28:41 +0300 Message-ID: <83a7cwk5cm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20190729161606.fyjwowadnuwe27zd@E15-2016.optimum.net> <83imrkkc6y.fsf@gnu.org> <20190729174933.jkov4mji5uovxlm6@E15-2016.optimum.net> <83h874k9f5.fsf@gnu.org> <20190729185429.hnmmck6fy3pf6jud@E15-2016.optimum.net> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="263004"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 36839@debbugs.gnu.org To: Boruch Baum Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 29 21:30:09 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hsBLU-0016GG-Su for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 21:30:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55956 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hsBLT-0008Me-QU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:30:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36403) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hsBLP-0008MY-6W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:30:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hsBLO-0007gQ-AH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:30:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:40339) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hsBLO-0007fw-77 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:30:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hsBLO-0000su-1f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:30:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:30:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 36839 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 36839-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B36839.15644285423279 (code B ref 36839); Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:30:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36839) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jul 2019 19:29:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49160 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hsBKP-0000qg-PH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:29:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:52187) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hsBKN-0000qS-RR for 36839@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:29:00 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:48584) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hsBKI-0006xk-J5; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:28:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3012 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hsBKH-0006tl-MC; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:28:54 -0400 In-reply-to: <20190729185429.hnmmck6fy3pf6jud@E15-2016.optimum.net> (message from Boruch Baum on Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:54:29 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:164071 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:54:29 -0400 > From: Boruch Baum > Cc: 36839@debbugs.gnu.org > > > Then give your frames names, you have functions to do that. What > > exactly is the problem? > > I'm trying really hard not to repeat myself here... Emacs has the alist > variable with the NAME parameter, so the presumption is that a user > should be able to use it in a useful manner, but when it is used, the > behavior of emacs changes to become less useful. Prior to manually > setting the NAME parameter, all created frames have unique names, but > once the name parameter is set by a user, all frames will have identical > names. The behavior should continue to ensure unique frame names. So you want Emacs to uniquify the frame's name using the 'name' parameter as a template?