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 21:00:46 +0300 Message-ID: <83h874k9f5.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20190729161606.fyjwowadnuwe27zd@E15-2016.optimum.net> <83imrkkc6y.fsf@gnu.org> <20190729174933.jkov4mji5uovxlm6@E15-2016.optimum.net> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="159066"; 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 20:02:12 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 1hs9yO-000fG2-1l for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 20:02:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55452 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hs9yN-0006E0-1m for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:02:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48250) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hs9yH-0006DY-U0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:02:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hs9yH-0003ev-2u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:02:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:40262) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hs9yG-0003ed-W4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:02:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hs9yE-0002Fp-6G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:02:04 -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 18:02:02 +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=B36839.15644232748580 (code B ref 36839); Mon, 29 Jul 2019 18:02:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36839) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jul 2019 18:01:14 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49080 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hs9xR-0002EK-R5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:01:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:35641) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hs9xQ-0002E8-CN for 36839@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:01:13 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:47641) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hs9xL-00033F-2B; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:01:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1649 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hs9xG-0002gD-NC; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:01:05 -0400 In-reply-to: <20190729174933.jkov4mji5uovxlm6@E15-2016.optimum.net> (message from Boruch Baum on Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:49:33 -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:164059 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:49:33 -0400 > From: Boruch Baum > Cc: 36839@debbugs.gnu.org > > I'm referring to the NAME parameter of the alist variable, which sets > the frame NAME that appears by default in the mode-line, and which is > used by function `select-frame-by-name'. I'm not sure what you mean by > frame title. You are describing a TTY frame. OK. > I'm using C-x 5 b (M-x select-frame-by-name) to switch between frames > and in my case, I would like the names to be more informative than just > Fnn. Then give your frames names, you have functions to do that. What exactly is the problem? > In a more general sense, if emacs is offering the NAME parameter, > it should assume the parameter will be used, and currently emacs isn't > handling its use well. Can you show an example of "not handling its use well"?