From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Cc: tbading@web.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: icon-title-format vs. frame-title-format (Bug#61496)
Date: Sat, 06 May 2023 09:27:48 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83lei2gejf.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zg6ijpyv.fsf@yahoo.com> (message from Po Lu on Sat, 06 May 2023 07:52:40 +0800)
> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: tbading@web.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 06 May 2023 07:52:40 +0800
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> There are at least two reasons:
> >>
> >> 1. the term ``minimize'' does not make sense, at least on the common
> >> free desktops.
> >>
> >> 2. Emacs minimizes windows, while it iconifies frames. Type M-x
> >> minimize-window RET, then see what happens.
> >
> > I hear you, but I still don't see that as good enough reasons to stop
> > using "minimize frames" as well. I explained my reasons already, and
> > IMO they are more important than the ones you present.
>
> It is easy to understand that ``iconify'' does mean the same thing, as
> it's already explained many times in the Emacs manual.
For you and me (and quite a few others), it is easy. But some people
will be more comfortable with "minimize", and I see no reason to make
this harder for them.
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Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-03 18:40 icon-title-format vs. frame-title-format (Bug#61496) Tobias Bading
2023-05-03 18:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-03 19:10 ` Tobias Bading
2023-05-04 0:12 ` Po Lu
2023-05-04 4:03 ` Tobias Bading
2023-05-04 4:38 ` Po Lu
2023-05-04 4:46 ` Tobias Bading
2023-05-04 4:59 ` Tobias Bading
2023-05-04 14:51 ` Óscar Fuentes
2023-05-04 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-04 16:37 ` Óscar Fuentes
2023-05-04 17:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-05 0:15 ` Po Lu
2023-05-05 1:02 ` Óscar Fuentes
2023-05-05 4:44 ` tomas
2023-05-05 5:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-05 7:28 ` tomas
2023-05-05 10:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-05 5:24 ` Po Lu
2023-05-05 5:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-05 10:40 ` Tobias Bading
2023-05-05 11:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-05 11:00 ` Po Lu
2023-05-05 11:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-05 12:29 ` Po Lu
2023-05-05 13:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-05 23:52 ` Po Lu
2023-05-06 6:27 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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