From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: Modernize frame-title-format: "%b - GNU Emacs"
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:52:24 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8fd980cb-b0d0-4f31-8ffb-6a8de402be8c@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <u4koof17z@gentoo.org>
> One point about %b which I think hasn't been raised yet. When selecting
> another window (even if in the same frame), the frame title will change.
> In addition, when using a desktop environment's panel (for example,
> xfce4-panel) with "window buttons", there will be some visual activity
> outside of the Emacs frame as well. Not sure if that could be
> distracting.
It could be distracting. Anything decided on
could be noise, or distracting, to some.
What you describe for window-switching could also
be considered a feature, not a problem: the title
tells you the selected window's buffer etc.
Choosing default behavior is always a trade-off.
What's most important is that it be easy for users
to customize the behavior.
___
That's kind of the case, and kind of not the case.
`frame-title-format' is like `mode-line-format':
in the general case it's not so simple to configure.
It would be great if Someone (TM) came up with easy
ways to configure the format. Yes, I know we have
mode-line variables etc. But a simple way to get
a fair amount of configuration without being a Lisp
pro would be helpful, IMO.
That said, I wouldn't want to see any of the existing
mode-line config features disappear, just in some
attempt to "dumb things down". Adding some simple
ways to configure should be a plus, not a replacement.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-27 17:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 95+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-08-26 22:09 Modernize frame-title-format: "%b - GNU Emacs" Stefan Kangas
2020-08-26 22:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-08-26 23:12 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-27 5:28 ` Yuri Khan
2020-08-27 5:55 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-27 6:56 ` Yuri Khan
2020-08-27 14:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-08-27 15:04 ` tomas
2020-08-27 15:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-08-27 16:18 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-27 17:02 ` Yuri Khan
2020-08-27 17:28 ` Colin Baxter
2020-08-28 0:17 ` Wayne Harris via Emacs development discussions.
2020-08-28 4:44 ` Yuri Khan
2020-08-28 8:56 ` Ulrich Mueller
2020-08-28 19:03 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-28 19:55 ` Yuri Khan
2020-08-28 20:36 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-28 20:40 ` Thibaut Verron
2020-08-28 21:18 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-29 8:39 ` Yuri Khan
2020-08-29 16:35 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-29 17:01 ` Thibaut Verron
2020-08-29 18:25 ` Yuri Khan
2020-08-29 20:19 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-27 6:32 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-08-27 7:20 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-27 8:00 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-08-27 8:03 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-08-27 14:35 ` Colin Baxter
2020-08-27 14:59 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-27 15:39 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-08-28 1:04 ` James Cloos
2020-08-28 4:46 ` Yuri Khan
2020-08-28 19:09 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-28 19:22 ` Colin Baxter
2020-08-28 20:07 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-28 9:18 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-28 13:00 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-08-29 23:08 ` James Cloos
2020-08-28 19:29 ` Tassilo Horn
2020-08-27 6:52 ` tomas
2020-08-27 9:07 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-08-27 9:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-27 17:06 ` Pip Cet
2020-08-27 17:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-27 17:36 ` Robert Pluim
2020-08-27 18:08 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-27 17:27 ` Ulrich Mueller
2020-08-27 17:52 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2020-08-28 22:06 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-28 23:39 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-08-29 1:20 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-30 23:59 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-31 7:58 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-08-31 14:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-31 14:46 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-31 14:52 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-08-31 15:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-31 15:48 ` Stefan Kangas
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2020-08-27 15:51 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-27 15:59 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-08-27 16:42 ` Thibaut Verron
2020-08-27 17:23 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-08-27 17:50 ` Thibaut Verron
2020-08-27 18:15 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-08-27 19:13 ` Thibaut Verron
2020-08-27 19:20 ` Yuri Khan
2020-08-27 17:49 ` Michael Albinus
2020-08-27 18:10 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-08-27 18:19 ` Michael Albinus
2020-08-27 18:10 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-27 18:22 ` Michael Albinus
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2020-08-27 18:14 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-27 18:19 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-08-27 18:30 ` Michael Albinus
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2020-08-27 18:34 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-27 18:51 ` Michael Albinus
2020-08-27 20:01 ` Drew Adams
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2020-08-28 19:16 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-31 5:26 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-08-31 7:34 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-01 18:23 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-08-31 12:02 ` Colin Baxter
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2020-08-27 15:10 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-27 15:14 ` tomas
2020-08-27 15:24 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-27 16:00 ` tomas
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2020-08-31 14:53 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-31 20:00 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-09-01 3:22 ` Stefan Monnier
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