From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: suggested feature -- console-mode frame title sets Xterm title Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:06:54 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87r8j9n6v4.fsf@blarg.net> <200206152147.g5FLlUB10968@aztec.santafe.edu> <20030929051617.GB7359@vexed.ozlabs.hp.com> <20031002063338.GA25969@vexed.ozlabs.hp.com> <20031003010404.GB1259@sourcefrog.net> <20031014035931.GH15872@vexed.ozlabs.hp.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066313876 31124 80.91.224.253 (16 Oct 2003 14:17:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:17:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mbp@sourcefrog.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 16 16:17:53 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AA8wr-0003Ld-00 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:17:53 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AA8wr-0006L8-00 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:17:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AA8wG-0003Ld-UX for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:17:16 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AA8t2-0002eP-NP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:13:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AA8pk-0001VU-AV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:11:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AA8pg-0001Ud-RK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:10:28 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1AA8mE-0003lt-Jz; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:06:54 -0400 Original-To: Eli Zaretskii In-reply-to: (message from Eli Zaretskii on 15 Oct 2003 08:07:55 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:17151 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:17151 I thought about using the xterm's title as the frame's name. People may wish to use the name displayed in the xterm's title because it's more descriptive, and thuis more easily remembered, than F. The title is long, and very likely to change, and may not even be unique. So I don't think this is a very useful feature.