Re: Child Frame naming standard.

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Galen Boyer wrote:
> Is there a way that if a child frame were created, C-x 5 0, and
> subsequently M-x set-frame-name, that the name I give it could be
> concatenated with the parental frame, at all times?
> 
> Parent frame name = "ProjectX"
> Child frame rename = "Branch"
> Actual Child frame name after rename = "ProjectX [Branch]"

As far as I know, Emacs does not keep track of which frame was selected
(the parent) when a new frame is created (the child).  But you should be
able to do that explicitly:

(add-hook 'after-make-frame-functions
           (lambda (frame)
             (modify-frame-parameters frame
                                      `((parent-frame . 
,(selected-frame))))))

(defadvice set-frame-name (before interactive activate)
   "When called interactively, provide the parent frame's name as the 
initial input."
   (interactive (list (read-string "Frame name: "
                                   (concat (frame-parameter
                                            (frame-parameter 
(selected-frame)
                                                             'parent-frame)
                                            'name)
                                           " ")))))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers