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"Song Fang" <songfang@datangmobile.cn> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I want to display the date and time on the frame title, so I add a line
> into the .emacs file:
>     (setq frame-title-frame '("GNU Emacs "
>                               (:eval (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d %R"))))
>
> But it only updates when the frame is redsplayed.
> Can I update the title using something like `force-mode-line-update'?

Google for the lesser known package title-time.el .

>
> Thanks
>
> Song