Hi, Eli 1: first step my .emacs only one line cat ~/.emacs (warn "my frame-parameters ----: %s" (frame-parameters (selected-frame))) it ouput: Warning (emacs): my frame-parameters ----: ((parent-id . 23169188) (explicit-name) (display . :0.0) (visibility . t) (icon-name) (outer-window-id . 67109031) (window-id . 67109060) (top . 0) (left . 50) (buried-buffer-list) (buffer-list *scratch*) (unsplittable) (minibuffer . #) (modeline . t) (width . 80) (height . 35) (name . emacs@host) (environment) (sticky) (cursor-color . black) (background-mode . light) (display-type . color) (horizontal-scroll-bars . t) (window-system . x) (alpha) (scroll-bar-width . 16) (cursor-type . box) (auto-lower) (auto-raise) (icon-type . t) (tool-bar-position . top) (fullscreen) (wait-for-wm . t) (title) (buffer-predicate) (tool-bar-lines . 1) (menu-bar-lines . 1) (scroll-bar-background . grey75) (scroll-bar-foreground) (right-fringe . 9) (left-fringe . 9) (line-spacing) (screen-gamma) (border-color . black) (mouse-color . black) (background-color . white) (foreground-color . black) (vertical-scroll-bars . right) (internal-border-width . 0) (border-width . 0) (font-parameter . Monospace 11) (font . -unknown-DejaVu Sans Mono-normal-normal-normal-*-15-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1) (font-backend xft x)) there were: (explicit-name) (name . emacs@host) 2: then i comment the line in .emacs of first step. now it has 2 line cat ~/.emacs (setq frame-title-format '("%m @ "("%f" ("%b")))) (warn (warn)) <- this will output: Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading /home/sand/.emacs , but in this instance i can get the right result on title like : C/l @ /home/sand/test.c, if i comment this line, no warning message , but its result will be like: test.c - emacs@host 3: other I want to change explicit-name use modify-frame-parameter (modify-frame-parameter nil '((explicit-name . nil))) but it doesn't work. Thank you all the same On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 2:19 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 22:05:39 +0800 > > From: ëÀñ½Ü > > > > It may be a bug ? > > I don't think so. > > > cat ~/.emacs > > (setq frame-title-format '("%m @ "(buffer-file-name "%f" (dired-directory > > dired-directory "%b")))) > > > > I just want to set the frame-title-format to %f for my emacs24.0.95 > > > > But it don't work, i can't see the %f format on the title > > > > After emacs start, i use C-h v frame-title-format > > it shows: > > frame-title-format is a variable defined in `C source code'. > > Its value is "%b - emacs@host" > > You omitted the important part: > > It is used only on frames for which no explicit name has been set > (see `modify-frame-parameters'). > > And if I evaluate > > (frame-parameters (selected-frame)) > > I see there (explicit-name). So I think your customization is ignored > by design. I think you should set the `title' frame parameter instead. > > > -- ëÀñ½Ü