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From: Mark Elston <m.elston@advantest-ard.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Modifying Frame Title
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 17:47:31 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <uskw2ey1o.fsf@advantest-ard.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: g1knqf$5n8$1@news.albasani.net

Rupert Swarbrick <rswarbrick@gmail.com> writes:

> Mark Elston <m.elston@advantest-ard.com> writes:
>
>> I would like to modify the frame title when I run GNUS (or,
>> possibly other times as well).
>>
>> I tried the following in the *scratch* buffer:
>>
>>  (modify-frame-parameters nil ((frame-title-format . "GNUS")))
>>
>> This resulted in an error, though.  Is there a way to get the
>> frame to have a different title?
>>
>> Mark
>
> ...
>
> What you want appears to be
>
>   (modify-frame-parameters nil '((name . "GNUS")))
>
> Note that I've never done this before, and worked this out from
> reading the help strings, but the frame name hasn't changed when I've
> switched buffers here, so I presume I've got it right!
>

Great, Rupert.  Works like a charm.

Now I just need to add it to a hook function and I'm all set...

Mark


      parent reply	other threads:[~2008-05-29  0:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-28 17:31 Modifying Frame Title Mark Elston
2008-05-28 22:54 ` Rupert Swarbrick
2008-05-28 23:05   ` Johan Bockgård
2008-05-28 23:21     ` Rupert Swarbrick
2008-05-28 23:25       ` Rupert Swarbrick
2008-05-28 23:34         ` Johan Bockgård
2008-05-29  0:47   ` Mark Elston [this message]

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