Re: [OS X] Title bar icon

[YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>]

>>>>> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:47:34 +0100, David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com> said:

>> Switching to the minibuffer normally causes several visual changes
>> in the menu bar and the tool bar.  Even the title bar string will
>> change under multiple frame environments by default.  I don't think
>> the proxy icon change attracts more user's attention than these
>> changes.

> Correct. Why not change this behavior completely?  Displaying
> *Minibuf-1* as title of the frame is confusing, because this title
> is supposed to indicate the "document" shown in the frame, which
> Translates to the buffer in the biggest or last activated window,
> but not whether a secondary input field (i.e., minibuffer) is
> selected.

This argument does not convince me because Emacs is not a so-called
"document-based application" in the sense that a frame is not
dedicated to one editing target.

> It would be much better if the frame title didn't change at all when
> entering or exiting the minibuffer. This includes the proxy icon.

If the frame title behavior is changed as a platform-independent
decision, then the proxy icon behavior should follow that.

				     YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
				mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp