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ns-win.el changes default mode-line-frame-identification

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From: kurn <kurn <at> sfu.ca>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.3; frame-identification
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:38:07 -0800

The frame indentification has disappeared from the mode-line in the latest
Emacs.  This is emacs -nw.

Inspection shows the value of mode-line-frame-identification = ("  ") 

I have put this work-around in my .emacs file:
(unless window-system (setq mode-line-frame-identification '("-%F ")))

So, I think that's what you need to know . .  exactly which variable
has a wrong value and what it is.

Oh, I'm on OS X 10.4.  There!  I think that's everything.

Andrew



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 of 2011-11-14 on d142-058-206-239.surrey.sfu.ca
Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.824
configured using `configure  '--with-ns''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
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Message #8 received at 10051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: kurn <kurn <at> sfu.ca>
Cc: 10051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10051: 23.3; frame-identification
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:47:33 -0500

kurn wrote:

> The frame indentification has disappeared from the mode-line in the latest
> Emacs.  This is emacs -nw.
>
> Inspection shows the value of mode-line-frame-identification = ("  ") 

term/ns-win.el contains:

  ;; Don't show the frame name; that's redundant with Nextstep.
  (setq-default mode-line-frame-identification '("  "))

so this is intentional.
Whether it makes sense is another matter.
(This is part of http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=4128 )

> In GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, NS apple-appkit-824.48)
>  of 2011-11-14 on d142-058-206-239.surrey.sfu.ca
> Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.824
> configured using `configure  '--with-ns''

Message #15 received at 10051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andrew Kurn <kurn <at> sfu.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10051: 23.3; frame-identification
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:54:33 -0800

On Mon 14 Nov 2011 19:47 -0500, Glenn Morris wrote:


> kurn wrote:
> 
> > The frame indentification has disappeared from the mode-line in the latest
> > Emacs.  This is emacs -nw.
> >
> > Inspection shows the value of mode-line-frame-identification = ("  ") 
> 
> term/ns-win.el contains:
> 
>   ;; Don't show the frame name; that's redundant with Nextstep.
>   (setq-default mode-line-frame-identification '("  "))
> 
> so this is intentional.
> Whether it makes sense is another matter.
> (This is part of http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=4128 )


Well, you know what my opinion would be . . .

I remember in the old days, when we had a bug that was the result of
thought, rather than just a stupid slip, we called it a "logic error".
Maybe it would help to call it that.

Andrew




> 
> > In GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, NS apple-appkit-824.48)
> >  of 2011-11-14 on d142-058-206-239.surrey.sfu.ca
> > Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.824
> > configured using `configure  '--with-ns''

Message #20 received at 10051-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 10051-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10051: 23.3; frame-identification
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:05:17 -0500

Version: 24.0.92

OK, I removed the setting from ns-win.el (it made no sense to me).
Thanks for the report.

Message #23 received at 10051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andrew Kurn <kurn <at> sfu.ca>
To: 10051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10051: closed (Re: bug#10051: 23.3; frame-identification)
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:17:34 -0800

Well, it makes sense as long as you're using a windowing system.
I get in trouble because I use emacs -nw, so all frames appear in 
one "window".  Thus, I need a frame ID to tell me which one I'm
looking at.

You might want to set it based on whether you're windowing. (See
code below.)

Andrew


On Tue 15 Nov 2011 01:06 +0000, GNU bug Tracking System wrote:


> 
> Version: 24.0.92
> 
> OK, I removed the setting from ns-win.el (it made no sense to me).
> Thanks for the report.
> 

Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:38:07 -0800
From: kurn <kurn <at> sfu.ca>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.3; frame-identification


> 
> The frame indentification has disappeared from the mode-line in the latest
> Emacs.  This is emacs -nw.
> 
> Inspection shows the value of mode-line-frame-identification = ("  ") 
> 
> I have put this work-around in my .emacs file:
> (unless window-system (setq mode-line-frame-identification '("-%F ")))
> 
> So, I think that's what you need to know . .  exactly which variable
> has a wrong value and what it is.
> 
> Oh, I'm on OS X 10.4.  There!  I think that's everything.
> 
> Andrew
> 

Message #26 received at 10051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Andrew Kurn <kurn <at> sfu.ca>
Cc: 10051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10051: closed (Re: bug#10051: 23.3; frame-identification)
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:50:52 -0500

Andrew Kurn wrote:

> You might want to set it based on whether you're windowing. 

That's the default setting does, so it makes no sense for ns-win to mess
with it.

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