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

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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''

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