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A modern frame-title-format

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ljung <lars <at> matholka.se>
Cc: 41147 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41147: A modern frame-title-format
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 20:57:51 -0400

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tags 41147 + patch
thanks

Lars Ljung <lars <at> matholka.se> writes:

> I did some research and as I understand it the GNOME guidelines recommends just
> "%b", even when there is only one frame.
>
> Many programs use the style "%b - GNU Emacs". E.g. gvim, Gimp, Firefox, and
> LibreOffice.

I think it makes sense to just do what other modern software does here.
If people want to do something more fancy, they can easily modify it
themselves.

How about the attached patch?  (NEWS and docs still needs updating.)

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

[0001-Simplify-frame-title-format-to-be-more-modern.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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