GNU bug report logs - #55412
28.1; In Emacs 28.1, using ':eval' in 'frame-title-format' doesn't work properly

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: tanzer <at> swing.co.at

Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 15:46:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.1

Done: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #77 received at 55412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 55412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, acm <at> muc.de, tanzer <at> swing.co.at
Subject: Re: bug#55412: 28.1; In Emacs 28.1, using ':eval' in
 'frame-title-format' doesn't work properly
Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 11:35:47 +0300

> Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 10:32:41 +0200
> Cc: acm <at> muc.de, 55412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tanzer <at> swing.co.at
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> 
>  >> When trying to fix Bug#32777 I spent some time investigating these
>  >> issues but never found out why on earth we should call routines like
>  >> 'select-frame' and 'select-window' from redisplay.
>  >
>  > Well, now we know at least one reason: so that referencing
>  > frame-parameters would what Lisp programs expect.
> 
> I don't understand what you mean here.  Please elaborate.

See the OP's report: a :eval form in frame-title-format that
references a frame-parameter assumes that the frame whose title is
being evaluated is the selected-frame when the :eval form runs.
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