GNU bug report logs - #77496
[PATCH] Add 'ns-app-badge' to set macOS / GNUstep icon badge

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Message #14 received at 77496 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 77496 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77496: [PATCH] Add 'ns-app-badge' to set macOS / GNUstep icon
 badge
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:13:16 +0300

> From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 12:45:13 -0400
> 
> This function allows one to visually differentiate multiple running Emacs sessions by icon in the doc or
> application switcher using the icon badge.  For example set the badge to the Emacs version, or add "test" to
> indicate an instance launched for testing.  It can also be used to indicate pending items for MUAs or whatever
> someone wants.  This very simple feature has been on my list for a while...

Thanks, but we can't install this until there's a comparable
functionality in Emacs on free systems (GNU/Linux and others).  Would
you like to work on implementing something similar on X and/or PGTK
platforms?

If and when we do have something similar on other platforms, the
function you implemented should become an internal one, and a
platform-independent API should be introduced, whose name should be
something more descriptive and not specific to NS terminology.  Like
gui-add-icon-notification, perhaps?

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