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Re: Modernize frame-title-format: "%b - GNU Emacs"


From: Stefan Kangas
Subject: Re: Modernize frame-title-format: "%b - GNU Emacs"
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:48:40 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> We could display the base name of buffer-file-name, if we wanted,
> producing that in C.  But %b already does most of that.

It's probably best to just stick with "%b" here, which also respects
uniquify.

>> If yes, should we warn users about it in (info "(elisp) Mode Line
>> Data") or (info "(elisp) Frame Titles")?
>
> I doubt this is efficient: people who want fancy decorations will do
> it regardless, and explaining why it's a bad idea is not easy, because
> it requires a detailed description of how redisplay works.

Fine by me, thanks.



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