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Re: Problem setting frame title on startup
From: |
Mark Skilbeck |
Subject: |
Re: Problem setting frame title on startup |
Date: |
Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:51:46 +0000 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
Use modify-frame-parameters:
(modify-frame-parameters nil '((title . "test")))
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 08:24:20PM +0100, Ian van der Neut wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> rather a lisp newbie and been searching all over, but can't figure it out.
> I have the code below:
>
> (provide 'ian-project)
> ;; Based on the presence of the 'project' environment variable,
> ;; display the project name in the frame title and the mode line.
> (defun set-project-in-frame-title ()
> (interactive)
> (setq projectname (getenv "project"))
> (message "Project: %s" projectname)
> (if projectname
> (setq-default frame-title-format (concat "%b (%*) [" projectname "]
> "))
> (setq frame-title-format (concat "%b (%*)"))
> ) ;; if projectname
> )
>
> And in my ~/.emacs I have:
>
> (require 'ian-project)
> (set-project-in-frame-title)
>
> The message "Project: <projectname>" is displayed in the *Messages* buffer
> on startup, however, the project name does not end up in the frame title,
> unless I execute the function by hand:
> M-x set-project-in-frame-title()
>
> My emacs version is:
> GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.6.4)
> of 2013-02-02 on buildvm-04.phx2.fedoraproject.org
>
> Thank you very much in advance for any pointers as to what I may be missing.
>
> Ian.
> --
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> word.
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