Re: icon-title-format vs. frame-title-format (Bug#61496)

[Po Lu]

Tobias Bading <tbading@web.de> writes:

> On 04.05.23 02:12, Po Lu wrote:
>>>     The title of iconified or minimized frames is determined by
>>                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> X does not use the term ``minimized''.  We prefer just
>> ``iconified''.
>
> I’m afraid “we” includes me — because I’m old. So old in fact that I
> (barely) remember mwm being able to turn top-level windows into icons
> and back. Those were the days… ;-)
>
> But I don’t actually remember the last window manager I used that used
> this
> feature. Might actually have been mwm. The last decade or so GNOME 2
> and
> then MATE minimized my windows into the Window List panel applet. So I
> can
> see the window’s title changing when it is minimized or restored,
> which is a
> rather uncommon “feature” in this desktop environment.
>
> PS: there’s also “shaded” these days… :-p

These are all reported under the Iconic state, and as such that is the
terminology we use in Emacs.

So let's please not use the term "minimize".  Thanks.