Re: FLTK figure titles

[Michael Goffioul]

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Shai Ayal <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Søren Hauberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> Really small issue, but it somewhat bugs me. If I create a figure using
>> the FLTK backend it has the title "octave: figure 1". Could this be
>> changed into
>>
>>  "Octave: figure 1" (note the different capitalisation),
>>  "GNU Octave: figure 1" or
>>  "Figure 1"
>
> Since it's a very small issue, but which anybody can understand (like
> choosing the color of your very hi-tech product),  it opens the
> opportunity to really nitpick :
>
> I chose the format "octave: figure 1" because from what I remember
> from my matlab days (~ 10 years ago) the figure title was "matlab:
> figure 1".
>
> Since many times the window title will be referenced in the window
> manager menu/taskbar where space is at a premium, maybe it is better
> to make the title and put the most important info first. i.e.:
> "Figure 1, Octave" or maybe even the extreme "F1, Octave"
> Or maybe, as in all hard choices,  we can just defer the
> responsibility and allow the user to customize.

Why don't you use figure::properties::get_title() ?

Michael.