Re: FLTK figure titles

[Shai Ayal]

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Michael Goffioul
<address@hidden> wrote:
> 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() ?
I wasn't aware of this property. I'll fix it

Shai