Allow 'icon-title-format' to have the value t

* src/xdisp.c (gui_consider_frame_title, syms_of_xdisp): If the
value of 'icon-title-format' is t, use 'frame-title-format'
instead.  (Bug#61496)

* etc/NEWS:
* doc/lispref/frames.texi (Frame Titles): Document the new
handling of the value t.
(Basic Parameters): Fix the documentation of the 'title' and
'name' frame parameters.

diff --git a/doc/lispref/frames.texi b/doc/lispref/frames.texi
index 68f31e500bb4f4cee982cfcdc8eeed3f1eaa896b..638b759ff135c2ae0b81b6d80a8ab5771935d040 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/frames.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/frames.texi
@@ -1474,19 +1474,24 @@ in this frame.  Its value is @code{color}, @code{grayscale} or
 
 @vindex title@r{, a frame parameter}
 @item title
-If a frame has a non-@code{nil} title, it appears in the window
+If a frame has a non-@code{nil} title, that title appears in the window
 system's title bar at the top of the frame, and also in the mode line
 of windows in that frame if @code{mode-line-frame-identification} uses
 @samp{%F} (@pxref{%-Constructs}).  This is normally the case when
 Emacs is not using a window system, and can only display one frame at
-a time.  @xref{Frame Titles}.
+a time.  When Emacs is using a window system, this parameter, if
+non-@code{nil}, overrides the title determined by the @code{name}
+parameter and the implicit title calculated according to
+@code{frame-title-format}.  It also overrides the title determined by
+@code{icon-title-format} for iconified frames.  @xref{Frame Titles}.
 
 @vindex name@r{, a frame parameter}
 @item name
-The name of the frame.  The frame name serves as a default for the frame
-title, if the @code{title} parameter is unspecified or @code{nil}.  If
-you don't specify a name, Emacs sets the frame name automatically
-(@pxref{Frame Titles}).
+The name of the frame.  If you don't specify a name via this
+parameter, Emacs sets the frame name automatically, as specified by
+@code{frame-title-format} and @code{icon-title-format}, and that is
+the frame's title that will appear on display when Emacs uses a window
+system (unless the @code{title} parameter overrides it).
 
 If you specify the frame name explicitly when you create the frame, the
 name is also used (instead of the name of the Emacs executable) when
@@ -2630,17 +2635,26 @@ frame name automatically based on a template stored in the variable
 frame is redisplayed.
 
 @defvar frame-title-format
-This variable specifies how to compute a name for a frame when you have
-not explicitly specified one.  The variable's value is actually a mode
+This variable specifies how to compute a name for a frame when you
+have not explicitly specified one (via the frame's parameters;
+@pxref{Basic Parameters}).  The variable's value is actually a mode
 line construct, just like @code{mode-line-format}, except that the
-@samp{%c}, @samp{%C}, and @samp{%l} constructs are ignored.  @xref{Mode Line
-Data}.
+@samp{%c}, @samp{%C}, and @samp{%l} constructs are ignored.
+@xref{Mode Line Data}.
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar icon-title-format
-This variable specifies how to compute the name for an iconified frame,
-when you have not explicitly specified the frame title.  This title
-appears in the icon itself.
+This variable specifies how to compute the name for an iconified frame
+when you have not explicitly specified the frame's name via the
+frame's parameters.  The resulting title appears in the frame's icon
+itself.  If the value is a string, is should be a mode line construct
+like that of @code{frame-title-format}.  The value can also be
+@code{t}, which means to use @code{frame-title-format} instead; this
+avoids problems with some window managers and desktop environments,
+where a change in a frame's title (when a frame is iconified) is
+interpreted as a request to raise the frame and/or give it input
+focus.  The default is a string identical to the default value of
+@code{frame-title-format}.
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar multiple-frames

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 35063678f58df67398ee12daa73ada78f0d310bd..133c07e56dfb8247bfad21392572ac8f512409ef 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1202,6 +1202,13 @@ the most recently deleted frame.  With a numerical prefix argument
 between 1 and 16, where 1 is the most recently deleted frame, undelete
 the corresponding deleted frame.
 
++++
+*** The variable 'icon-title-format' can now have the value t.
+That value means to use 'frame-title-format' for iconified frames.
+This is useful with some window managers and desktop environments
+which treat changes in frame's title as requests to raise the frame
+and/or give it input focus.
+
 ** Tab Bars and Tab Lines
 
 ---

diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index 5c5ecaa2bcb118fe574cca9a18e223867db80cda..1f630de75864ca9972960c70dc4336180745569b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -13424,7 +13424,8 @@ gui_consider_frame_title (Lisp_Object frame)
 
       Fselect_window (f->selected_window, Qt);
       set_buffer_internal_1 (XBUFFER (XWINDOW (f->selected_window)->contents));
-      fmt = FRAME_ICONIFIED_P (f) ? Vicon_title_format : Vframe_title_format;
+      fmt = (FRAME_ICONIFIED_P (f) && !EQ (Vicon_title_format, Qt)
+            ? Vicon_title_format : Vframe_title_format);
 
       mode_line_target = MODE_LINE_TITLE;
       title_start = MODE_LINE_NOPROP_LEN (0);
@@ -36608,9 +36609,11 @@ which no explicit name has been set (see `modify-frame-parameters').  */);
   DEFVAR_LISP ("icon-title-format", Vicon_title_format,
     doc: /* Template for displaying the title bar of an iconified frame.
 \(Assuming the window manager supports this feature.)
-This variable has the same structure as `mode-line-format' (which see),
-and is used only on frames for which no explicit name has been set
-\(see `modify-frame-parameters').  */);
+If the value is a string, it should have the same structure
+as `mode-line-format' (which see), and is used only on frames
+for which no explicit name has been set \(see `modify-frame-parameters').
+If the value is t, that means use `frame-title-format' for
+iconified frames.  */);
   /* Do not nest calls to pure_list.  This works around a bug in
      Oracle Developer Studio 12.6.  */
   Lisp_Object icon_title_name_format