Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!decuac!decatl!bacchus.pa.dec.com!decwrl!brister From: brister@decwrl.dec.com (James Brister) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: How to change X window title bar text in GNU emacs? Message-ID: Date: 14 Aug 90 16:44:33 GMT References: <9008132056.AA06454@hplpm.hpl.hp.com> Sender: news@wrl.dec.com (News) Distribution: usa Organization: DEC Western Software Lab Lines: 20 In-Reply-To: marvit@HPLPM.HPL.HP.COM's message of 13 Aug 90 20:56:26 GMT X-Checksum-Snefru: ef9e14e4 6ecca6db ac4934ef 82a1957f On 13 Aug 90 20:56:26 GMT, marvit@HPLPM.HPL.HP.COM (Peter Marvit) said: >> Is there any way to change the text of the title "emacs @ machine-name" >> that is used when emacs comes up under X windows? > I use the (undocumented) "-wn GnuEmacs" and "-in SomeOtherName" options > to x11emacs. Just giving an argument to "-name" will not change the > titlebar. I did this and got two buffers containing the files ``-wn'' and ``GnuEmacs''. Is there a way of having Emacs throw away these switches once it's done with them? James -- James Brister brister@decwrl.dec.com DEC Western Software Lab. .....!decwrl!brister "Politics is comedy with pretense" -- Mark Alan Stamaty