showing emacs filename/buffer in kde panel?

lublum1 · 07-18-2006, 05:05 AM

Hello,
I would appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction: I am using emacs as the editor for matlab files and end up with a lot of windows open. However, the KDE panel does not show the respective filenames for each of the emacs windows.

This makes it impossible to find the right window without clicking through all instances of 'emacs@xxxx.ac.uk' (which is the text shown for each window instance).

in advance, thanks.

Lublum1

Tinkster · 07-19-2006, 03:48 AM

Hi,

And welcome to LQ!

Well, I guess, first you need to understand that what the panel displays
is what the windows title-bar contains. It's not the panels job to try
and gather other windows information ..

That said: try putting this

Code:

(setq frame-title-format "%b - emacs")

in your .emacs file ... :}

Cheers,
Tink

lublum1 · 07-19-2006, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster

Hi,

And welcome to LQ!

Well, I guess, first you need to understand that what the panel displays
is what the windows title-bar contains. It's not the panels job to try
and gather other windows information ..

That said: try putting this

Code:

(setq frame-title-format "%b - emacs")

in your .emacs file ... :}

Cheers,
Tink

Thanks Tinkster!

The tip worked nicely, I can now see the filenames of open emacs windows in the panel and on the window title-bar.

regards,
Lublum1

Tinkster · 07-19-2006, 04:18 AM

Welcome mate :}

Cheers,
Tink

linux_is_gr8 · 09-20-2008, 10:02 AM

I wanted to know the solution to this problem too leading me here and I was so impressed with the result that I decided to join the forum.

Thank you Tinkster!

Now where would I need to look to learn to understand the code in the .emacs file so that I could make further customisations? Are there any on-line references or websites that you could recommend?

Thanks.

brianL · 09-20-2008, 06:03 PM

Lots of useful stuff about emacs here:

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki

linux_is_gr8 · 09-21-2008, 04:26 AM

Just what I was looking for --- thanks brianL.