From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: [PATCH] Option for clock and timer to be displayed in frame-title Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:43:06 -0500 Message-ID: <87lindlj6d.fsf@norang.ca> References: <87pqcypr9v.fsf@uea.ac.uk> <87hayafu5w.fsf@norang.ca> <87boohczzo.fsf@uea.ac.uk> <87vcmpdrka.fsf@norang.ca> <87pqcpljil.fsf@norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48857) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S4yPt-00056p-Vl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:43:24 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S4yPn-0007ZI-Ew for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:43:17 -0500 Received: from mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.71]:33581) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S4yPn-0007ZC-9Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:43:11 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87pqcpljil.fsf@norang.ca> (Bernt Hansen's message of "Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:35:46 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: George Kettleborough Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" Bernt Hansen writes: > Bernt Hansen writes: > >> George Kettleborough writes: >> >>> On Tue, Feb 28 2012, Bernt Hansen wrote: >>>> This patch needs a changelog entry in the commit text and a long >>>> description would also be appreciated. The long description allows us >>>> to see the purpose of the patch and how to use it without the necessity >>>> to read and parse any of the code changes. >>> >>> Ok, I've done a changelog entry. I hope this is what is expected. >>> (Also fixed a minor bug in original patch and added better documentation >>> to the new custom variable). >>> >>> The patch adds options to both org-clock and org-timer regarding how the >>> current clock/timer is displayed. Currently they are both displayed in >>> the mode line. This is not ideal since if you split your window >>> horizontally then the mode line becomes quite short so often the clock >>> is truncated and the timer might not even be visible. >>> >>> The new options control whether the clock/timer is displayed in the mode >>> line and/or frame title. The frame title is usually wasted space for >>> people running a graphical version of emacs so it is quite useful there >>> I think. >> >> Thanks! I use frames on Windows at work and no frames on Linux (in >> xmonad) at home. I tend to run with emacs full screen so I haven't >> my modeline is long enough for me -- but it will be interesting to see >> how the frame title clock works. > > Hi George, > > I tried this patch at work and it hangs my Emacs session in Windows on > startup. It's totally unresponsive and I have to kill the process with > the task manager. > > I think there's an implementation problem here but I don't have any > other useful information about what it might be. Nevermind... it seems to be working on Windows now. I'm not sure what happened the first time. I'll report any other issues I find with this. Thanks! Regards, Bernt