Re: FLTK figure titles

[Shai Ayal]

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Dec 20, 2009, at 6:46 AM, Shai Ayal wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>
> If it is desired to be consistent with Matlab, I'm running 2009a. The 
> intitial title would be "Figure 1".
>
> The command ...
>
>        > set (gcf, 'name', 'foo')
>
> ... produces a window title "Figure 1: foo", and adding the command ...
>
>        > set (gcf, 'numbertitle', 'off')
>
> ... produces a window title "foo".
>
> Ben
>
>

The following changeset should fix this issue:
http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/360de61b2722

Shai