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From: Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com>
To: XEmacs Developers <xemacs-beta@xemacs.org>
Subject: Re: Multiple frames on TTY-s: update
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Hrvoje Niksic writes:
 > Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> writes:
 > 
 > > TTY frames ought to be named "emacs" by default.
 > > I see no reason to differ from X frames in this regard.
 > 
 > There we go again.  I thought I explained the reason for the change in
 > one of my previous messages.

Yah, but you said speak up if we thought it was a bad idea.  I'm
speaking up.  By hanging numbers off frame names, you've changed
the name from being a class tag to a specific instance tag.  This
has consequences if the resource mechanism is every generalized
beyond X.  A separate instance tag should be added to the frame,
and a modeline specifier or variable to reference it.

 > Note that they *do not* differ from X frames, as they are also now
 > named `XEmacs' by default (but without the numbers).

This introduces an incompatibility if users referenced the frame
by the old default name.  Not a terrible problem I admit, but
given that the name change isn't needed if the above suggestion
is implemented, I case a soft vote to get rid of it.

