[Qgis-developer] the main window title

[William Kyngesburye]

On Apr 11, 2009, at 11:01 AM, Gary Sherman wrote:

> On Apr 11, 2009, at 7:06 AM, Borys Jurgiel wrote:
>
>> Hi List (mainly Tim),
>> I wonder whether it's a good idea to show the version number in the  
>> title bar.
>> It's convenient if we run various versions, but it takes a lot of  
>> place and
>> looks bad. Especially in a 'mac-style' menu, where it's also put as  
>> the first
>> menu. See the screenshot: http://www.bwj.aster.net.pl/temp/qgiswindowtitle.png
>>
>>
> I'm not seeing this on OS X for either Kore or trunk.
> Must be your window manager :)
>
I see what Borys means, on OSX the Qgis window titles are:

Quantum GIS - 1.1.0-Unstale-trunk

Quantum GIS - 1.0.1-Kore

The menubar does not have the version on OSX.  I agree that having the  
full app name and version in the titlebar is messy.  If I want to know  
the version, I'll check the About window.  Also, when a project has  
been saved, thus named, the project filename gets run together with  
the version in the titlebar:

Quantum GIS - 1.1.0-Unstale-trunk MyProject

I think the titlebar should have *only* the project title, and  
"Untitled" for a new unsaved project.


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