[Bug 78584] Evince title should be adaptable

[Michael Trausch]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: evince

This is a feature request bug.

Under Evince, when a PDF is loaded, the title of the PDF is displayed in
the Window title of the Evince window.  However, it would appear that
some of the PDFs that I read lack a title, or are named “untitled” or
something.  These are PDFs that I read as eBooks through a distance
learning program.

It seems that Evince should be able to detect PDFs without a title or
with the title “untitled” and be able to change to another means of
identifying the window (such as the file name of the currently opened
PDF).  Even better, there should probably be an option that allows users
to choose their Window title behavior:

 * Always display the PDF’s title in the window title,
 * Attempt to display the PDF’s title in the Window title with exceptions (a list, perhaps, which defaults to including “untitled”?),
 * Always display the document’s file name in the window title.

This seems like it would be reasonable, anyway.  I generally want to see
the file name, myself, and not the document title as it was put into the
document.  It would help me to better keep track of everything,
especially when working with many PDFs at once.

** Affects: evince (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: evince
+ 
+ This is a feature request bug.
  
  Under Evince, when a PDF is loaded, the title of the PDF is displayed in
  the Window title of the Evince window.  However, it would appear that
- some of the PDFs that I read lack a title, or are named "untitled" or
+ some of the PDFs that I read lack a title, or are named “untitled” or
  something.  These are PDFs that I read as eBooks through a distance
  learning program.
  
  It seems that Evince should be able to detect PDFs without a title or
- with the title "untitled" and be able to change to another means of
+ with the title “untitled” and be able to change to another means of
  identifying the window (such as the file name of the currently opened
  PDF).  Even better, there should probably be an option that allows users
  to choose their Window title behavior:
  
-  * Always display the PDF's title in the window title,
-  * Attempt to display the PDF's title in the Window title with exceptions (a list, perhaps, which defaults to including "untitled"?),
-  * Always display the document's file name in the window title.
+  * Always display the PDF’s title in the window title,
+  * Attempt to display the PDF’s title in the Window title with exceptions (a list, perhaps, which defaults to including “untitled”?),
+  * Always display the document’s file name in the window title.
  
  This seems like it would be reasonable, anyway.  I generally want to see
  the file name, myself, and not the document title as it was put into the
  document.  It would help me to better keep track of everything,
  especially when working with many PDFs at once.

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Evince title should be adaptable
https://launchpad.net/bugs/78584