Controlling menubar title on Ubuntu 11.10?

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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Hi Nikos

Nikos Chantziaras wrote on 18/03/12 22:11:
> 
> On 14/03/12 18:07, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: ...
>> I wrote an application that, at startup, prompts the user for a 
>> file (using a standard "open file" dialog). Ubuntu 11.10 takes 
>> the title of that dialog ("Choose the file you wish to play")
>> and uses it for the rest of the application's session. This is
>> wrong of course. The menu bar should display the application's
>> name.
>> 
>> Is there a way I can control the title of the menu bar?
> 
> ... So I guess it's not possible then.  This is really a
> shortcoming in Ubuntu and doesn't look very well thought out.  But
> I'll have to live with it.

This is straightforwardly a bug in Unity.

I suggest reporting it, and attaching a minimal example application to
the bug report. <https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity>

Thanks
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