Mike Adams wrote
The point you raised was about tracking the ILS while making a
straight in VFR approach. My only point was that if it's an offset
localizer (in the extreme) the tower might not think you're making a
straight in approach. If the tower has approved you doing a practice
ILS approach that's a different situation.

The term "straight-in approach" is used rather broadly just to distinguish
the approach from "flying the pattern" or "join a left base", etc.

Bob Moore