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1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,1997,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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3 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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4 @node Command Arguments, X Resources, Service, Top
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5 @appendix Command Line Arguments
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6 @cindex command line arguments
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7 @cindex arguments (command line)
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8 @cindex options (command line)
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9 @cindex switches (command line)
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10 @cindex startup (command line arguments)
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11
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12 GNU Emacs supports command line arguments to request various actions
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13 when invoking Emacs. These are for compatibility with other editors and
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14 for sophisticated activities. We don't recommend using them for
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15 ordinary editing.
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16
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17 Arguments starting with @samp{-} are @dfn{options}. Other arguments
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18 specify files to visit. Emacs visits the specified files while it
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19 starts up. The last file name on your command line becomes the
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20 current buffer; the other files are also visited in other buffers. If
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21 there are two files, they are both displayed; otherwise the last file
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23 there are. As with most programs, the special argument @samp{--} says
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24 that all subsequent arguments are file names, not options, even if
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25 they start with @samp{-}.
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27 Emacs command options can specify many things, such as the size and
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28 position of the X window Emacs uses, its colors, and so on. A few
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29 options support advanced usage, such as running Lisp functions on files
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30 in batch mode. The sections of this chapter describe the available
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31 options, arranged according to their purpose.
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33 There are two ways of writing options: the short forms that start with
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34 a single @samp{-}, and the long forms that start with @samp{--}. For
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35 example, @samp{-d} is a short form and @samp{--display} is the
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36 corresponding long form.
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38 The long forms with @samp{--} are easier to remember, but longer to
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39 type. However, you don't have to spell out the whole option name; any
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40 unambiguous abbreviation is enough. When a long option takes an
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41 argument, you can use either a space or an equal sign to separate the
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42 option name and the argument. Thus, you can write either
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43 @samp{--display sugar-bombs:0.0} or @samp{--display=sugar-bombs:0.0}.
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44 We recommend an equal sign because it makes the relationship clearer,
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45 and the tables below always show an equal sign.
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47 @cindex initial options (command line)
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48 @cindex action options (command line)
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49 Most options specify how to initialize Emacs, or set parameters for
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50 the Emacs session. We call them @dfn{initial options}. A few options
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51 specify things to do: for example, load libraries, call functions, or
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52 terminate Emacs. These are called @dfn{action options}. These and file
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53 names together are called @dfn{action arguments}. Emacs processes all
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54 the action arguments in the order they are written.
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56 @menu
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57 * Action Arguments:: Arguments to visit files, load libraries,
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58 and call functions.
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59 * Initial Options:: Arguments that take effect while starting Emacs.
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60 * Command Example:: Examples of using command line arguments.
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61 * Resume Arguments:: Specifying arguments when you resume a running Emacs.
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62 * Environment:: Environment variables that Emacs uses.
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63 * Display X:: Changing the default display and using remote login.
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64 * Font X:: Choosing a font for text, under X.
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65 * Colors:: Choosing display colors.
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66 * Window Size X:: Start-up window size, under X.
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67 * Borders X:: Internal and external borders, under X.
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68 * Title X:: Specifying the initial frame's title.
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69 * Icons X:: Choosing what sort of icon to use, under X.
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70 @end menu
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72 @node Action Arguments
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73 @appendixsec Action Arguments
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74
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75 Here is a table of the action arguments and options:
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77 @table @samp
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78 @item @var{file}
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79 @opindex --visit
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80 @itemx --visit=@var{file}
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81 @opindex --file
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82 @itemx --file=@var{file}
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83 @cindex visiting files, command-line argument
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84 @vindex inhibit-startup-buffer-menu
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85 Visit @var{file} using @code{find-file}. @xref{Visiting}.
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86 If you visit several files at startup in this way, Emacs
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88 has visited. You can inhibit that by setting @code{inhibit-startup-buffer-menu} to @code{t}.
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90 @item +@var{linenum} @var{file}
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91 @opindex +@var{linenum}
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92 Visit @var{file} using @code{find-file}, then go to line number
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93 @var{linenum} in it.
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95 @item +@var{linenum}:@var{columnnum} @var{file}
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96 Visit @var{file} using @code{find-file}, then go to line number
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97 @var{linenum} and put point at column number @var{columnnum}.
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98
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99 @need 3000
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100 @item -l @var{file}
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101 @opindex -l
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102 @itemx --load=@var{file}
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103 @opindex --load
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104 @cindex loading Lisp libraries, command-line argument
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105 Load a Lisp library named @var{file} with the function @code{load}.
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106 @xref{Lisp Libraries}. The library can be found either in the current
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107 directory, or in the Emacs library search path as specified
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108 with @env{EMACSLOADPATH} (@pxref{General Variables}).
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109
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110 @item -f @var{function}
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111 @opindex -f
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112 @itemx --funcall=@var{function}
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113 @opindex --funcall
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114 @cindex call Lisp functions, command-line argument
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115 Call Lisp function @var{function} with no arguments.
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116
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117 @item --eval=@var{expression}
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118 @opindex --eval
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119 @itemx --execute=@var{expression}
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120 @opindex --execute
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121 @cindex evaluate expression, command-line argument
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122 Evaluate Lisp expression @var{expression}.
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123
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124 @item --insert=@var{file}
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125 @opindex --insert
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126 @cindex insert file contents, command-line argument
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127 Insert the contents of @var{file} into the current buffer. This is like
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128 what @kbd{M-x insert-file} does. @xref{Misc File Ops}.
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129
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130 @item --kill
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131 @opindex --kill
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132 Exit from Emacs without asking for confirmation.
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133 @end table
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135 @vindex command-line-args
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136 The init file can access the values of the action arguments as the
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137 elements of a list in the variable @code{command-line-args}. The init
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138 file can override the normal processing of the action arguments, or
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139 define new ones, by reading and setting this variable.
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141 @node Initial Options
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142 @appendixsec Initial Options
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143
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144 The initial options specify parameters for the Emacs session. This
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145 section describes the more general initial options; some other options
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147 sections.
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149 Some initial options affect the loading of init files. The normal
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150 actions of Emacs are to first load @file{site-start.el} if it exists,
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151 then your own init file @file{~/.emacs} if it exists, and finally
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152 @file{default.el} if it exists; certain options prevent loading of some
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153 of these files or substitute other files for them.
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154
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155 @table @samp
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156 @item -t @var{device}
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157 @opindex -t
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158 @itemx --terminal=@var{device}
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159 @opindex --terminal
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160 @cindex device for Emacs terminal I/O
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161 Use @var{device} as the device for terminal input and output.
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162
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163 @item -d @var{display}
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164 @opindex -d
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165 @itemx --display=@var{display}
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166 @opindex --display
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167 @cindex display for Emacs frame
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168 Use the X Window System and use the display named @var{display} to open
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169 the initial Emacs frame. @xref{Display X}, for more details.
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170
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171 @item -nw
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172 @opindex -nw
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173 @itemx --no-window-system
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174 @opindex --no-window-system
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175 @cindex disable window system
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176 Don't communicate directly with the window system, disregarding the
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177 @env{DISPLAY} environment variable even if it is set. This means that
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178 Emacs uses the terminal from which it was launched for all its display
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179 and input.
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180
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181 @need 3000
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182 @cindex batch mode
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188 @kbd{C-z} and @kbd{C-c} continue to have their normal effect. Emacs in
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204 @opindex -q
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223 @opindex --no-splash
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224 @vindex inhibit-startup-message
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225 Do not display a splash screen on startup; this is equivalent to
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226 setting the variable @code{inhibit-startup-message} to non-@code{nil}.
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229 @opindex -u
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232 @cindex load init file of another user
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238 @cindex errors in init file
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242 @opindex --unibyte
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243 @cindex unibyte operation, command-line argument
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244 Do almost everything with single-byte buffers and strings.
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246 explicitly ask for a multibyte buffer or string. (Note that Emacs
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247 always loads Lisp files in multibyte mode, even if @samp{--unibyte} is
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248 specified; see @ref{Enabling Multibyte}.) Setting the environment
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249 variable @env{EMACS_UNIBYTE} has the same effect.
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251 @item --multibyte
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252 @opindex --multibyte
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253 Inhibit the effect of @env{EMACS_UNIBYTE}, so that Emacs
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255 @end table
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260 Here is an example of using Emacs with arguments and options. It
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261 assumes you have a Lisp program file called @file{hack-c.el} which, when
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262 loaded, performs some useful operation on the current buffer, expected
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263 to be a C program.
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265 @example
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266 emacs -batch foo.c -l hack-c -f save-buffer >& log
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267 @end example
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269 @noindent
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271 changes in the visited file), save @file{foo.c} (note that
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272 @code{save-buffer} is the function that @kbd{C-x C-s} is bound to), and
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273 then exit back to the shell (because of @samp{-batch}). @samp{-batch}
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275 @file{log}, because Emacs will not assume that it has a display terminal
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276 to work with.
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277
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278 @node Resume Arguments
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279 @appendixsec Resuming Emacs with Arguments
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280
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281 You can specify action arguments for Emacs when you resume it after
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282 a suspension. To prepare for this, put the following code in your
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283 @file{.emacs} file (@pxref{Hooks}):
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285 @c `resume-suspend-hook' is correct. It is the name of a function.
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286 @example
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287 (add-hook 'suspend-hook 'resume-suspend-hook)
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288 (add-hook 'suspend-resume-hook 'resume-process-args)
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289 @end example
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291 As further preparation, you must execute the shell script
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292 @file{emacs.csh} (if you use csh as your shell) or @file{emacs.bash}
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293 (if you use bash as your shell). These scripts define an alias named
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295 arguments such as files to visit. The scripts are found in the
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296 @file{etc} subdirectory of the Emacs distribution.
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298 Only action arguments work properly when you resume Emacs. Initial
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299 arguments are not recognized---it's too late to execute them anyway.
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300
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301 Note that resuming Emacs (with or without arguments) must be done from
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302 within the shell that is the parent of the Emacs job. This is why
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303 @code{edit} is an alias rather than a program or a shell script. It is
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304 not possible to implement a resumption command that could be run from
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305 other subjobs of the shell; there is no way to define a command that could
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311 server Emacs running. However, they cannot determine this with complete
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314 @file{/tmp/esrv@dots{}} still exists. If this happens, find that
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317 @node Environment
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319 @cindex environment variables
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321 The @dfn{environment} is a feature of the operating system; it
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322 consists of a collection of variables with names and values. Each
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323 variable is called an @dfn{environment variable}; environment variable
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324 names are case-sensitive, and it is conventional to use upper case
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325 letters only. The values are all text strings.
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327 What makes the environment useful is that subprocesses inherit the
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328 environment automatically from their parent process. This means you
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329 can set up an environment variable in your login shell, and all the
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330 programs you run (including Emacs) will automatically see it.
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331 Subprocesses of Emacs (such as shells, compilers, and version-control
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332 software) inherit the environment from Emacs, too.
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333
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334 @findex setenv
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335 @findex getenv
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336 Inside Emacs, the command @kbd{M-x getenv} gets the value of an
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337 environment variable. @kbd{M-x setenv} sets a variable in the Emacs
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338 environment. (Environment variable substitutions with @samp{$} work
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339 in the value just as in file names; see @ref{File Names with $}.)
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341 The way to set environment variables outside of Emacs depends on the
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342 operating system, and especially the shell that you are using. For
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343 example, here's how to set the environment variable @env{ORGANIZATION}
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344 to @samp{not very much} using Bash:
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346 @example
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347 export ORGANIZATION="not very much"
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348 @end example
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350 @noindent
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353 @example
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355 @end example
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357 When Emacs is using the X Window System, various environment
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358 variables that control X work for Emacs as well. See the X
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359 documentation for more information.
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361 @menu
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363 * Misc Variables:: Certain system-specific variables.
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364 * MS-Windows Registry:: An alternative to the environment on MS-Windows.
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365 @end menu
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367 @node General Variables
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370 Here is an alphabetical list of specific environment variables that
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371 have special meanings in Emacs, giving the name of each variable and
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372 its meaning. Most of these variables are also used by some other
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373 programs. Emacs does not require any of these environment variables
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374 to be set, but it uses their values if they are set.
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375
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376 @table @env
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377 @item CDPATH
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378 Used by the @code{cd} command to search for the directory you specify,
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379 when you specify a relative directory name.
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380 @item EMACS_UNIBYTE
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381 @cindex unibyte operation, environment variable
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382 Defining this environment variable with a nonempty value directs Emacs
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383 to do almost everything with single-byte buffers and strings. It is
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384 equivalent to using the @samp{--unibyte} command-line option on each
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385 invocation. @xref{Initial Options}.
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386 @item EMACSDATA
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387 Directory for the architecture-independent files that come with Emacs.
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388 This is used to initialize the Lisp variable @code{data-directory}.
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389 @item EMACSDOC
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390 Directory for the documentation string file,
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391 @file{DOC-@var{emacsversion}}. This is used to initialize the Lisp
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392 variable @code{doc-directory}.
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393 @item EMACSLOADPATH
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394 A colon-separated list of directories@footnote{
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395 Here and below, whenever we say ``colon-separated list of directories'',
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396 it pertains to Unix and GNU/Linux systems. On MS-DOS and MS-Windows,
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397 the directories are separated by semi-colons instead, since DOS/Windows
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398 file names might include a colon after a drive letter.}
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399 to search for Emacs Lisp files---used to initialize @code{load-path}.
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400 @item EMACSPATH
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401 A colon-separated list of directories to search for executable
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402 files---used to initialize @code{exec-path}.
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403 @item ESHELL
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404 Used for shell-mode to override the @env{SHELL} environment variable.
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405 @item HISTFILE
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406 The name of the file that shell commands are saved in between logins.
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407 This variable defaults to @file{~/.bash_history} if you use Bash, to
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408 @file{~/.sh_history} if you use ksh, and to @file{~/.history}
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409 otherwise.
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410 @item HOME
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411 The location of the user's files in the directory tree; used for
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412 expansion of file names starting with a tilde (@file{~}). On MS-DOS, it
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413 defaults to the directory from which Emacs was started, with @samp{/bin}
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414 removed from the end if it was present. On Windows, the default value
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415 of @env{HOME} is @file{C:/}, the root directory of drive @file{C:}.
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416 @item HOSTNAME
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417 The name of the machine that Emacs is running on.
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418 @item INCPATH
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419 A colon-separated list of directories. Used by the @code{complete} package
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420 to search for files.
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421 @item INFOPATH
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422 A colon-separated list of directories in which to search for Info files.
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423 @item LC_ALL
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424 @itemx LC_COLLATE
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425 @itemx LC_CTYPE
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426 @itemx LC_MESSAGES
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427 @itemx LC_MONETARY
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428 @itemx LC_NUMERIC
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429 @itemx LC_TIME
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430 @itemx LANG
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431 The user's preferred locale. The locale has six categories, specified
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432 by the environment variables @env{LC_COLLATE} for sorting,
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433 @env{LC_CTYPE} for character encoding, @env{LC_MESSAGES} for system
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434 messages, @env{LC_MONETARY} for monetary formats, @env{LC_NUMERIC} for
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435 numbers, and @env{LC_TIME} for dates and times. If one of these
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436 variables is not set, the category defaults to the value of the
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437 @env{LANG} environment variable, or to the default @samp{C} locale if
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438 @env{LANG} is not set. But if @env{LC_ALL} is specified, it overrides
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439 the settings of all the other locale environment variables.
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440
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441 On MS-Windows, if @env{LANG} is not already set in the environment
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442 when Emacs starts, Emacs sets it based on the system-wide default
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443 language, which you can set in the @samp{Regional Settings} Control Panel
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444 on some versions of MS-Windows.
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445
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446 The value of the @env{LC_CTYPE} category is
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447 matched against entries in @code{locale-language-names},
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448 @code{locale-charset-language-names}, and
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449 @code{locale-preferred-coding-systems}, to select a default language
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450 environment and coding system. @xref{Language Environments}.
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451 @item LOGNAME
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452 The user's login name. See also @env{USER}.
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453 @item MAIL
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454 The name of the user's system mail inbox.
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455 @item MAILRC
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456 Name of file containing mail aliases. (The default is
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457 @file{~/.mailrc}.)
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458 @item MH
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459 Name of setup file for the mh system. (The default is @file{~/.mh_profile}.)
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460 @item NAME
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461 The real-world name of the user.
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462 @item NNTPSERVER
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463 The name of the news server. Used by the mh and Gnus packages.
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464 @item ORGANIZATION
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465 The name of the organization to which you belong. Used for setting the
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466 `Organization:' header in your posts from the Gnus package.
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467 @item PATH
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468 A colon-separated list of directories in which executables reside. This
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469 is used to initialize the Emacs Lisp variable @code{exec-path}.
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470 @item PWD
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471 If set, this should be the default directory when Emacs was started.
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472 @item REPLYTO
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473 If set, this specifies an initial value for the variable
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474 @code{mail-default-reply-to}. @xref{Mail Headers}.
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475 @item SAVEDIR
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476 The name of a directory in which news articles are saved by default.
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477 Used by the Gnus package.
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478 @item SHELL
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479 The name of an interpreter used to parse and execute programs run from
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480 inside Emacs.
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481 @cindex background mode, on @command{xterm}
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482 @item TERM
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483 The type of the terminal that Emacs is using. This variable must be
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484 set unless Emacs is run in batch mode. On MS-DOS, it defaults to
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485 @samp{internal}, which specifies a built-in terminal emulation that
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487 that Emacs runs in non-windowed mode from @command{xterm} or a similar
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488 terminal emulator, the background mode defaults to @samp{light}, and
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489 Emacs will choose colors that are appropriate for a light background.
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490 @item TERMCAP
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491 The name of the termcap library file describing how to program the
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492 terminal specified by the @env{TERM} variable. This defaults to
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493 @file{/etc/termcap}.
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494 @item TMPDIR
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495 Used by the Emerge package as a prefix for temporary files.
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496 @item TZ
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497 This specifies the current time zone and possibly also daylight
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498 saving time information. On MS-DOS, if @env{TZ} is not set in the
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499 environment when Emacs starts, Emacs defines a default value as
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501 does not use @env{TZ} at all.
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502 @item USER
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503 The user's login name. See also @env{LOGNAME}. On MS-DOS, this
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504 defaults to @samp{root}.
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505 @item VERSION_CONTROL
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506 Used to initialize the @code{version-control} variable (@pxref{Backup
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507 Names}).
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508 @end table
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510 @node Misc Variables
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511 @appendixsubsec Miscellaneous Variables
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512
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513 These variables are used only on particular configurations:
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514
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515 @table @env
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516 @item COMSPEC
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517 On MS-DOS and MS-Windows, the name of the command interpreter to use
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518 when invoking batch files and commands internal to the shell. On MS-DOS
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520 variable.
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522 @item NAME
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524 variable.
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526 @item TEMP
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527 @itemx TMP
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529 storing temporary files in.
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533 internal terminal emulator. This feature is useful for submitting bug
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534 reports.
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537 On MS-DOS, this specifies the screen colors. It is useful to set them
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538 this way, since otherwise Emacs would display the default colors
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539 momentarily when it starts up.
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541 The value of this variable should be the two-character encoding of the
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543 character) colors of the default face. Each character should be the
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544 hexadecimal code for the desired color on a standard PC text-mode
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545 display. For example, to get blue text on a light gray background,
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546 specify @samp{EMACSCOLORS=17}, since 1 is the code of the blue color and
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547 7 is the code of the light gray color.
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549 The PC display usually supports only eight background colors. However,
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550 Emacs switches the DOS display to a mode where all 16 colors can be used
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551 for the background, so all four bits of the background color are
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552 actually used.
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553
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554 @item WINDOW_GFX
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555 Used when initializing the Sun windows system.
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556
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557 @item PRELOAD_WINSOCK
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558 On MS-Windows, if you set this variable, Emacs will load and initialize
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559 the network library at startup, instead of waiting until the first
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560 time it is required.
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561
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562 @item emacs_dir
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563 On MS-Windows, @env{emacs_dir} is a special environment variable, which
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564 indicates the full path of the directory in which Emacs is installed.
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565 If Emacs is installed in the standard directory structure, it
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566 calculates this value automatically. It is not much use setting this
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567 variable yourself unless your installation is non-standard, since
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568 unlike other environment variables, it will be overridden by Emacs at
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569 startup. When setting other environment variables, such as
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570 @env{EMACSLOADPATH}, you may find it useful to use @env{emacs_dir}
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571 rather than hard-coding an absolute path. This allows multiple
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572 versions of Emacs to share the same environment variable settings, and
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573 it allows you to move the Emacs installation directory, without
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574 changing any environment or registry settings.
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575 @end table
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576
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577 @node MS-Windows Registry
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578 @appendixsubsec The MS-Windows System Registry
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579 @pindex addpm, MS-Windows installation program
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580 @cindex registry, setting environment variables and resources on MS-Windows
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581
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582 On MS-Windows, the installation program @command{addpm.exe} adds values
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583 for @env{emacs_dir}, @env{EMACSLOADPATH}, @env{EMACSDATA},
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584 @env{EMACSPATH}, @env{EMACSDOC}, @env{SHELL} and @env{TERM} to the
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585 @file{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE} section of the system registry, under
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586 @file{/Software/GNU/Emacs}. It does this because there is no standard
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587 place to set environment variables across different versions of
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588 Windows. Running @command{addpm.exe} is no longer strictly
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589 necessary in recent versions of Emacs, but if you are upgrading from
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590 an older version, running @command{addpm.exe} ensures that you do not have
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591 older registry entries from a previous installation, which may not be
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592 compatible with the latest version of Emacs.
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593
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594 When Emacs starts, as well as checking the environment, it also checks
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595 the System Registry for those variables and for @env{HOME}, @env{LANG}
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596 and @env{PRELOAD_WINSOCK}.
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597
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598 To determine the value of those variables, Emacs goes through the
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599 following procedure. First, the environment is checked. If the
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600 variable is not found there, Emacs looks for registry keys by that
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601 name under @file{/Software/GNU/Emacs}; first in the
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602 @file{HKEY_CURRENT_USER} section of the registry, and if not found
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603 there, in the @file{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE} section. Finally, if Emacs
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604 still cannot determine the values, compiled-in defaults are used.
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605
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606 In addition to the environment variables above, you can also add many
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607 of the settings which on X belong in the @file{.Xdefaults} file
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608 (@pxref{X Resources}) to the @file{/Software/GNU/Emacs} registry key.
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609 Settings you add to the @file{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE} section will affect
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610 all users of the machine. Settings you add to the
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611 @file{HKEY_CURRENT_USER} section will only affect you, and will
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612 override machine wide settings.
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613
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614 @node Display X
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615 @appendixsec Specifying the Display Name
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616 @cindex display name (X Window System)
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617 @cindex @env{DISPLAY} environment variable
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618
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619 The environment variable @env{DISPLAY} tells all X clients, including
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620 Emacs, where to display their windows. Its value is set by default
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621 in ordinary circumstances, when you start an X server and run jobs
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622 locally. Occasionally you may need to specify the display yourself; for
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623 example, if you do a remote login and want to run a client program
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624 remotely, displaying on your local screen.
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625
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626 With Emacs, the main reason people change the default display is to
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627 let them log into another system, run Emacs on that system, but have the
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628 window displayed at their local terminal. You might need to log in
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629 to another system because the files you want to edit are there, or
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630 because the Emacs executable file you want to run is there.
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631
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632 The syntax of the @env{DISPLAY} environment variable is
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633 @samp{@var{host}:@var{display}.@var{screen}}, where @var{host} is the
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634 host name of the X Window System server machine, @var{display} is an
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635 arbitrarily-assigned number that distinguishes your server (X terminal)
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636 from other servers on the same machine, and @var{screen} is a
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637 rarely-used field that allows an X server to control multiple terminal
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638 screens. The period and the @var{screen} field are optional. If
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639 included, @var{screen} is usually zero.
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640
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641 For example, if your host is named @samp{glasperle} and your server is
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642 the first (or perhaps the only) server listed in the configuration, your
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643 @env{DISPLAY} is @samp{glasperle:0.0}.
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644
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645 You can specify the display name explicitly when you run Emacs, either
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646 by changing the @env{DISPLAY} variable, or with the option @samp{-d
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647 @var{display}} or @samp{--display=@var{display}}. Here is an example:
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648
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649 @smallexample
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650 emacs --display=glasperle:0 &
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651 @end smallexample
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653 You can inhibit the direct use of the window system and GUI with the
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654 @samp{-nw} option. It tells Emacs to display using ordinary ASCII on
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655 its controlling terminal. This is also an initial option.
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656
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657 Sometimes, security arrangements prevent a program on a remote system
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658 from displaying on your local system. In this case, trying to run Emacs
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659 produces messages like this:
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660
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661 @smallexample
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662 Xlib: connection to "glasperle:0.0" refused by server
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663 @end smallexample
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664
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665 @noindent
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666 You might be able to overcome this problem by using the @command{xhost}
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667 command on the local system to give permission for access from your
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668 remote machine.
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669
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670 @node Font X
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671 @appendixsec Font Specification Options
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672 @cindex font name (X Window System)
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673
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674 By default, Emacs displays text in the font named @samp{9x15}, which
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675 makes each character nine pixels wide and fifteen pixels high. You can
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676 specify a different font on your command line through the option
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677 @samp{-fn @var{name}} (or @samp{--font}, which is an alias for
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678 @samp{-fn}).
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679
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680 @table @samp
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681 @item -fn @var{name}
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682 @opindex -fn
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683 @itemx --font=@var{name}
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684 @opindex --font
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685 @cindex specify default font from the command line
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686 Use font @var{name} as the default font.
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687 @end table
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688
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689 Under X, each font has a long name which consists of eleven words or
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690 numbers, separated by dashes. Some fonts also have shorter
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691 nicknames---@samp{9x15} is such a nickname. You can use either kind of
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692 name. You can use wildcard patterns for the font name; then Emacs lets
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693 X choose one of the fonts that match the pattern. Here is an example,
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694 which happens to specify the font whose nickname is @samp{6x13}:
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695
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696 @smallexample
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697 emacs -fn \
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698 "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-c-60-iso8859-1" &
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699 @end smallexample
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700
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701 @noindent
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702 You can also specify the font in your @file{.Xdefaults} file:
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703
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704 @smallexample
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705 emacs.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-c-60-iso8859-1
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706 @end smallexample
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707
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708 A long font name has the following form:
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709
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710 @smallexample
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711 -@var{maker}-@var{family}-@var{weight}-@var{slant}-@var{widthtype}-@var{style}@dots{}
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712 @dots{}-@var{pixels}-@var{height}-@var{horiz}-@var{vert}-@var{spacing}-@var{width}-@var{charset}
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713 @end smallexample
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714
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715 @table @var
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716 @item maker
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717 This is the name of the font manufacturer.
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718 @item family
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719 This is the name of the font family---for example, @samp{courier}.
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720 @item weight
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721 This is normally @samp{bold}, @samp{medium} or @samp{light}. Other
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722 words may appear here in some font names.
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723 @item slant
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724 This is @samp{r} (roman), @samp{i} (italic), @samp{o} (oblique),
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725 @samp{ri} (reverse italic), or @samp{ot} (other).
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726 @item widthtype
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727 This is normally @samp{condensed}, @samp{extended}, @samp{semicondensed}
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728 or @samp{normal}. Other words may appear here in some font names.
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729 @item style
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730 This is an optional additional style name. Usually it is empty---most
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731 long font names have two hyphens in a row at this point.
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732 @item pixels
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733 This is the font height, in pixels.
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734 @item height
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735 This is the font height on the screen, measured in tenths of a printer's
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736 point---approximately 1/720 of an inch. In other words, it is the point
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737 size of the font, times ten. For a given vertical resolution,
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738 @var{height} and @var{pixels} are proportional; therefore, it is common
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739 to specify just one of them and use @samp{*} for the other.
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740 @item horiz
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741 This is the horizontal resolution, in pixels per inch, of the screen for
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742 which the font is intended.
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743 @item vert
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744 This is the vertical resolution, in pixels per inch, of the screen for
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745 which the font is intended. Normally the resolution of the fonts on
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746 your system is the right value for your screen; therefore, you normally
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747 specify @samp{*} for this and @var{horiz}.
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748 @item spacing
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749 This is @samp{m} (monospace), @samp{p} (proportional) or @samp{c}
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750 (character cell).
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751 @item width
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752 This is the average character width, in pixels, multiplied by ten.
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753 @item charset
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754 This is the character set that the font depicts.
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755 Normally you should use @samp{iso8859-1}.
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756 @end table
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757
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758 @cindex listing system fonts
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759 You will probably want to use a fixed-width default font---that is,
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760 a font in which all characters have the same width. Any font with
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761 @samp{m} or @samp{c} in the @var{spacing} field of the long name is a
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762 fixed-width font. Here's how to use the @command{xlsfonts} program to
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763 list all the fixed-width fonts available on your system:
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764
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765 @example
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766 xlsfonts -fn '*x*' | egrep "^[0-9]+x[0-9]+"
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767 xlsfonts -fn '*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-m*'
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768 xlsfonts -fn '*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-c*'
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769 @end example
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770
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771 @noindent
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772 To see what a particular font looks like, use the @command{xfd} command.
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773 For example:
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774
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775 @example
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776 xfd -fn 6x13
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777 @end example
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778
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779 @noindent
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780 displays the entire font @samp{6x13}.
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781
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782 While running Emacs, you can set the font of the current frame
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783 (@pxref{Frame Parameters}) or for a specific kind of text
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784 (@pxref{Faces}).
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785
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786 @node Colors
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787 @appendixsec Window Color Options
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788 @cindex color of window
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789 @cindex text colors, from command line
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790
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791 @findex list-colors-display
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792 @cindex available colors
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793 On a color display, you can specify which color to use for various
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794 parts of the Emacs display. To find out what colors are available on
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795 your system, type @kbd{M-x list-colors-display}, or press
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796 @kbd{C-Mouse-2} and select @samp{Display Colors} from the pop-up menu.
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797 If you do not specify colors, on windowed displays the default for the
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798 background is white and the default for all other colors is black. On a
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799 monochrome display, the foreground is black, the background is white,
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800 and the border is gray if the display supports that. On terminals, the
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801 background is usually black and the foreground is white.
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802
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803 Here is a list of the command-line options for specifying colors:
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804
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805 @table @samp
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806 @item -fg @var{color}
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807 @opindex -fg
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808 @itemx --foreground-color=@var{color}
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809 @opindex --foreground-color
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810 @cindex foreground color, command-line argument
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811 Specify the foreground color. @var{color} should be a standard color
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812 name, or a numeric specification of the color's red, green, and blue
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813 components as in @samp{#4682B4} or @samp{RGB:46/82/B4}.
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814 @item -bg @var{color}
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815 @opindex -bg
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816 @itemx --background-color=@var{color}
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817 @opindex --background-color
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818 @cindex background color, command-line argument
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819 Specify the background color.
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820 @item -bd @var{color}
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821 @opindex -bd
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822 @itemx --border-color=@var{color}
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823 @opindex --border-color
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824 @cindex border color, command-line argument
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825 Specify the color of the border of the X window.
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826 @item -cr @var{color}
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827 @opindex -cr
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828 @itemx --cursor-color=@var{color}
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829 @opindex --cursor-color
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830 @cindex cursor color, command-line argument
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831 Specify the color of the Emacs cursor which indicates where point is.
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832 @item -ms @var{color}
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833 @opindex -ms
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834 @itemx --mouse-color=@var{color}
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835 @opindex --mouse-color
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836 @cindex mouse pointer color, command-line argument
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837 Specify the color for the mouse cursor when the mouse is in the Emacs window.
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838 @item -r
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839 @opindex -r
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840 @itemx -rv
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841 @opindex -rv
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842 @itemx --reverse-video
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843 @opindex --reverse-video
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844 @cindex reverse video, command-line argument
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845 Reverse video---swap the foreground and background colors.
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846 @item --color=@var{mode}
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847 @opindex --color
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848 @cindex standard colors on a character terminal
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849 For a character terminal only, specify the mode of color support. The
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850 parameter @var{mode} can be one of the following:
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851 @table @samp
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852 @item never
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853 @itemx no
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854 Don't use colors even if the terminal's capabilities specify color
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855 support.
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856 @item default
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857 @itemx auto
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858 Same as when @option{--color} is not used at all: Emacs detects at
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859 startup whether the terminal supports colors, and if it does, turns on
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860 colored display.
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861 @item always
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862 @itemx yes
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863 @itemx ansi8
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864 Turn on the color support unconditionally, and use color commands
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865 specified by the ANSI escape sequences for the 8 standard colors.
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866 @item @var{num}
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867 Use color mode for @var{num} colors. If @var{num} is -1, turn off
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868 color support (equivalent to @samp{never}); if it is 0, use the
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869 default color support for this terminal (equivalent to @samp{auto});
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870 otherwise use an appropriate standard mode for @var{num} colors. If
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871 there is no mode that supports @var{num} colors, Emacs acts as if
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872 @var{num} were 0, i.e.@: it uses the terminal's default color support
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873 mode.
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874 @end table
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875 If @var{mode} is omitted, it defaults to @var{ansi8}.
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876 @end table
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877
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878 For example, to use a coral mouse cursor and a slate blue text cursor,
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879 enter:
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880
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881 @example
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882 emacs -ms coral -cr 'slate blue' &
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883 @end example
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884
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885 You can reverse the foreground and background colors through the
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886 @samp{-rv} option or with the X resource @samp{reverseVideo}.
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887
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888 The @samp{-fg}, @samp{-bg}, and @samp{-rv} options function on
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889 text-only terminals as well as on window systems.
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890
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891 @node Window Size X
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892 @appendixsec Options for Window Size and Position
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893 @cindex geometry of Emacs window
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894 @cindex position and size of Emacs frame
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895 @cindex width and height of Emacs frame
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896 @cindex specifying fullscreen for Emacs frame
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897
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898 Here is a list of the command-line options for specifying size and
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899 position of the initial Emacs frame:
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900
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901 @table @samp
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902 @item -g @var{width}x@var{height}@r{[@{}+-@r{@}}@var{xoffset}@r{@{}+-@r{@}}@var{yoffset}@r{]]}
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903 @opindex -g
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904 Specify the size @var{width} and @var{height} (measured in character
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905 columns and lines), and positions @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset}
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906 (measured in pixels). This applies to all frames.
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907
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908 @item --geometry=@var{width}x@var{height}@r{[@{}+-@r{@}}@var{xoffset}@r{@{}+-@r{@}}@var{yoffset}@r{]]}
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909 @opindex --geometry
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910 This is another way of writing the same thing.
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911
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912 @item -fs
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913 @opindex -fs
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914 @itemx --fullscreen
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915 @opindex --fullscreen
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916 @cindex fullscreen, command-line argument
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917 Specify that width and height shall be the size of the screen.
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918
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919 @item -fh
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920 @opindex -fh
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921 @itemx --fullheight
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922 @opindex --fullheight
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923 @cindex fullheight, command-line argument
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924 Specify that the height shall be the height of the screen.
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925
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926 @item -fw
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927 @opindex -fw
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928 @itemx --fullwidth
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929 @opindex --fullwidth
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930 @cindex fullwidth, command-line argument
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931 Specify that the width shall be the width of the screen.
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932 @end table
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933
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934
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935 @noindent
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936 In the @samp{--geometry} option, @code{@r{@{}+-@r{@}}} means either a plus
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937 sign or a minus sign. A plus
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938 sign before @var{xoffset} means it is the distance from the left side of
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939 the screen; a minus sign means it counts from the right side. A plus
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940 sign before @var{yoffset} means it is the distance from the top of the
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941 screen, and a minus sign there indicates the distance from the bottom.
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942 The values @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} may themselves be positive or
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943 negative, but that doesn't change their meaning, only their direction.
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944
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945 Emacs uses the same units as @command{xterm} does to interpret the geometry.
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946 The @var{width} and @var{height} are measured in characters, so a large font
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947 creates a larger frame than a small font. (If you specify a proportional
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948 font, Emacs uses its maximum bounds width as the width unit.) The
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949 @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} are measured in pixels.
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950
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951 Since the mode line and the echo area occupy the last 2 lines of the
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952 frame, the height of the initial text window is 2 less than the height
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953 specified in your geometry. In non-X-toolkit versions of Emacs, the
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954 menu bar also takes one line of the specified number. But in the X
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955 toolkit version, the menu bar is additional and does not count against
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956 the specified height. The tool bar, if present, is also additional.
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957
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958 You do not have to specify all of the fields in the geometry
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959 specification.
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960
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961 If you omit both @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset}, the window manager
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962 decides where to put the Emacs frame, possibly by letting you place
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963 it with the mouse. For example, @samp{164x55} specifies a window 164
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964 columns wide, enough for two ordinary width windows side by side, and 55
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965 lines tall.
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966
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967 The default width for Emacs is 80 characters and the default height is
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968 40 lines. You can omit either the width or the height or both. If
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969 you start the geometry with an integer, Emacs interprets it as the
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970 width. If you start with an @samp{x} followed by an integer, Emacs
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971 interprets it as the height. Thus, @samp{81} specifies just the width;
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972 @samp{x45} specifies just the height.
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973
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974 If you start with @samp{+} or @samp{-}, that introduces an offset,
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975 which means both sizes are omitted. Thus, @samp{-3} specifies the
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976 @var{xoffset} only. (If you give just one offset, it is always
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977 @var{xoffset}.) @samp{+3-3} specifies both the @var{xoffset} and the
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978 @var{yoffset}, placing the frame near the bottom left of the screen.
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979
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980 You can specify a default for any or all of the fields in
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981 @file{.Xdefaults} file, and then override selected fields with a
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982 @samp{--geometry} option.
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983
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984
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985 When using one of @samp{--fullscreen}, @samp{--fullwidth} or
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986 @samp{--fullheight} there may be some space around the frame
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987 anyway. That is because Emacs rounds the sizes so they are an
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988 even number of character heights and widths.
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989
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990 Some window managers have options that can make them ignore both
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991 program-specified and user-specified positions (sawfish is one).
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992 If these are set, Emacs fails to position the window correctly.
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993
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994 @node Borders X
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995 @appendixsec Internal and External Borders
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996 @cindex borders (X Window System)
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997
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998 An Emacs frame has an internal border and an external border. The
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999 internal border is an extra strip of the background color around the
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1000 text portion of the frame. Emacs itself draws the internal border.
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1001 The external border is added by the window manager outside the frame;
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1002 depending on the window manager you use, it may contain various boxes
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1003 you can click on to move or iconify the window.
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1004
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1005 @table @samp
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1006 @item -ib @var{width}
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1007 @opindex -ib
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1008 @itemx --internal-border=@var{width}
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1009 @opindex --internal-border
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1010 @cindex border width, command-line argument
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1011 Specify @var{width} as the width of the internal border, in pixels.
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1012
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1013 @item -bw @var{width}
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1014 @opindex -bw
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1015 @itemx --border-width=@var{width}
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1016 @opindex --border-width
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1017 Specify @var{width} as the width of the main border, in pixels.
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1018 @end table
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1019
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1020 When you specify the size of the frame, that does not count the
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1021 borders. The frame's position is measured from the outside edge of the
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1022 external border.
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1023
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1024 Use the @samp{-ib @var{n}} option to specify an internal border
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1025 @var{n} pixels wide. The default is 1. Use @samp{-bw @var{n}} to
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1026 specify the width of the external border (though the window manager may
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1027 not pay attention to what you specify). The default width of the
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1028 external border is 2.
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1029
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1030 @node Title X
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1031 @appendixsec Frame Titles
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1032
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1033 An Emacs frame may or may not have a specified title. The frame
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1034 title, if specified, appears in window decorations and icons as the
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1035 name of the frame. If an Emacs frame has no specified title, the
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1036 default title has the form @samp{@var{invocation-name}@@@var{machine}}
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1037 (if there is only one frame) or the selected window's buffer name (if
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1038 there is more than one frame).
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1039
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1040 You can specify a title for the initial Emacs frame with a command
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1041 line option:
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1042
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1043 @table @samp
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1044 @item -title @var{title}
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1045 @opindex --title
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1046 @itemx --title=@var{title}
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1047 @itemx -T @var{title}
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1048 @opindex -T
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1049 @cindex frame title, command-line argument
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1050 Specify @var{title} as the title for the initial Emacs frame.
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1051 @end table
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1052
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1053 The @samp{--name} option (@pxref{Resources}) also specifies the title
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1054 for the initial Emacs frame.
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1055
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1056 @node Icons X
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1057 @appendixsec Icons
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1058 @cindex icons (X Window System)
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1059
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1060 Most window managers allow the user to ``iconify'' a frame, removing
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1061 it from sight, and leaving a small, distinctive ``icon'' window in its
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1062 place. Clicking on the icon window makes the frame itself appear again.
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1063 If you have many clients running at once, you can avoid cluttering up
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1064 the screen by iconifying most of the clients.
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1065
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1066 @table @samp
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1067 @item -i
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1068 @opindex -i
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1069 @itemx --icon-type
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1070 @opindex --icon-type
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1071 @cindex Emacs icon, a gnu
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1072 Use a picture of a gnu as the Emacs icon.
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1073
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1074 @item -iconic
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1075 @opindex --iconic
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1076 @itemx --iconic
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1077 @cindex start iconified, command-line argument
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1078 Start Emacs in iconified state.
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1079 @end table
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1080
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1081 The @samp{-i} or @samp{--icon-type} option tells Emacs to use an icon
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1082 window containing a picture of the GNU gnu. If omitted, Emacs lets the
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1083 window manager choose what sort of icon to use---usually just a small
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1084 rectangle containing the frame's title.
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1085
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1086 The @samp{-iconic} option tells Emacs to begin running as an icon,
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1087 rather than showing a frame right away. In this situation, the icon
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1088 is the only indication that Emacs has started; the text frame doesn't
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1089 appear until you deiconify it.