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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, 97, 99, 2000, 2001
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3 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @node Frames, International, Windows, Top
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6 @chapter Frames and X Windows
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7 @cindex frames
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8
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9 When using the X Window System, you can create multiple windows at the
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10 X level in a single Emacs session. Each X window that belongs to Emacs
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11 displays a @dfn{frame} which can contain one or several Emacs windows.
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12 A frame initially contains a single general-purpose Emacs window which
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13 you can subdivide vertically or horizontally into smaller windows. A
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14 frame normally contains its own echo area and minibuffer, but you can
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15 make frames that don't have these---they use the echo area and
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16 minibuffer of another frame.
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17
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18 Editing you do in one frame also affects the other frames. For
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19 instance, if you put text in the kill ring in one frame, you can yank it
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20 in another frame. If you exit Emacs through @kbd{C-x C-c} in one frame,
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21 it terminates all the frames. To delete just one frame, use @kbd{C-x 5
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22 0} (that is zero, not @kbd{o}).
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24 To avoid confusion, we reserve the word ``window'' for the
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25 subdivisions that Emacs implements, and never use it to refer to a
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26 frame.
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27
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28 Emacs compiled for MS-DOS emulates some aspects of the window system
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29 so that you can use many of the features described in this chapter.
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30 @xref{MS-DOS Input}, for more information.
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32 @cindex MS Windows
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33 Emacs compiled for MS Windows mostly supports the same features as
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34 under X. However, images and tool bars are not yet available in Emacs
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35 version 21.3 on MS-Windows.
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36
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37 @menu
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38 * Mouse Commands:: Moving, cutting, and pasting, with the mouse.
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39 * Secondary Selection:: Cutting without altering point and mark.
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40 * Clipboard:: Using the clipboard for selections.
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41 * Mouse References:: Using the mouse to select an item from a list.
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42 * Menu Mouse Clicks:: Mouse clicks that bring up menus.
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43 * Mode Line Mouse:: Mouse clicks on the mode line.
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44 * Creating Frames:: Creating additional Emacs frames with various contents.
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45 * Frame Commands:: Iconifying, deleting, and switching frames.
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46 * Speedbar:: How to make and use a speedbar frame.
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47 * Multiple Displays:: How one Emacs job can talk to several displays.
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48 * Special Buffer Frames:: You can make certain buffers have their own frames.
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49 * Frame Parameters:: Changing the colors and other modes of frames.
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50 * Scroll Bars:: How to enable and disable scroll bars; how to use them.
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51 * Wheeled Mice:: Using mouse wheels for scrolling.
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52 * Menu Bars:: Enabling and disabling the menu bar.
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53 * Tool Bars:: Enabling and disabling the tool bar.
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54 * Dialog Boxes:: Controlling use of dialog boxes.
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55 * Tooltips:: Showing "tooltips", AKA "balloon help" for active text.
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56 * Mouse Avoidance:: Moving the mouse pointer out of the way.
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57 * Non-Window Terminals:: Multiple frames on terminals that show only one.
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58 * XTerm Mouse:: Using the mouse in an XTerm terminal emulator.
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59 @end menu
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60
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61 @node Mouse Commands
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62 @section Mouse Commands for Editing
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63 @cindex mouse buttons (what they do)
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64
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65 The mouse commands for selecting and copying a region are mostly
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66 compatible with the @code{xterm} program. You can use the same mouse
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67 commands for copying between Emacs and other X client programs.
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69 @kindex DELETE @r{(and mouse selection)}
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70 If you select a region with any of these mouse commands, and then
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71 immediately afterward type the @key{DELETE} function key, it deletes the
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72 region that you selected. The @key{BACKSPACE} function key and the
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73 ASCII character @key{DEL} do not do this; if you type any other key
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74 in between the mouse command and @key{DELETE}, it does not do this.
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75
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76 @findex mouse-set-region
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77 @findex mouse-set-point
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78 @findex mouse-yank-at-click
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79 @findex mouse-save-then-click
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80 @kindex Mouse-1
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81 @kindex Mouse-2
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82 @kindex Mouse-3
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83 @table @kbd
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84 @item Mouse-1
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85 Move point to where you click (@code{mouse-set-point}).
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86 This is normally the left button.
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87
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88 @item Drag-Mouse-1
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89 Set the region to the text you select by dragging, and copy it to the
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90 kill ring (@code{mouse-set-region}). You can specify both ends of the
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91 region with this single command.
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92
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93 @vindex mouse-scroll-min-lines
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94 If you move the mouse off the top or bottom of the window while
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95 dragging, the window scrolls at a steady rate until you move the mouse
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96 back into the window. This way, you can select regions that don't fit
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97 entirely on the screen. The number of lines scrolled per step depends
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98 on how far away from the window edge the mouse has gone; the variable
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99 @code{mouse-scroll-min-lines} specifies a minimum step size.
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100
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101 @item Mouse-2
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102 Yank the last killed text, where you click (@code{mouse-yank-at-click}).
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103 This is normally the middle button.
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104
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105 @item Mouse-3
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106 This command, @code{mouse-save-then-kill}, has several functions
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107 depending on where you click and the status of the region.
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108
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109 The most basic case is when you click @kbd{Mouse-1} in one place and
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110 then @kbd{Mouse-3} in another. This selects the text between those two
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111 positions as the region. It also copies the new region to the kill
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112 ring, so that you can copy it to someplace else.
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113
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114 If you click @kbd{Mouse-1} in the text, scroll with the scroll bar, and
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115 then click @kbd{Mouse-3}, it remembers where point was before scrolling
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116 (where you put it with @kbd{Mouse-1}), and uses that position as the
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117 other end of the region. This is so that you can select a region that
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118 doesn't fit entirely on the screen.
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119
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120 More generally, if you do not have a highlighted region, @kbd{Mouse-3}
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121 selects the text between point and the click position as the region. It
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122 does this by setting the mark where point was, and moving point to where
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123 you click.
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124
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125 If you have a highlighted region, or if the region was set just before
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126 by dragging button 1, @kbd{Mouse-3} adjusts the nearer end of the region
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127 by moving it to where you click. The adjusted region's text also
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128 replaces the old region's text in the kill ring.
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129
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130 If you originally specified the region using a double or triple
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131 @kbd{Mouse-1}, so that the region is defined to consist of entire words
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132 or lines, then adjusting the region with @kbd{Mouse-3} also proceeds by
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133 entire words or lines.
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134
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135 If you use @kbd{Mouse-3} a second time consecutively, at the same place,
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136 that kills the region already selected.
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137
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138 @item Double-Mouse-1
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139 This key sets the region around the word which you click on. If you
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140 click on a character with ``symbol'' syntax (such as underscore, in C
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141 mode), it sets the region around the symbol surrounding that character.
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142
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143 If you click on a character with open-parenthesis or close-parenthesis
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144 syntax, it sets the region around the parenthetical grouping
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145 which that character starts or ends. If you click on a character with
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146 string-delimiter syntax (such as a singlequote or doublequote in C), it
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147 sets the region around the string constant (using heuristics to figure
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148 out whether that character is the beginning or the end of it).
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149
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150 @item Double-Drag-Mouse-1
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151 This key selects a region made up of the words you drag across.
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152
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153 @item Triple-Mouse-1
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154 This key sets the region around the line you click on.
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155
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156 @item Triple-Drag-Mouse-1
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157 This key selects a region made up of the lines you drag across.
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158 @end table
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159
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160 The simplest way to kill text with the mouse is to press @kbd{Mouse-1}
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161 at one end, then press @kbd{Mouse-3} twice at the other end.
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162 @xref{Killing}. To copy the text into the kill ring without deleting it
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163 from the buffer, press @kbd{Mouse-3} just once---or just drag across the
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164 text with @kbd{Mouse-1}. Then you can copy it elsewhere by yanking it.
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165
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166 @vindex mouse-yank-at-point
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167 To yank the killed or copied text somewhere else, move the mouse there
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168 and press @kbd{Mouse-2}. @xref{Yanking}. However, if
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169 @code{mouse-yank-at-point} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{Mouse-2} yanks at
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170 point. Then it does not matter where you click, or even which of the
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171 frame's windows you click on. The default value is @code{nil}. This
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172 variable also affects yanking the secondary selection.
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173
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174 @cindex cutting and X
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175 @cindex pasting and X
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176 @cindex X cutting and pasting
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177 To copy text to another X window, kill it or save it in the kill ring.
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178 Under X, this also sets the @dfn{primary selection}. Then use the
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179 ``paste'' or ``yank'' command of the program operating the other window
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180 to insert the text from the selection.
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181
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182 To copy text from another X window, use the ``cut'' or ``copy''
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183 command of the program operating the other window, to select the text
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184 you want. Then yank it in Emacs with @kbd{C-y} or @kbd{Mouse-2}.
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185
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186 The standard coding system for X selections is @code{compound-text}.
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187 To specify another coding system for X selections, use @kbd{C-x
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188 @key{RET} x} or @kbd{C-x @key{RET} X}. @xref{Specify Coding}.
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189
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190 These cutting and pasting commands also work on MS-Windows.
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191
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192 @cindex primary selection
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193 @cindex cut buffer
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194 @cindex selection, primary
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195 @vindex x-cut-buffer-max
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196 When Emacs puts text into the kill ring, or rotates text to the front
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197 of the kill ring, it sets the @dfn{primary selection} in the X server.
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198 This is how other X clients can access the text. Emacs also stores the
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199 text in the cut buffer, but only if the text is short enough
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200 (the value of @code{x-cut-buffer-max} specifies the maximum number of
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201 characters); putting long strings in the cut buffer can be slow.
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202
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203 The commands to yank the first entry in the kill ring actually check
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204 first for a primary selection in another program; after that, they check
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205 for text in the cut buffer. If neither of those sources provides text
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206 to yank, the kill ring contents are used.
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207
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208 @node Secondary Selection
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209 @section Secondary Selection
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210 @cindex secondary selection
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211
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213 X. It does not use point or the mark, so you can use it to kill text
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214 without setting point or the mark.
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215
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216 @table @kbd
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217 @findex mouse-set-secondary
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218 @kindex M-Drag-Mouse-1
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219 @item M-Drag-Mouse-1
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220 Set the secondary selection, with one end at the place where you press
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221 down the button, and the other end at the place where you release it
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222 (@code{mouse-set-secondary}). The highlighting appears and changes as
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223 you drag. You can control the appearance of the highlighting by
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224 customizing the @code{secondary-selection} face (@pxref{Face
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225 Customization}).
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226
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227 If you move the mouse off the top or bottom of the window while
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228 dragging, the window scrolls at a steady rate until you move the mouse
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229 back into the window. This way, you can mark regions that don't fit
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230 entirely on the screen.
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231
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232 @findex mouse-start-secondary
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233 @kindex M-Mouse-1
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234 @item M-Mouse-1
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235 Set one endpoint for the @dfn{secondary selection}
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236 (@code{mouse-start-secondary}).
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237
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238 @findex mouse-secondary-save-then-kill
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239 @kindex M-Mouse-3
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240 @item M-Mouse-3
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241 Make a secondary selection, using the place specified with @kbd{M-Mouse-1}
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242 as the other end (@code{mouse-secondary-save-then-kill}). A second click
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243 at the same place kills the secondary selection just made.
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244
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245 @findex mouse-yank-secondary
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246 @kindex M-Mouse-2
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247 @item M-Mouse-2
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248 Insert the secondary selection where you click
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249 (@code{mouse-yank-secondary}). This places point at the end of the
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250 yanked text.
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251 @end table
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252
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253 Double or triple clicking of @kbd{M-Mouse-1} operates on words and
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254 lines, much like @kbd{Mouse-1}.
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255
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256 If @code{mouse-yank-at-point} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{M-Mouse-2}
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257 yanks at point. Then it does not matter precisely where you click; all
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258 that matters is which window you click on. @xref{Mouse Commands}.
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259
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260 @node Clipboard
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261 @section Using the Clipboard
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262 @cindex X clipboard
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263 @cindex clipboard
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264 @vindex x-select-enable-clipboard
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265 @findex menu-bar-enable-clipboard
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266 @cindex OpenWindows
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267 @cindex Gnome
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268
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269 As well as the primary and secondary selection types, X supports a
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270 @dfn{clipboard} selection type which is used by some applications,
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271 particularly under OpenWindows and Gnome.
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272
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273 The command @kbd{M-x menu-bar-enable-clipboard} makes the @code{Cut},
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274 @code{Paste} and @code{Copy} menu items, as well as the keys of the same
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275 names, all use the clipboard.
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276
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277 You can customize the option @code{x-select-enable-clipboard} to make
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278 the Emacs yank functions consult the clipboard before the primary
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279 selection, and to make the kill functions to store in the clipboard as
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280 well as the primary selection. Otherwise they do not access the
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281 clipboard at all. Using the clipboard is the default on MS-Windows,
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282 unlike most systems.
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283
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284 @node Mouse References
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285 @section Following References with the Mouse
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286 @kindex Mouse-2 @r{(selection)}
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287
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288 Some Emacs buffers display lists of various sorts. These include
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289 lists of files, of buffers, of possible completions, of matches for
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290 a pattern, and so on.
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291
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292 Since yanking text into these buffers is not very useful, most of them
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293 define @kbd{Mouse-2} specially, as a command to use or view the item you
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294 click on.
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295
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296 For example, if you click @kbd{Mouse-2} on a file name in a Dired
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297 buffer, you visit that file. If you click @kbd{Mouse-2} on an error
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298 message in the @samp{*Compilation*} buffer, you go to the source code
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299 for that error message. If you click @kbd{Mouse-2} on a completion in
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300 the @samp{*Completions*} buffer, you choose that completion.
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301
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302 You can usually tell when @kbd{Mouse-2} has this special sort of
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303 meaning because the sensitive text highlights when you move the mouse
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304 over it.
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305
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306 @node Menu Mouse Clicks
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307 @section Mouse Clicks for Menus
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308
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309 Mouse clicks modified with the @key{CTRL} and @key{SHIFT} keys
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310 bring up menus.
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311
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312 @table @kbd
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313 @item C-Mouse-1
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314 @kindex C-Mouse-1
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315 This menu is for selecting a buffer.
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316
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317 The MSB (``mouse select buffer'') global minor mode makes this
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318 menu smarter and more customizable. @xref{Buffer Menus}.
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319
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320 @item C-Mouse-2
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321 @kindex C-Mouse-2
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322 This menu is for specifying faces and other text properties
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323 for editing formatted text. @xref{Formatted Text}.
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324
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325 @item C-Mouse-3
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326 @kindex C-Mouse-3
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327 This menu is mode-specific. For most modes if Menu-bar mode is on, this
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328 menu has the same items as all the mode-specific menu-bar menus put
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329 together. Some modes may specify a different menu for this
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330 button.@footnote{Some systems use @kbd{Mouse-3} for a mode-specific
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331 menu. We took a survey of users, and found they preferred to keep
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332 @kbd{Mouse-3} for selecting and killing regions. Hence the decision to
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333 use @kbd{C-Mouse-3} for this menu.} If Menu-bar mode is off, this menu
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334 contains all the items which would be present in the menu bar---not just
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335 the mode-specific ones---so that you can access them without having to
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336 display the menu bar.
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337
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338 @item S-Mouse-1
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339 This menu is for specifying the frame's principal font.
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340 @end table
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341
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342 @node Mode Line Mouse
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343 @section Mode Line Mouse Commands
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344 @cindex mode line, mouse
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345 @cindex mouse on mode line
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346
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347 You can use mouse clicks on window mode lines to select and manipulate
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348 windows.
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349
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350 @table @kbd
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351 @item Mouse-1
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352 @kindex Mouse-1 @r{(mode line)}
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353 @kbd{Mouse-1} on a mode line selects the window above. By dragging
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354 @kbd{Mouse-1} on the mode line, you can move it, thus changing the
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355 height of the windows above and below.
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356
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357 @item Mouse-2
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358 @kindex Mouse-2 @r{(mode line)}
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359 @kbd{Mouse-2} on a mode line expands that window to fill its frame.
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360
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361 @item Mouse-3
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362 @kindex Mouse-3 @r{(mode line)}
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363 @kbd{Mouse-3} on a mode line deletes the window above. If the frame has
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364 only one window, it buries the current buffer instead and switches to
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365 another buffer.
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367 @item C-Mouse-2
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368 @kindex C-mouse-2 @r{(mode line)}
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369 @kbd{C-Mouse-2} on a mode line splits the window above
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370 horizontally, above the place in the mode line where you click.
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371 @end table
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372
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373 @kindex C-Mouse-2 @r{(scroll bar)}
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374 @kbd{C-Mouse-2} on a scroll bar splits the corresponding window
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375 vertically, unless you are using an X toolkit's implementation of
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376 scroll bars. @xref{Split Window}.
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377
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378 The commands above apply to areas of the mode line which do not have
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379 special mouse bindings of their own. Some areas, such as the buffer
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380 name and the major mode name, have their own special mouse bindings.
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381 Emacs displays information about these bindings when you hold the
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382 mouse over such a place (@pxref{Tooltips}).
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383
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384 @node Creating Frames
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385 @section Creating Frames
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386 @cindex creating frames
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387
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388 @kindex C-x 5
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389 The prefix key @kbd{C-x 5} is analogous to @kbd{C-x 4}, with parallel
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390 subcommands. The difference is that @kbd{C-x 5} commands create a new
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391 frame rather than just a new window in the selected frame (@pxref{Pop
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392 Up Window}). If an existing visible or iconified frame already displays
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393 the requested material, these commands use the existing frame, after
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394 raising or deiconifying as necessary.
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395
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396 The various @kbd{C-x 5} commands differ in how they find or create the
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397 buffer to select:
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398
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399 @table @kbd
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400 @item C-x 5 2
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401 @kindex C-x 5 2
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402 @findex make-frame-command
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403 Create a new frame (@code{make-frame-command}).
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404 @item C-x 5 b @var{bufname} @key{RET}
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405 Select buffer @var{bufname} in another frame. This runs
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406 @code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame}.
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407 @item C-x 5 f @var{filename} @key{RET}
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408 Visit file @var{filename} and select its buffer in another frame. This
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409 runs @code{find-file-other-frame}. @xref{Visiting}.
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410 @item C-x 5 d @var{directory} @key{RET}
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411 Select a Dired buffer for directory @var{directory} in another frame.
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412 This runs @code{dired-other-frame}. @xref{Dired}.
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413 @item C-x 5 m
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414 Start composing a mail message in another frame. This runs
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415 @code{mail-other-frame}. It is the other-frame variant of @kbd{C-x m}.
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416 @xref{Sending Mail}.
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417 @item C-x 5 .
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418 Find a tag in the current tag table in another frame. This runs
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419 @code{find-tag-other-frame}, the multiple-frame variant of @kbd{M-.}.
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420 @xref{Tags}.
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421 @item C-x 5 r @var{filename} @key{RET}
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422 @kindex C-x 5 r
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423 @findex find-file-read-only-other-frame
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424 Visit file @var{filename} read-only, and select its buffer in another
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425 frame. This runs @code{find-file-read-only-other-frame}.
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426 @xref{Visiting}.
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427 @end table
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428
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429 @cindex default-frame-alist
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430 @cindex initial-frame-alist
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431 You can control the appearance of new frames you create by setting the
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432 frame parameters in @code{default-frame-alist}. You can use the
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433 variable @code{initial-frame-alist} to specify parameters that affect
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434 only the initial frame. @xref{Initial Parameters,,, elisp, The Emacs
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435 Lisp Reference Manual}, for more information.
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436
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437 @cindex font (default)
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438 The easiest way to specify the principal font for all your Emacs
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439 frames is with an X resource (@pxref{Font X}), but you can also do it by
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440 modifying @code{default-frame-alist} to specify the @code{font}
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441 parameter, as shown here:
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442
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443 @example
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444 (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "10x20"))
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445 @end example
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446
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447 @noindent
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448 Here's a similar example for specifying a foreground color:
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449
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450 @example
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451 (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(background-color . "blue"))
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452 @end example
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453
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454
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455 @node Frame Commands
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456 @section Frame Commands
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457
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458 The following commands let you create, delete and operate on frames:
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459
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460 @table @kbd
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461 @item C-z
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462 @kindex C-z @r{(X windows)}
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463 @findex iconify-or-deiconify-frame
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464 Iconify the selected Emacs frame (@code{iconify-or-deiconify-frame}).
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465 The normal meaning of @kbd{C-z}, to suspend Emacs, is not useful under a
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466 window system, so it has a different binding in that case.
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467
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468 If you type this command on an Emacs frame's icon, it deiconifies the frame.
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469
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470 @item C-x 5 0
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471 @kindex C-x 5 0
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472 @findex delete-frame
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473 Delete the selected frame (@code{delete-frame}). This is not allowed if
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474 there is only one frame.
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475
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476 @item C-x 5 o
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477 @kindex C-x 5 o
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478 @findex other-frame
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479 Select another frame, raise it, and warp the mouse to it so that it
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480 stays selected. If you repeat this command, it cycles through all the
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481 frames on your terminal.
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482
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483 @item C-x 5 1
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484 @kindex C-x 5 1
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485 @findex delete-other-frames
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486 Delete all frames except the selected one.
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487 @end table
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488
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489 @vindex focus-follows-mouse
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490 To make the command @kbd{C-x 5 o} work properly, you must tell Emacs
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491 how the system (or the window manager) generally handles
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492 focus-switching between windows. There are two possibilities: either
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493 simply moving the mouse onto a window selects it (gives it focus), or
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494 you have to click on it in a suitable way to do so. Unfortunately
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495 there is no way Emacs can find out automatically which way the system
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496 handles this, so you have to explicitly say, by setting the variable
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497 @code{focus-follows-mouse}. If just moving the mouse onto a window
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498 selects it, that variable should be @code{t}; if a click is necessary,
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499 the variable should be @code{nil}.
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500
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501 @node Speedbar
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502 @section Making and Using a Speedbar Frame
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503 @cindex speedbar
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504
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505 An Emacs frame can have a @dfn{speedbar}, which is a vertical window
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506 that serves as a scrollable menu of files you could visit and tags
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507 within those files. To create a speedbar, type @kbd{M-x speedbar}; this
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508 creates a speedbar window for the selected frame. From then on, you can
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509 click on a file name in the speedbar to visit that file in the
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510 corresponding Emacs frame, or click on a tag name to jump to that tag in
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511 the Emacs frame.
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512
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513 Initially the speedbar lists the immediate contents of the current
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514 directory, one file per line. Each line also has a box, @samp{[+]} or
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515 @samp{<+>}, that you can click on with @kbd{Mouse-2} to ``open up'' the
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516 contents of that item. If the line names a directory, opening it adds
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517 the contents of that directory to the speedbar display, underneath the
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518 directory's own line. If the line lists an ordinary file, opening it up
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519 adds a list of the tags in that file to the speedbar display. When a
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520 file is opened up, the @samp{[+]} changes to @samp{[-]}; you can click
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521 on that box to ``close up'' that file (hide its contents).
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522
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523 Some major modes, including Rmail mode, Info, and GUD, have
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524 specialized ways of putting useful items into the speedbar for you to
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525 select. For example, in Rmail mode, the speedbar shows a list of Rmail
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526 files, and lets you move the current message to another Rmail file by
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527 clicking on its @samp{<M>} box.
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528
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529 A speedbar belongs to one Emacs frame, and always operates on that
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530 frame. If you use multiple frames, you can make a speedbar for some or
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531 all of the frames; type @kbd{M-x speedbar} in any given frame to make a
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532 speedbar for it.
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533
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534 @node Multiple Displays
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535 @section Multiple Displays
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536 @cindex multiple displays
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537
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538 A single Emacs can talk to more than one X display. Initially, Emacs
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539 uses just one display---the one specified with the @env{DISPLAY}
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540 environment variable or with the @samp{--display} option (@pxref{Initial
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541 Options}). To connect to another display, use the command
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542 @code{make-frame-on-display}:
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543
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544 @findex make-frame-on-display
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545 @table @kbd
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546 @item M-x make-frame-on-display @key{RET} @var{display} @key{RET}
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547 Create a new frame on display @var{display}.
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548 @end table
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549
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550 A single X server can handle more than one screen. When you open
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551 frames on two screens belonging to one server, Emacs knows they share a
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552 single keyboard, and it treats all the commands arriving from these
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553 screens as a single stream of input.
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554
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555 When you open frames on different X servers, Emacs makes a separate
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556 input stream for each server. This way, two users can type
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557 simultaneously on the two displays, and Emacs will not garble their
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558 input. Each server also has its own selected frame. The commands you
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559 enter with a particular X server apply to that server's selected frame.
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560
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561 Despite these features, people using the same Emacs job from different
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562 displays can still interfere with each other if they are not careful.
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563 For example, if any one types @kbd{C-x C-c}, that exits the Emacs job
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564 for all of them!
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565
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566 @node Special Buffer Frames
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567 @section Special Buffer Frames
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568
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569 @vindex special-display-buffer-names
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570 You can make certain chosen buffers, for which Emacs normally creates
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571 a second window when you have just one window, appear in special frames
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572 of their own. To do this, set the variable
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573 @code{special-display-buffer-names} to a list of buffer names; any
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574 buffer whose name is in that list automatically gets a special frame,
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575 when an Emacs command wants to display it ``in another window.''
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576
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577 For example, if you set the variable this way,
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578
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579 @example
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580 (setq special-display-buffer-names
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581 '("*Completions*" "*grep*" "*tex-shell*"))
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582 @end example
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583
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584 @noindent
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585 then completion lists, @code{grep} output and the @TeX{} mode shell
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586 buffer get individual frames of their own. These frames, and the
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587 windows in them, are never automatically split or reused for any other
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588 buffers. They continue to show the buffers they were created for,
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589 unless you alter them by hand. Killing the special buffer deletes its
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590 frame automatically.
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591
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592 @vindex special-display-regexps
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593 More generally, you can set @code{special-display-regexps} to a list
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594 of regular expressions; then a buffer gets its own frame if its name
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595 matches any of those regular expressions. (Once again, this applies only
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596 to buffers that normally get displayed for you in a separate window.)
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597
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598 @vindex special-display-frame-alist
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599 The variable @code{special-display-frame-alist} specifies the frame
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600 parameters for these frames. It has a default value, so you don't need
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601 to set it.
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602
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603 For those who know Lisp, an element of
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604 @code{special-display-buffer-names} or @code{special-display-regexps}
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605 can also be a list. Then the first element is the buffer name or
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606 regular expression; the rest of the list specifies how to create the
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607 frame. It can be an association list specifying frame parameter values;
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608 these values take precedence over parameter values specified in
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609 @code{special-display-frame-alist}. Alternatively, it can have this
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610 form:
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611
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612 @example
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613 (@var{function} @var{args}...)
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614 @end example
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615
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616 @noindent
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617 where @var{function} is a symbol. Then the frame is constructed by
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618 calling @var{function}; its first argument is the buffer, and its
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619 remaining arguments are @var{args}.
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620
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621 An analogous feature lets you specify buffers which should be
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622 displayed in the selected window. @xref{Force Same Window}. The
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623 same-window feature takes precedence over the special-frame feature;
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624 therefore, if you add a buffer name to
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625 @code{special-display-buffer-names} and it has no effect, check to see
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626 whether that feature is also in use for the same buffer name.
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627
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628 @node Frame Parameters
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629 @section Setting Frame Parameters
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630 @cindex colors
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631 @cindex Auto-Raise mode
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632 @cindex Auto-Lower mode
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633
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634 This section describes commands for altering the display style and
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635 window management behavior of the selected frame.
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636
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637 @findex set-foreground-color
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638 @findex set-background-color
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639 @findex set-cursor-color
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640 @findex set-mouse-color
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641 @findex set-border-color
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642 @findex auto-raise-mode
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643 @findex auto-lower-mode
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644 @table @kbd
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645 @item M-x set-foreground-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET}
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646 Specify color @var{color} for the foreground of the selected frame.
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647 (This also changes the foreground color of the default face.)
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648
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649 @item M-x set-background-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET}
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650 Specify color @var{color} for the background of the selected frame.
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651 (This also changes the background color of the default face.)
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652
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653 @item M-x set-cursor-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET}
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654 Specify color @var{color} for the cursor of the selected frame.
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655
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656 @item M-x set-mouse-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET}
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657 Specify color @var{color} for the mouse cursor when it is over the
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658 selected frame.
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659
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660 @item M-x set-border-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET}
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661 Specify color @var{color} for the border of the selected frame.
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662
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663 @item M-x list-colors-display
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664 Display the defined color names and show what the colors look like.
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665 This command is somewhat slow.
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666
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667 @item M-x auto-raise-mode
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668 Toggle whether or not the selected frame should auto-raise. Auto-raise
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669 means that every time you move the mouse onto the frame, it raises the
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670 frame.
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671
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672 Note that this auto-raise feature is implemented by Emacs itself. Some
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673 window managers also implement auto-raise. If you enable auto-raise for
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674 Emacs frames in your X window manager, it should work, but it is beyond
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675 Emacs's control and therefore @code{auto-raise-mode} has no effect on
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676 it.
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677
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678 @item M-x auto-lower-mode
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679 Toggle whether or not the selected frame should auto-lower.
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680 Auto-lower means that every time you move the mouse off the frame,
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681 the frame moves to the bottom of the stack of X windows.
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682
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683 The command @code{auto-lower-mode} has no effect on auto-lower
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684 implemented by the X window manager. To control that, you must use
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685 the appropriate window manager features.
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686
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687 @findex set-frame-font
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688 @item M-x set-frame-font @key{RET} @var{font} @key{RET}
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689 @cindex font (principal)
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690 Specify font @var{font} as the principal font for the selected frame.
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691 The principal font controls several face attributes of the
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692 @code{default} face (@pxref{Faces}). For example, if the principal font
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693 has a height of 12 pt, all text will be drawn in 12 pt fonts, unless you
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694 use another face that specifies a different height. @xref{Font X}, for
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695 ways to list the available fonts on your system.
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696
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697 @kindex S-Mouse-1
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698 You can also set a frame's principal font through a pop-up menu.
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699 Press @kbd{S-Mouse-1} to activate this menu.
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700 @end table
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701
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702 In Emacs versions that use an X toolkit, the color-setting and
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703 font-setting functions don't affect menus and the menu bar, since they
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704 are displayed by their own widget classes. To change the appearance of
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705 the menus and menu bar, you must use X resources (@pxref{Resources}).
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706 @xref{Colors}, regarding colors. @xref{Font X}, regarding choice of
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707 font.
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708
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709 Colors, fonts, and other attributes of the frame's display can also
80a860105400 (Creating Frame): One more example of using default-frame-alist.
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710 be customized by setting frame parameters in the variable
80a860105400 (Creating Frame): One more example of using default-frame-alist.
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711 @code{default-frame-alist} (@pxref{Creating Frames}). For a detailed
80a860105400 (Creating Frame): One more example of using default-frame-alist.
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712 description of frame parameters and customization, see @ref{Frame
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713 Parameters,,, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}.
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714
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715 @node Scroll Bars
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716 @section Scroll Bars
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717 @cindex Scroll Bar mode
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718 @cindex mode, Scroll Bar
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719
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720 When using X, Emacs normally makes a @dfn{scroll bar} at the left of
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721 each Emacs window.@footnote{Placing it at the left is usually more
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722 useful with overlapping frames with text starting at the left margin.}
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723 The scroll bar runs the height of the window, and shows a moving
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724 rectangular inner box which represents the portion of the buffer
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725 currently displayed. The entire height of the scroll bar represents the
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726 entire length of the buffer.
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727
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728 You can use @kbd{Mouse-2} (normally, the middle button) in the scroll
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729 bar to move or drag the inner box up and down. If you move it to the
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730 top of the scroll bar, you see the top of the buffer. If you move it to
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731 the bottom of the scroll bar, you see the bottom of the buffer.
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732
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733 The left and right buttons in the scroll bar scroll by controlled
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734 increments. @kbd{Mouse-1} (normally, the left button) moves the line at
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735 the level where you click up to the top of the window. @kbd{Mouse-3}
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736 (normally, the right button) moves the line at the top of the window
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737 down to the level where you click. By clicking repeatedly in the same
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738 place, you can scroll by the same distance over and over.
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739
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740 If you are using Emacs's own implementation of scroll bars, as opposed
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ffd94915c70a *** empty log message ***
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741 to scroll bars from an X toolkit, you can also click @kbd{C-Mouse-2} in
ffd94915c70a *** empty log message ***
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742 the scroll bar to split a window vertically. The split occurs on the
ffd94915c70a *** empty log message ***
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743 line where you click.
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744
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745 @findex scroll-bar-mode
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746 @vindex scroll-bar-mode
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747 You can enable or disable Scroll Bar mode with the command @kbd{M-x
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748 scroll-bar-mode}. With no argument, it toggles the use of scroll bars.
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749 With an argument, it turns use of scroll bars on if and only if the
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750 argument is positive. This command applies to all frames, including
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751 frames yet to be created. Customize the option @code{scroll-bar-mode}
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752 to control the use of scroll bars at startup. You can use it to specify
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753 that they are placed at the right of windows if you prefer that. You
d9c8c29ec5c4 Features may work other than under X.
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754 can use the X resource @samp{verticalScrollBars} to control the initial
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755 setting of Scroll Bar mode similarly. @xref{Resources}.
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756
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757 @findex toggle-scroll-bar
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758 To enable or disable scroll bars for just the selected frame, use the
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759 @kbd{M-x toggle-scroll-bar} command.
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760
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761 @vindex scroll-bar-width
d6339c5b09f1 (Scroll Bars): Document the scroll-bar-width frame parameter.
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762 @cindex width of the scroll bar
d6339c5b09f1 (Scroll Bars): Document the scroll-bar-width frame parameter.
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diff changeset
763 You can control the scroll bar width by changing the value of the
d6339c5b09f1 (Scroll Bars): Document the scroll-bar-width frame parameter.
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764 @code{scroll-bar-width} frame parameter.
d6339c5b09f1 (Scroll Bars): Document the scroll-bar-width frame parameter.
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765
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766 @node Wheeled Mice
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767 @section Scrolling With ``Wheeled'' Mice
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768
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769 @cindex mouse wheel
36864
f9e2a2533bef mouse-wheel-mode
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770 @cindex wheel, mouse
f9e2a2533bef mouse-wheel-mode
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771 @findex mouse-wheel-mode
f9e2a2533bef mouse-wheel-mode
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772 @cindex Mouse Wheel minor mode
f9e2a2533bef mouse-wheel-mode
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773 @cindex mode, Mouse Wheel
f9e2a2533bef mouse-wheel-mode
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774 Some mice have a ``wheel'' instead of a third button. You can
f9e2a2533bef mouse-wheel-mode
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775 usually click the wheel to act as either @kbd{Mouse-2} or
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776 @kbd{Mouse-3}, depending on the setup. You can also use the wheel to
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777 scroll windows instead of using the scroll bar or keyboard commands.
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f9e2a2533bef mouse-wheel-mode
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778 To do so, turn on Mouse Wheel global minor mode with the command
f9e2a2533bef mouse-wheel-mode
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779 @kbd{M-x mouse-wheel-mode} or by customizing the option
f9e2a2533bef mouse-wheel-mode
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780 @code{mouse-wheel-mode}. Support for the wheel depends on the system
f9e2a2533bef mouse-wheel-mode
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781 generating appropriate events for Emacs.
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782
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783 @vindex mouse-wheel-follow-mouse
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784 @vindex mouse-wheel-scroll-amount
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785 The variables @code{mouse-wheel-follow-mouse} and
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786 @code{mouse-wheel-scroll-amount} determine where and by how much
348cbace7a4f Update mouse-wheel section.
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diff changeset
787 buffers are scrolled.
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788
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789 @node Menu Bars
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790 @section Menu Bars
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791 @cindex Menu Bar mode
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792 @cindex mode, Menu Bar
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793
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794 You can turn display of menu bars on or off with @kbd{M-x
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diff changeset
795 menu-bar-mode} or by customizing the option @code{menu-bar-mode}.
f5c313af6821 Tool bar, mention c-mouse-3.
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796 With no argument, this command toggles Menu Bar mode, a
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797 minor mode. With an argument, the command turns Menu Bar mode on if the
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798 argument is positive, off if the argument is not positive. You can use
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799 the X resource @samp{menuBarLines} to control the initial setting of
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800 Menu Bar mode. @xref{Resources}.
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parents: 31187
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801
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802 @kindex C-Mouse-3 @r{(when menu bar is disabled)}
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803 Expert users often turn off the menu bar, especially on text-only
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804 terminals, where this makes one additional line available for text.
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805 If the menu bar is off, you can still pop up a menu of its contents
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806 with @kbd{C-Mouse-3} on a display which supports pop-up menus.
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807 @xref{Menu Mouse Clicks}.
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808
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809 @xref{Menu Bar}, for information on how to invoke commands with the
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810 menu bar. @xref{X Resources}, for how to customize the menu bar
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811 menus.
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812
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813 @node Tool Bars
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814 @section Tool Bars
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815 @cindex Tool Bar mode
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816 @cindex mode, Tool Bar
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817 @cindex icons, tool bar
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818
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819 The @dfn{tool bar} is a line (or multiple lines) of icons at the top
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820 of the Emacs window. You can click on these icons with the mouse
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821 to do various jobs.
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822
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823 The global tool bar contains general commands. Some major modes
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824 define their own tool bars to replace it. A few ``special'' modes
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825 that are not designed for ordinary editing remove some items from the
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826 global tool bar.
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827
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828 Tool bars work only on a graphical display. The tool bar uses colored
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829 XPM icons if Emacs was built with XPM support. Otherwise, the tool
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830 bar uses monochrome icons (PBM or XBM format).
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831
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832 You can turn display of tool bars on or off with @kbd{M-x
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833 tool-bar-mode}.
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834
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835 @node Dialog Boxes
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836 @section Using Dialog Boxes
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837 @cindex dialog boxes
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838
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839 @vindex use-dialog-box
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840 A dialog box is a special kind of menu for asking you a yes-or-no
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841 question or some other special question. Many Emacs commands use a
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842 dialog box to ask a yes-or-no question, if you used the mouse to
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843 invoke the command to begin with.
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844
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845 You can customize the option @code{use-dialog-box} to suppress the
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846 use of dialog boxes. This also controls whether to use file selection
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847 windows (but those are not supported on all platforms).
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848
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849 @node Tooltips
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850 @section Tooltips (or ``Balloon Help'')
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851
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852 @cindex balloon help
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853 Tooltips are small X windows displaying a help string at the current
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854 mouse position, typically over text---including the mode line---which
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855 can be activated with the mouse or other keys. (This facility is
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856 sometimes known as @dfn{balloon help}.) Help text may be available for
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857 menu items too.
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858
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859 @findex tooltip-mode
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860 To use tooltips, enable Tooltip mode with the command @kbd{M-x
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861 tooltip-mode}. The customization group @code{tooltip} controls
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862 various aspects of how tooltips work. When Tooltip mode is disabled,
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863 the help text is displayed in the echo area instead.
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864
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865 @xref{X Resources}, for information on customizing the windows
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866 that display tooltips.
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867
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868 @node Mouse Avoidance
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869 @section Mouse Avoidance
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870 @cindex avoiding mouse in the way of your typing
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871 @cindex mouse avoidance
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872
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873 @vindex mouse-avoidance-mode
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874 Mouse Avoidance mode keeps the window system mouse pointer away from
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875 point, to avoid obscuring text. Whenever it moves the mouse, it also
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876 raises the frame. To use Mouse Avoidance mode, customize the option
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877 @code{mouse-avoidance-mode}. You can set this to various values to
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878 move the mouse in several ways:
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879
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880 @table @code
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881 @item banish
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882 Move the mouse to the upper-right corner on any key-press;
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883 @item exile
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884 Move the mouse to the corner only if the cursor gets too close,
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885 and allow it to return once the cursor is out of the way;
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886 @item jump
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887 If the cursor gets too close to the mouse, displace the mouse
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888 a random distance & direction;
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889 @item animate
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890 As @code{jump}, but shows steps along the way for illusion of motion;
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891 @item cat-and-mouse
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892 The same as @code{animate};
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893 @item proteus
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894 As @code{animate}, but changes the shape of the mouse pointer too.
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895 @end table
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896
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897 @findex mouse-avoidance-mode
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898 You can also use the command @kbd{M-x mouse-avoidance-mode} to enable
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899 the mode.
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900
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901 @node Non-Window Terminals
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902 @section Non-Window Terminals
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903 @cindex non-window terminals
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904 @cindex single-frame terminals
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905
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906 If your terminal does not have a window system that Emacs supports,
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907 then it can display only one Emacs frame at a time. However, you can
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908 still create multiple Emacs frames, and switch between them. Switching
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909 frames on these terminals is much like switching between different
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910 window configurations.
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911
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912 Use @kbd{C-x 5 2} to create a new frame and switch to it; use @kbd{C-x
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913 5 o} to cycle through the existing frames; use @kbd{C-x 5 0} to delete
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914 the current frame.
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915
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916 Each frame has a number to distinguish it. If your terminal can
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917 display only one frame at a time, the selected frame's number @var{n}
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918 appears near the beginning of the mode line, in the form
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919 @samp{F@var{n}}.
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920
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921 @findex set-frame-name
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922 @findex select-frame-by-name
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923 @samp{F@var{n}} is actually the frame's name. You can also specify a
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924 different name if you wish, and you can select a frame by its name. Use
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925 the command @kbd{M-x set-frame-name @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET}} to
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926 specify a new name for the selected frame, and use @kbd{M-x
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927 select-frame-by-name @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET}} to select a frame
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928 according to its name. The name you specify appears in the mode line
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929 when the frame is selected.
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930
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931 @node XTerm Mouse
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932 @section Using a Mouse in Terminal Emulators
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933 @cindex xterm, mouse support
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934 @cindex terminal emulators, mouse support
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935
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936 Some terminal emulators under X support mouse clicks in the terminal
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937 window. In a terminal emulator which is compatible with @code{xterm},
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938 you can use @kbd{M-x xterm-mouse-mode} to enable simple use of the
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939 mouse---only single clicks are supported. The normal @code{xterm} mouse
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940 functionality is still available by holding down the @kbd{SHIFT} key
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941 when you press the mouse button. The Linux console supports this
f9e2a2533bef mouse-wheel-mode
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942 mode if it has support for the mouse enabled, e.g.@: using the
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943 @command{gpm} daemon.