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(UNBLOCK_INPUT_TO): Always call UNBLOCK_INPUT.
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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
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4 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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6 @setfilename ../info/frames
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7 @node Frames, Positions, Windows, Top
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8 @chapter Frames
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9 @cindex frame
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10
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11 A @dfn{frame} is a rectangle on the screen that contains one or more
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14 horizontally into smaller windows.
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16 @cindex terminal frame
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17 When Emacs runs on a text-only terminal, it starts with one
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18 @dfn{terminal frame}. If you create additional ones, Emacs displays
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19 one and only one at any given time---on the terminal screen, of course.
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21 @cindex window frame
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22 When Emacs communicates directly with a supported window system, such
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23 as X, it does not have a terminal frame; instead, it starts with
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24 a single @dfn{window frame}, but you can create more, and Emacs can
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25 display several such frames at once as is usual for window systems.
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27 @defun framep object
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28 This predicate returns a non-@code{nil} value if @var{object} is a
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29 frame, and @code{nil} otherwise. For a frame, the value indicates which
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30 kind of display the frame uses:
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31
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32 @table @code
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33 @item x
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34 The frame is displayed in an X window.
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35 @item t
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36 A terminal frame on a character display.
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37 @item mac
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38 The frame is displayed on a Macintosh.
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39 @item w32
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40 The frame is displayed on MS-Windows 9X/NT.
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41 @item pc
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42 The frame is displayed on an MS-DOS terminal.
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43 @end table
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44 @end defun
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46 @menu
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47 * Creating Frames:: Creating additional frames.
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48 * Multiple Displays:: Creating frames on other displays.
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49 * Frame Parameters:: Controlling frame size, position, font, etc.
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50 * Frame Titles:: Automatic updating of frame titles.
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51 * Deleting Frames:: Frames last until explicitly deleted.
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52 * Finding All Frames:: How to examine all existing frames.
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53 * Frames and Windows:: A frame contains windows;
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54 display of text always works through windows.
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55 * Minibuffers and Frames:: How a frame finds the minibuffer to use.
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56 * Input Focus:: Specifying the selected frame.
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57 * Visibility of Frames:: Frames may be visible or invisible, or icons.
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58 * Raising and Lowering:: Raising a frame makes it hide other windows;
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59 lowering it makes the others hide it.
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60 * Frame Configurations:: Saving the state of all frames.
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61 * Mouse Tracking:: Getting events that say when the mouse moves.
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62 * Mouse Position:: Asking where the mouse is, or moving it.
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63 * Pop-Up Menus:: Displaying a menu for the user to select from.
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64 * Dialog Boxes:: Displaying a box to ask yes or no.
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65 * Pointer Shapes:: Specifying the shape of the mouse pointer.
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66 * Window System Selections:: Transferring text to and from other X clients.
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67 * Color Names:: Getting the definitions of color names.
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68 * Text Terminal Colors:: Defining colors for text-only terminals.
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69 * Resources:: Getting resource values from the server.
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70 * Display Feature Testing:: Determining the features of a terminal.
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71 @end menu
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73 @xref{Display}, for information about the related topic of
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74 controlling Emacs redisplay.
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76 @node Creating Frames
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77 @section Creating Frames
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78
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79 To create a new frame, call the function @code{make-frame}.
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81 @defun make-frame &optional alist
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82 This function creates and returns a new frame, displaying the current
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83 buffer. If you are using a supported window system, it makes a window
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84 frame; otherwise, it makes a terminal frame.
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86 The argument is an alist specifying frame parameters. Any parameters
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89 default from the standard X resources or whatever is used instead on
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90 your system.
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92 The set of possible parameters depends in principle on what kind of
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93 window system Emacs uses to display its frames. @xref{Window Frame
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96 This function itself does not make the new frame the selected frame.
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97 @xref{Input Focus}. The previously selected frame remains selected.
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98 However, the window system may select the new frame for its own reasons,
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99 for instance if the frame appears under the mouse pointer and your
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100 setup is for focus to follow the pointer.
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101 @end defun
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103 @defvar before-make-frame-hook
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104 A normal hook run by @code{make-frame} before it actually creates the
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105 frame.
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106 @end defvar
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108 @defvar after-make-frame-functions
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109 @tindex after-make-frame-functions
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110 An abnormal hook run by @code{make-frame} after it creates the frame.
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111 Each function in @code{after-make-frame-functions} receives one argument, the
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112 frame just created.
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113 @end defvar
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115 @node Multiple Displays
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116 @section Multiple Displays
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117 @cindex multiple X displays
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118 @cindex displays, multiple
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120 A single Emacs can talk to more than one X display.
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121 Initially, Emacs uses just one display---the one chosen with the
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125 the @code{display} frame parameter when you create the frame.
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127 Emacs treats each X server as a separate terminal, giving each one its
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128 own selected frame and its own minibuffer windows. However, only one of
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129 those frames is ``@emph{the} selected frame'' at any given moment, see
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130 @ref{Input Focus}.
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132 A few Lisp variables are @dfn{terminal-local}; that is, they have a
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137 @code{system-key-alist}. They are always terminal-local, and can never
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140 A single X server can handle more than one screen. A display name
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145 terminal.
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147 @deffn Command make-frame-on-display display &optional parameters
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148 This creates and returns a new frame on display @var{display}, taking
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149 the other frame parameters from @var{parameters}. Aside from the
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161 This function opens a connection to the X display @var{display}. It
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183 This function closes the connection to display @var{display}. Before
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185 that display (@pxref{Deleting Frames}).
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195 Frame parameters exist mostly for the sake of window systems. A
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196 terminal frame has a few parameters, mostly for compatibility's sake;
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206 * Window Frame Parameters:: List of frame parameters for window systems.
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216 @defun frame-parameter frame parameter
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217 @tindex frame-parameter
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219 symbol) of @var{frame}. If @var{frame} is @code{nil}, it returns the
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220 selected frame's parameter. If @var{frame} has no setting for
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221 @var{parameter}, this function returns @code{nil}.
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224 @defun frame-parameters &optional frame
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227 @code{nil} or omitted, this returns the selected frame's parameters
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231 This function alters the parameters of frame @var{frame} based on the
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236 frame.
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239 @defun modify-all-frames-parameters alist
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240 This function alters the frame parameters of all existing frames
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241 according to @var{alist}, then modifies @code{default-frame-alist}
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243 parameter values to frames that will be created henceforth.
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250 by setting @code{initial-frame-alist} in your init file (@pxref{Init File}).
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254 the initial window frame. You can set this variable to specify the
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255 appearance of the initial frame without altering subsequent frames.
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256 Each element has the form:
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258 @example
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259 (@var{parameter} . @var{value})
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260 @end example
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262 Emacs creates the initial frame before it reads your init
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263 file. After reading that file, Emacs checks @code{initial-frame-alist},
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264 and applies the parameter settings in the altered value to the already
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267 If these settings affect the frame geometry and appearance, you'll see
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268 the frame appear with the wrong ones and then change to the specified
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269 ones. If that bothers you, you can specify the same geometry and
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270 appearance with X resources; those do take effect before the frame is
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273 X resource settings typically apply to all frames. If you want to
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276 this. Specify parameters in @code{default-frame-alist} to override the
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277 X resources for subsequent frames; then, to prevent these from affecting
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278 the initial frame, specify the same parameters in
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294 Emacs frames---the first frame, and subsequent frames. When using the X
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295 Window System, you can get the same results by means of X resources
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296 in many cases.
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311 @subsection Window Frame Parameters
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316 @code{width}, @code{buffer-list} and @code{buffer-predicate} provide
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328 @item title
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329 If a frame has a non-@code{nil} title, it appears in the window system's
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334 @xref{Frame Titles}.
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338 title, if the @code{title} parameter is unspecified or @code{nil}. If
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357 positive.
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359 Some window managers ignore program-specified positions. If you want to
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360 be sure the position you specify is not ignored, specify a
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361 non-@code{nil} value for the @code{user-position} parameter as well.
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364 The screen position of the top edge, in pixels, with respect to the
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365 top edge of the screen. The value may be a positive number @var{pos},
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369 A negative number @minus{}@var{pos}, or a list of the form @code{(-
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376 Some window managers ignore program-specified positions. If you want to
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377 be sure the position you specify is not ignored, specify a
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378 non-@code{nil} value for the @code{user-position} parameter as well.
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380 @item icon-left
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381 The screen position of the left edge @emph{of the frame's icon}, in
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382 pixels, counting from the left edge of the screen. This takes effect if
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383 and when the frame is iconified.
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389 @item icon-top
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390 The screen position of the top edge @emph{of the frame's icon}, in
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392 and when the frame is iconified.
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394 @item user-position
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395 When you create a frame and specify its screen position with the
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396 @code{left} and @code{top} parameters, use this parameter to say whether
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397 the specified position was user-specified (explicitly requested in some
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399 A non-@code{nil} value says the position was user-specified.
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401 Window managers generally heed user-specified positions, and some heed
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404 place it with the mouse. Some window managers, including @code{twm},
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406 ignore them.
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408 When you call @code{make-frame}, you should specify a non-@code{nil}
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411 @code{nil}.
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422 Specify that width, height or both shall be set to the size of the screen.
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429 The number of the window-system window used by the frame
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441 @item buffer-predicate
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442 The buffer-predicate function for this frame. The function
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443 @code{other-buffer} uses this predicate (from the selected frame) to
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444 decide which buffers it should consider, if the predicate is not
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446 each buffer; if the predicate returns a non-@code{nil} value, it
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447 considers that buffer.
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448
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449 @item buffer-list
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450 A list of buffers that have been selected in this frame,
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451 ordered most-recently-selected first.
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452
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453 @item auto-raise
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454 Whether selecting the frame raises it (non-@code{nil} means yes).
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455
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456 @item auto-lower
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457 Whether deselecting the frame lowers it (non-@code{nil} means yes).
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458
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459 @item vertical-scroll-bars
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460 Whether the frame has scroll bars for vertical scrolling, and which side
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461 of the frame they should be on. The possible values are @code{left},
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462 @code{right}, and @code{nil} for no scroll bars.
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463
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464 @item horizontal-scroll-bars
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465 Whether the frame has scroll bars for horizontal scrolling
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466 (non-@code{nil} means yes). (Horizontal scroll bars are not currently
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467 implemented.)
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468
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469 @item scroll-bar-width
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470 The width of the vertical scroll bar, in pixels,
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471 or @code{nil} meaning to use the default width.
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472
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473 @item icon-type
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474 The type of icon to use for this frame when it is iconified. If the
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475 value is a string, that specifies a file containing a bitmap to use.
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476 Any other non-@code{nil} value specifies the default bitmap icon (a
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477 picture of a gnu); @code{nil} specifies a text icon.
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478
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479 @item icon-name
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480 The name to use in the icon for this frame, when and if the icon
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481 appears. If this is @code{nil}, the frame's title is used.
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482
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483 @item background-mode
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484 This parameter is either @code{dark} or @code{light}, according
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485 to whether the background color is a light one or a dark one.
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486
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487 @item tty-color-mode
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488 @cindex standard colors for character terminals
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489 This parameter overrides the terminal's color support as given by the
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490 system's terminal capabilities database in that this parameter's value
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491 specifies the color mode to use in terminal frames. The value can be
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492 either a symbol or a number. A number specifies the number of colors
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493 to use (and, indirectly, what commands to issue to produce each
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494 color). For example, @code{(tty-color-mode . 8)} forces Emacs to use
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495 the ANSI escape sequences for 8 standard text colors; and a value of
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496 -1 means Emacs should turn off color support. If the parameter's
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497 value is a symbol, that symbol is looked up in the alist
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498 @code{tty-color-mode-alist}, and if found, the associated number is
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499 used as the color support mode.
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500
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501 @item display-type
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502 This parameter describes the range of possible colors that can be used
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503 in this frame. Its value is @code{color}, @code{grayscale} or
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504 @code{mono}.
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505
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506 @item cursor-type
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507 How to display the cursor. Legitimate values are:
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508
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509 @table @code
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510 @item box
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511 Display a filled box. (This is the default.)
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512 @item hollow
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513 Display a hollow box.
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514 @item nil
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515 Don't display a cursor.
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516 @item bar
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517 Display a vertical bar between characters.
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518 @item (bar . @var{width})
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519 Display a vertical bar @var{width} pixels wide between characters.
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520 @item hbar
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521 Display a horizontal bar.
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522 @item (hbar . @var{height})
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523 Display a horizontal bar @var{height} pixels high.
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524 @end table
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525
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526 @vindex cursor-type
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527 The buffer-local variable @code{cursor-type} overrides the value of
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528 the @code{cursor-type} frame parameter, but if it is @code{t}, that
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529 means to use the cursor specified for the frame.
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530
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531 @item border-width
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532 The width in pixels of the window border.
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533
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534 @item internal-border-width
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535 The distance in pixels between text and border.
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536
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537 @item left-fringe
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538 @itemx right-fringe
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539 The default width of the left and right fringes of windows in this
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540 frame (@pxref{Fringes}). If either of these is zero, that effectively
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541 removes the corresponding fringe. A value of @code{nil} stands for
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542 the standard fringe width, which is the width needed to display the
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543 fringe bitmaps.
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544
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545 The combined fringe widths must add up to an integral number of
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546 columns, so the actual default fringe widths for the frame may be
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547 larger than the specified values. The extra width needed to reach an
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548 acceptable total is distributed evenly between the left and right
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549 fringe. However, you can force one fringe or the other to a precise
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550 width by specifying that width as a negative integer. If both widths are
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551 negative, only the left fringe gets the specified width.
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552
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553 @item unsplittable
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554 If non-@code{nil}, this frame's window is never split automatically.
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555
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556 @item visibility
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557 The state of visibility of the frame. There are three possibilities:
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558 @code{nil} for invisible, @code{t} for visible, and @code{icon} for
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559 iconified. @xref{Visibility of Frames}.
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560
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561 @item menu-bar-lines
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562 The number of lines to allocate at the top of the frame for a menu
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563 bar. The default is 1. A value of @code{nil} means don't display a
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564 menu bar. @xref{Menu Bar}. (The X toolkit and GTK allow at most one
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565 menu bar line; they treat larger values as 1.)
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567 @item tool-bar-lines
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568 The number of lines to use for the tool bar. A value of @code{nil}
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569 means don't display a tool bar. (GTK allows at most one tool bar line;
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570 it treats larger values as 1.)
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571
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572 @item screen-gamma
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573 @cindex gamma correction
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574 If this is a number, Emacs performs ``gamma correction'' which adjusts
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575 the brightness of all colors. The value should be the screen gamma of
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576 your display, a floating point number.
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578 Usual PC monitors have a screen gamma of 2.2, so color values in
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579 Emacs, and in X windows generally, are calibrated to display properly
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580 on a monitor with that gamma value. If you specify 2.2 for
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581 @code{screen-gamma}, that means no correction is needed. Other values
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582 request correction, designed to make the corrected colors appear on
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583 your screen the way they would have appeared without correction on an
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584 ordinary monitor with a gamma value of 2.2.
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585
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586 If your monitor displays colors too light, you should specify a
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587 @code{screen-gamma} value smaller than 2.2. This requests correction
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588 that makes colors darker. A screen gamma value of 1.5 may give good
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589 results for LCD color displays.
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591 @item line-spacing
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592 Additional space put below text lines, in pixels (a positive integer)
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594 @item wait-for-wm
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595 If non-@code{nil}, tell Xt to wait for the window manager to confirm
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596 geometry changes. Some window managers, including versions of Fvwm2
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597 and KDE, fail to confirm, so Xt hangs. Set this to @code{nil} to
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598 prevent hanging with those window managers.
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599
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600 @ignore
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603 The X window number of the window that should be the parent of this one.
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606 it and see if it works.)
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607 @end ignore
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608 @end table
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610 @defvar blink-cursor-alist
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611 This variable specifies how to blink the cursor. Each element has the
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612 form @code{(@var{on-state} . @var{off-state})}. Whenever the cursor
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613 type equals @var{on-state} (comparing using @code{equal}), Emacs uses
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614 @var{off-state} to specify what the cursor looks like when it blinks
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615 ``off''. Both @var{on-state} and @var{off-state} should be suitable
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616 values for the @code{cursor-type} frame parameter.
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618 There are various defaults for how to blink each type of cursor,
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619 if the type is not mentioned as an @var{on-state} here. Changes
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620 in this variable do not take effect immediately, because the variable
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621 is examined only when you specify a cursor type for a frame.
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622 @end defvar
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624 These frame parameters are semi-obsolete in that they are automatically
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625 equivalent to particular face attributes of particular faces.
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626
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627 @table @code
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628 @item font
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629 The name of the font for displaying text in the frame. This is a
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630 string, either a valid font name for your system or the name of an Emacs
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631 fontset (@pxref{Fontsets}). It is equivalent to the @code{font}
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632 attribute of the @code{default} face.
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633
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634 @item foreground-color
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635 The color to use for the image of a character. It is equivalent to
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636 the @code{:foreground} attribute of the @code{default} face.
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637
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638 @item background-color
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639 The color to use for the background of characters. It is equivalent to
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640 the @code{:background} attribute of the @code{default} face.
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641
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642 @item mouse-color
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643 The color for the mouse pointer. It is equivalent to the @code{:background}
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644 attribute of the @code{mouse} face.
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645
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646 @item cursor-color
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647 The color for the cursor that shows point. It is equivalent to the
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648 @code{:background} attribute of the @code{cursor} face.
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649
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650 @item border-color
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651 The color for the border of the frame. It is equivalent to the
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652 @code{:background} attribute of the @code{border} face.
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653
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654 @item scroll-bar-foreground
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655 If non-@code{nil}, the color for the foreground of scroll bars. It is
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656 equivalent to the @code{:foreground} attribute of the
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657 @code{scroll-bar} face.
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658
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659 @item scroll-bar-background
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660 If non-@code{nil}, the color for the background of scroll bars. It is
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661 equivalent to the @code{:background} attribute of the
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662 @code{scroll-bar} face.
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663 @end table
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664
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665 @node Size and Position
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666 @subsection Frame Size And Position
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667 @cindex size of frame
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668 @cindex screen size
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669 @cindex frame size
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670 @cindex resize frame
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672 You can read or change the size and position of a frame using the
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673 frame parameters @code{left}, @code{top}, @code{height}, and
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674 @code{width}. Whatever geometry parameters you don't specify are chosen
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675 by the window manager in its usual fashion.
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676
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677 Here are some special features for working with sizes and positions.
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678 (For the precise meaning of ``selected frame'' used by these functions,
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679 see @ref{Input Focus}.)
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681 @defun set-frame-position frame left top
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682 This function sets the position of the top left corner of @var{frame} to
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683 @var{left} and @var{top}. These arguments are measured in pixels, and
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684 normally count from the top left corner of the screen.
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686 Negative parameter values position the bottom edge of the window up from
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687 the bottom edge of the screen, or the right window edge to the left of
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688 the right edge of the screen. It would probably be better if the values
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691 but it seems inadvisable to change that now.
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692 @end defun
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694 @defun frame-height &optional frame
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695 @defunx frame-width &optional frame
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696 These functions return the height and width of @var{frame}, measured in
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697 lines and columns. If you don't supply @var{frame}, they use the
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698 selected frame.
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699 @end defun
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700
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701 @defun screen-height
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702 @defunx screen-width
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703 These functions are old aliases for @code{frame-height} and
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704 @code{frame-width}. When you are using a non-window terminal, the size
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705 of the frame is normally the same as the size of the terminal screen.
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706 @end defun
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708 @defun frame-pixel-height &optional frame
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709 @defunx frame-pixel-width &optional frame
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710 These functions return the height and width of @var{frame}, measured in
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711 pixels. If you don't supply @var{frame}, they use the selected frame.
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712 @end defun
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714 @defun frame-char-height &optional frame
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715 @defunx frame-char-width &optional frame
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716 These functions return the height and width of a character in
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717 @var{frame}, measured in pixels. The values depend on the choice of
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718 font. If you don't supply @var{frame}, these functions use the selected
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719 frame.
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722 @defun set-frame-size frame cols rows
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723 This function sets the size of @var{frame}, measured in characters;
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724 @var{cols} and @var{rows} specify the new width and height.
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725
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726 To set the size based on values measured in pixels, use
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727 @code{frame-char-height} and @code{frame-char-width} to convert
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728 them to units of characters.
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729 @end defun
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730
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731 @defun set-frame-height frame lines &optional pretend
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732 This function resizes @var{frame} to a height of @var{lines} lines. The
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734 fit.
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735
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736 If @var{pretend} is non-@code{nil}, then Emacs displays @var{lines}
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737 lines of output in @var{frame}, but does not change its value for the
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738 actual height of the frame. This is only useful for a terminal frame.
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739 Using a smaller height than the terminal actually implements may be
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740 useful to reproduce behavior observed on a smaller screen, or if the
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741 terminal malfunctions when using its whole screen. Setting the frame
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742 height ``for real'' does not always work, because knowing the correct
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743 actual size may be necessary for correct cursor positioning on a
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744 terminal frame.
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745 @end defun
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746
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747 @defun set-frame-width frame width &optional pretend
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748 This function sets the width of @var{frame}, measured in characters.
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749 The argument @var{pretend} has the same meaning as in
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750 @code{set-frame-height}.
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751 @end defun
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752
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753 @findex set-screen-height
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754 @findex set-screen-width
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755 The older functions @code{set-screen-height} and
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756 @code{set-screen-width} were used to specify the height and width of the
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757 screen, in Emacs versions that did not support multiple frames. They
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758 are semi-obsolete, but still work; they apply to the selected frame.
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760 @defun x-parse-geometry geom
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761 @cindex geometry specification
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762 The function @code{x-parse-geometry} converts a standard X window
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763 geometry string to an alist that you can use as part of the argument to
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764 @code{make-frame}.
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765
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766 The alist describes which parameters were specified in @var{geom}, and
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768 @code{(@var{parameter} . @var{value})}. The possible @var{parameter}
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769 values are @code{left}, @code{top}, @code{width}, and @code{height}.
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770
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771 For the size parameters, the value must be an integer. The position
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772 parameter names @code{left} and @code{top} are not totally accurate,
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773 because some values indicate the position of the right or bottom edges
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774 instead. These are the @var{value} possibilities for the position
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775 parameters:
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776
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777 @table @asis
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778 @item an integer
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779 A positive integer relates the left edge or top edge of the window to
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780 the left or top edge of the screen. A negative integer relates the
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781 right or bottom edge of the window to the right or bottom edge of the
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782 screen.
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783
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784 @item @code{(+ @var{position})}
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785 This specifies the position of the left or top edge of the window
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786 relative to the left or top edge of the screen. The integer
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787 @var{position} may be positive or negative; a negative value specifies a
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788 position outside the screen.
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789
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790 @item @code{(- @var{position})}
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791 This specifies the position of the right or bottom edge of the window
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792 relative to the right or bottom edge of the screen. The integer
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793 @var{position} may be positive or negative; a negative value specifies a
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794 position outside the screen.
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795 @end table
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796
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797 Here is an example:
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798
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799 @example
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800 (x-parse-geometry "35x70+0-0")
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801 @result{} ((height . 70) (width . 35)
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802 (top - 0) (left . 0))
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803 @end example
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804 @end defun
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805
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806 @node Frame Titles
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807 @section Frame Titles
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808
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809 Every frame has a @code{name} parameter; this serves as the default
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810 for the frame title which window systems typically display at the top of
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811 the frame. You can specify a name explicitly by setting the @code{name}
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812 frame property.
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813
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814 Normally you don't specify the name explicitly, and Emacs computes the
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815 frame name automatically based on a template stored in the variable
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816 @code{frame-title-format}. Emacs recomputes the name each time the
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817 frame is redisplayed.
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818
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819 @defvar frame-title-format
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820 This variable specifies how to compute a name for a frame when you have
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821 not explicitly specified one. The variable's value is actually a mode
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822 line construct, just like @code{mode-line-format}. @xref{Mode Line
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823 Data}.
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824 @end defvar
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825
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826 @defvar icon-title-format
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827 This variable specifies how to compute the name for an iconified frame,
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828 when you have not explicitly specified the frame title. This title
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829 appears in the icon itself.
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830 @end defvar
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831
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832 @defvar multiple-frames
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833 This variable is set automatically by Emacs. Its value is @code{t} when
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834 there are two or more frames (not counting minibuffer-only frames or
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835 invisible frames). The default value of @code{frame-title-format} uses
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836 @code{multiple-frames} so as to put the buffer name in the frame title
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837 only when there is more than one frame.
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838
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839 The value of this variable is not guaranteed to be accurate except
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840 while processing @code{frame-title-format} or
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841 @code{icon-title-format}.
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842 @end defvar
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843
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844 @node Deleting Frames
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845 @section Deleting Frames
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846 @cindex deletion of frames
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847
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848 Frames remain potentially visible until you explicitly @dfn{delete}
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849 them. A deleted frame cannot appear on the screen, but continues to
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850 exist as a Lisp object until there are no references to it.
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851
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852 @deffn Command delete-frame &optional frame force
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853 @vindex delete-frame-functions
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854 This function deletes the frame @var{frame}. Unless @var{frame} is a
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855 tooltip, it first runs the hook @code{delete-frame-functions} (each
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856 function gets one argument, @var{frame}). By default, @var{frame} is
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857 the selected frame.
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858
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859 A frame cannot be deleted if its minibuffer is used by other frames.
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860 Normally, you cannot delete a frame if all other frames are invisible,
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861 but if the @var{force} is non-@code{nil}, then you are allowed to do so.
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862 @end deffn
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863
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864 @defun frame-live-p frame
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865 The function @code{frame-live-p} returns non-@code{nil} if the frame
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866 @var{frame} has not been deleted. The possible non-@code{nil} return
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867 values are like those of @code{framep}. @xref{Frames}.
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868 @end defun
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869
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870 Some window managers provide a command to delete a window. These work
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871 by sending a special message to the program that operates the window.
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872 When Emacs gets one of these commands, it generates a
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873 @code{delete-frame} event, whose normal definition is a command that
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874 calls the function @code{delete-frame}. @xref{Misc Events}.
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876 @node Finding All Frames
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877 @section Finding All Frames
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878
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879 @defun frame-list
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880 The function @code{frame-list} returns a list of all the frames that
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882 buffers, and includes frames on all terminals. The list that you get is
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883 newly created, so modifying the list doesn't have any effect on the
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884 internals of Emacs.
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887 @defun visible-frame-list
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889 @xref{Visibility of Frames}. (Terminal frames always count as
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890 ``visible'', even though only the selected one is actually displayed.)
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893 @defun next-frame &optional frame minibuf
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894 The function @code{next-frame} lets you cycle conveniently through all
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895 the frames on the current display from an arbitrary starting point. It
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896 returns the ``next'' frame after @var{frame} in the cycle. If
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897 @var{frame} is omitted or @code{nil}, it defaults to the selected frame
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898 (@pxref{Input Focus}).
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900 The second argument, @var{minibuf}, says which frames to consider:
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902 @table @asis
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903 @item @code{nil}
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904 Exclude minibuffer-only frames.
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905 @item @code{visible}
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906 Consider all visible frames.
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907 @item 0
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908 Consider all visible or iconified frames.
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909 @item a window
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910 Consider only the frames using that particular window as their
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911 minibuffer.
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912 @item anything else
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913 Consider all frames.
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914 @end table
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915 @end defun
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916
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917 @defun previous-frame &optional frame minibuf
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918 Like @code{next-frame}, but cycles through all frames in the opposite
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919 direction.
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920 @end defun
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921
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922 See also @code{next-window} and @code{previous-window}, in @ref{Cyclic
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923 Window Ordering}.
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924
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925 @node Frames and Windows
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926 @section Frames and Windows
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927
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928 Each window is part of one and only one frame; you can get the frame
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929 with @code{window-frame}.
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931 @defun window-frame window
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932 This function returns the frame that @var{window} is on.
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933 @end defun
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934
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935 All the non-minibuffer windows in a frame are arranged in a cyclic
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936 order. The order runs from the frame's top window, which is at the
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937 upper left corner, down and to the right, until it reaches the window at
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938 the lower right corner (always the minibuffer window, if the frame has
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939 one), and then it moves back to the top. @xref{Cyclic Window Ordering}.
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940
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941 @defun frame-first-window &optional frame
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942 This returns the topmost, leftmost window of frame @var{frame}.
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943 If omitted or @code{nil}, @var{frame} defaults to the selected frame.
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944 @end defun
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945
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946 At any time, exactly one window on any frame is @dfn{selected within the
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947 frame}. The significance of this designation is that selecting the
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948 frame also selects this window. You can get the frame's current
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949 selected window with @code{frame-selected-window}.
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950
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951 @defun frame-selected-window &optional frame
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952 This function returns the window on @var{frame} that is selected
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953 within @var{frame}. If omitted or @code{nil}, @var{frame} defaults to
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954 the selected frame.
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955 @end defun
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956
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957 @defun set-frame-selected-window frame window
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958 This sets the selected window of frame @var{frame} to @var{window}.
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959 If @var{frame} is @code{nil}, it operates on the selected frame. If
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960 @var{frame} is the selected frame, this makes @var{window} the
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961 selected window. This function returns @var{window}.
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962 @end defun
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963
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964 Conversely, selecting a window for Emacs with @code{select-window} also
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965 makes that window selected within its frame. @xref{Selecting Windows}.
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966
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967 Another function that (usually) returns one of the windows in a given
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968 frame is @code{minibuffer-window}. @xref{Definition of minibuffer-window}.
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969
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970 @node Minibuffers and Frames
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971 @section Minibuffers and Frames
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972
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973 Normally, each frame has its own minibuffer window at the bottom, which
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974 is used whenever that frame is selected. If the frame has a minibuffer,
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975 you can get it with @code{minibuffer-window} (@pxref{Definition of
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976 minibuffer-window}).
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977
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978 However, you can also create a frame with no minibuffer. Such a frame
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979 must use the minibuffer window of some other frame. When you create the
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980 frame, you can specify explicitly the minibuffer window to use (in some
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981 other frame). If you don't, then the minibuffer is found in the frame
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982 which is the value of the variable @code{default-minibuffer-frame}. Its
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983 value should be a frame that does have a minibuffer.
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984
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985 If you use a minibuffer-only frame, you might want that frame to raise
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986 when you enter the minibuffer. If so, set the variable
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987 @code{minibuffer-auto-raise} to @code{t}. @xref{Raising and Lowering}.
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988
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989 @defvar default-minibuffer-frame
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990 This variable specifies the frame to use for the minibuffer window, by
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991 default. It does not affect existing frames. It is always local to
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992 the current terminal and cannot be buffer-local. @xref{Multiple
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993 Displays}.
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994 @end defvar
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995
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996 @node Input Focus
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997 @section Input Focus
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998 @cindex input focus
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999 @cindex selected frame
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1000
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1001 At any time, one frame in Emacs is the @dfn{selected frame}. The selected
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1002 window always resides on the selected frame.
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1003
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1004 When Emacs displays its frames on several terminals (@pxref{Multiple
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1005 Displays}), each terminal has its own selected frame. But only one of
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1006 these is ``@emph{the} selected frame'': it's the frame that belongs to
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1007 the terminal from which the most recent input came. That is, when Emacs
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1008 runs a command that came from a certain terminal, the selected frame is
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1009 the one of that terminal. Since Emacs runs only a single command at any
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1010 given time, it needs to consider only one selected frame at a time; this
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1011 frame is what we call @dfn{the selected frame} in this manual. The
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1012 display on which the selected frame is displayed is the @dfn{selected
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1013 frame's display}.
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1014
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1015 @defun selected-frame
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1016 This function returns the selected frame.
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1017 @end defun
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1018
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1019 Some window systems and window managers direct keyboard input to the
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1020 window object that the mouse is in; others require explicit clicks or
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1021 commands to @dfn{shift the focus} to various window objects. Either
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1022 way, Emacs automatically keeps track of which frame has the focus. To
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1023 switch to a different frame from a Lisp function, call
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1024 @code{select-frame-set-input-focus}.
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1025
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1026 Lisp programs can also switch frames ``temporarily'' by calling the
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1027 function @code{select-frame}. This does not alter the window system's
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1028 concept of focus; rather, it escapes from the window manager's control
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1029 until that control is somehow reasserted.
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1031 When using a text-only terminal, only one frame can be displayed at a
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1032 time on the terminal, so after a call to @code{select-frame}, the next
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1033 redisplay actually displays the newly selected frame. This frame
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1034 remains selected until a subsequent call to @code{select-frame} or
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1035 @code{select-frame-set-input-focus}. Each terminal frame has a number
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1036 which appears in the mode line before the buffer name (@pxref{Mode
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1037 Line Variables}).
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1039 @defun select-frame-set-input-focus frame
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1040 This function makes @var{frame} the selected frame, raises it (should
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1041 it happen to be obscured by other frames) and tries to give it the X
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1042 server's focus. On a text-only terminal, the next redisplay displays
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1043 the new frame on the entire terminal screen. The return value of this
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1044 function is not significant.
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1045 @end defun
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1046
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1048 @defun select-frame frame
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1049 This function selects frame @var{frame}, temporarily disregarding the
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1050 focus of the X server if any. The selection of @var{frame} lasts until
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1051 the next time the user does something to select a different frame, or
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1052 until the next time this function is called. (If you are using a
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1053 window system, the previously selected frame may be restored as the
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1054 selected frame after return to the command loop, because it still may
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1055 have the window system's input focus.) The specified @var{frame}
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1056 becomes the selected frame, as explained above, and the terminal that
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1057 @var{frame} is on becomes the selected terminal. This function
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1058 returns @var{frame}, or @code{nil} if @var{frame} has been deleted.
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1060 In general, you should never use @code{select-frame} in a way that could
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1061 switch to a different terminal without switching back when you're done.
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1062 @end defun
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1063
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1064 Emacs cooperates with the window system by arranging to select frames as
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1065 the server and window manager request. It does so by generating a
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1066 special kind of input event, called a @dfn{focus} event, when
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1067 appropriate. The command loop handles a focus event by calling
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1068 @code{handle-switch-frame}. @xref{Focus Events}.
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1069
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1070 @deffn Command handle-switch-frame frame
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1071 This function handles a focus event by selecting frame @var{frame}.
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1072
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1073 Focus events normally do their job by invoking this command.
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1074 Don't call it for any other reason.
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1075 @end deffn
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1076
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1077 @defun redirect-frame-focus frame &optional focus-frame
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1078 This function redirects focus from @var{frame} to @var{focus-frame}.
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1079 This means that @var{focus-frame} will receive subsequent keystrokes and
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1080 events intended for @var{frame}. After such an event, the value of
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1081 @code{last-event-frame} will be @var{focus-frame}. Also, switch-frame
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1082 events specifying @var{frame} will instead select @var{focus-frame}.
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1083
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1084 If @var{focus-frame} is omitted or @code{nil}, that cancels any existing
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1085 redirection for @var{frame}, which therefore once again receives its own
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1086 events.
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1087
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1088 One use of focus redirection is for frames that don't have minibuffers.
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1089 These frames use minibuffers on other frames. Activating a minibuffer
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1090 on another frame redirects focus to that frame. This puts the focus on
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1091 the minibuffer's frame, where it belongs, even though the mouse remains
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1092 in the frame that activated the minibuffer.
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1093
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1094 Selecting a frame can also change focus redirections. Selecting frame
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1095 @code{bar}, when @code{foo} had been selected, changes any redirections
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1096 pointing to @code{foo} so that they point to @code{bar} instead. This
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1097 allows focus redirection to work properly when the user switches from
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1098 one frame to another using @code{select-window}.
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1099
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1100 This means that a frame whose focus is redirected to itself is treated
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1101 differently from a frame whose focus is not redirected.
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1102 @code{select-frame} affects the former but not the latter.
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1103
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1104 The redirection lasts until @code{redirect-frame-focus} is called to
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1105 change it.
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1106 @end defun
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1107
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1108 @defopt focus-follows-mouse
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1109 This option is how you inform Emacs whether the window manager transfers
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1110 focus when the user moves the mouse. Non-@code{nil} says that it does.
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1111 When this is so, the command @code{other-frame} moves the mouse to a
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1112 position consistent with the new selected frame.
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1113 @end defopt
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1114
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1115 @node Visibility of Frames
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1116 @section Visibility of Frames
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1117 @cindex visible frame
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1118 @cindex invisible frame
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1119 @cindex iconified frame
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1120 @cindex frame visibility
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1121
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1122 A window frame may be @dfn{visible}, @dfn{invisible}, or
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1123 @dfn{iconified}. If it is visible, you can see its contents. If it is
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1124 iconified, the frame's contents do not appear on the screen, but an icon
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1125 does. If the frame is invisible, it doesn't show on the screen, not
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1126 even as an icon.
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1127
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1128 Visibility is meaningless for terminal frames, since only the selected
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1129 one is actually displayed in any case.
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1131 @deffn Command make-frame-visible &optional frame
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1132 This function makes frame @var{frame} visible. If you omit @var{frame},
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1133 it makes the selected frame visible.
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1134 @end deffn
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1135
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1136 @deffn Command make-frame-invisible &optional frame force
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1137 This function makes frame @var{frame} invisible. If you omit
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1138 @var{frame}, it makes the selected frame invisible.
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1139
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1140 Unless @var{force} is non-@code{nil}, this function refuses to make
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1141 @var{frame} invisible if all other frames are invisible..
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1142 @end deffn
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1143
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1144 @deffn Command iconify-frame &optional frame
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1145 This function iconifies frame @var{frame}. If you omit @var{frame}, it
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1146 iconifies the selected frame.
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1147 @end deffn
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1148
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1149 @defun frame-visible-p frame
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1150 This returns the visibility status of frame @var{frame}. The value is
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1151 @code{t} if @var{frame} is visible, @code{nil} if it is invisible, and
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1152 @code{icon} if it is iconified.
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1153
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1154 On a text-only terminal, all frames are considered visible, whether
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1155 they are currently being displayed or not, and this function returns
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1156 @code{t} for all frames.
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1157 @end defun
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1159 The visibility status of a frame is also available as a frame
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1160 parameter. You can read or change it as such. @xref{Window Frame
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1161 Parameters}.
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1162
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1163 The user can iconify and deiconify frames with the window manager.
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1164 This happens below the level at which Emacs can exert any control, but
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1165 Emacs does provide events that you can use to keep track of such
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1166 changes. @xref{Misc Events}.
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1167
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1168 @node Raising and Lowering
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1169 @section Raising and Lowering Frames
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1170
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1171 Most window systems use a desktop metaphor. Part of this metaphor is
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1172 the idea that windows are stacked in a notional third dimension
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1173 perpendicular to the screen surface, and thus ordered from ``highest''
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1174 to ``lowest''. Where two windows overlap, the one higher up covers
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1175 the one underneath. Even a window at the bottom of the stack can be
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1176 seen if no other window overlaps it.
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1178 @cindex raising a frame
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1179 @cindex lowering a frame
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1180 A window's place in this ordering is not fixed; in fact, users tend
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1181 to change the order frequently. @dfn{Raising} a window means moving
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1182 it ``up'', to the top of the stack. @dfn{Lowering} a window means
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1183 moving it to the bottom of the stack. This motion is in the notional
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1184 third dimension only, and does not change the position of the window
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1185 on the screen.
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1186
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1187 You can raise and lower Emacs frame Windows with these functions:
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1188
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1189 @deffn Command raise-frame &optional frame
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1190 This function raises frame @var{frame} (default, the selected frame).
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1191 If @var{frame} is invisible or iconified, this makes it visible.
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1192 @end deffn
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1193
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1194 @deffn Command lower-frame &optional frame
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1195 This function lowers frame @var{frame} (default, the selected frame).
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1196 @end deffn
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1198 @defopt minibuffer-auto-raise
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1199 If this is non-@code{nil}, activation of the minibuffer raises the frame
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1200 that the minibuffer window is in.
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1201 @end defopt
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1202
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1203 You can also enable auto-raise (raising automatically when a frame is
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1204 selected) or auto-lower (lowering automatically when it is deselected)
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1205 for any frame using frame parameters. @xref{Window Frame Parameters}.
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1206
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1207 @node Frame Configurations
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1208 @section Frame Configurations
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1209 @cindex frame configuration
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1210
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1211 A @dfn{frame configuration} records the current arrangement of frames,
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1212 all their properties, and the window configuration of each one.
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1213 (@xref{Window Configurations}.)
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1214
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1215 @defun current-frame-configuration
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1216 This function returns a frame configuration list that describes
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1217 the current arrangement of frames and their contents.
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1218 @end defun
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1219
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1220 @defun set-frame-configuration configuration &optional nodelete
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1221 This function restores the state of frames described in
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1222 @var{configuration}. However, this function does not restore deleted
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1223 frames.
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1224
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1225 Ordinarily, this function deletes all existing frames not listed in
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1226 @var{configuration}. But if @var{nodelete} is non-@code{nil}, the
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1227 unwanted frames are iconified instead.
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1228 @end defun
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1229
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1230 @node Mouse Tracking
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1231 @section Mouse Tracking
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1232 @cindex mouse tracking
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1233 @cindex tracking the mouse
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1234
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1235 Sometimes it is useful to @dfn{track} the mouse, which means to display
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1236 something to indicate where the mouse is and move the indicator as the
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1237 mouse moves. For efficient mouse tracking, you need a way to wait until
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1238 the mouse actually moves.
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1239
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1240 The convenient way to track the mouse is to ask for events to represent
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1241 mouse motion. Then you can wait for motion by waiting for an event. In
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1242 addition, you can easily handle any other sorts of events that may
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1243 occur. That is useful, because normally you don't want to track the
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1244 mouse forever---only until some other event, such as the release of a
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1245 button.
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1247 @defspec track-mouse body@dots{}
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1248 This special form executes @var{body}, with generation of mouse motion
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1249 events enabled. Typically @var{body} would use @code{read-event} to
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1250 read the motion events and modify the display accordingly. @xref{Motion
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1251 Events}, for the format of mouse motion events.
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1252
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1253 The value of @code{track-mouse} is that of the last form in @var{body}.
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1254 You should design @var{body} to return when it sees the up-event that
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1255 indicates the release of the button, or whatever kind of event means
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1256 it is time to stop tracking.
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1257 @end defspec
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1258
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1259 The usual purpose of tracking mouse motion is to indicate on the screen
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1260 the consequences of pushing or releasing a button at the current
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1261 position.
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1262
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1263 In many cases, you can avoid the need to track the mouse by using
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1264 the @code{mouse-face} text property (@pxref{Special Properties}).
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1265 That works at a much lower level and runs more smoothly than
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1266 Lisp-level mouse tracking.
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1267
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1268 @ignore
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1269 @c These are not implemented yet.
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1270
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1271 These functions change the screen appearance instantaneously. The
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1272 effect is transient, only until the next ordinary Emacs redisplay. That
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1274 to change the text, and the body of @code{track-mouse} normally reads
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1275 the events itself and does not do redisplay.
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1276
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1277 @defun x-contour-region window beg end
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1278 This function draws lines to make a box around the text from @var{beg}
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1279 to @var{end}, in window @var{window}.
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1280 @end defun
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1281
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1282 @defun x-uncontour-region window beg end
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1283 This function erases the lines that would make a box around the text
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1284 from @var{beg} to @var{end}, in window @var{window}. Use it to remove
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1285 a contour that you previously made by calling @code{x-contour-region}.
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1286 @end defun
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1287
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1288 @defun x-draw-rectangle frame left top right bottom
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1289 This function draws a hollow rectangle on frame @var{frame} with the
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1290 specified edge coordinates, all measured in pixels from the inside top
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1291 left corner. It uses the cursor color, the one used for indicating the
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1292 location of point.
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1293 @end defun
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1294
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1295 @defun x-erase-rectangle frame left top right bottom
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1296 This function erases a hollow rectangle on frame @var{frame} with the
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1297 specified edge coordinates, all measured in pixels from the inside top
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1298 left corner. Erasure means redrawing the text and background that
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1299 normally belong in the specified rectangle.
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1300 @end defun
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1301 @end ignore
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1303 @node Mouse Position
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1304 @section Mouse Position
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1305 @cindex mouse position
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1306 @cindex position of mouse
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1307
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1308 The functions @code{mouse-position} and @code{set-mouse-position}
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1309 give access to the current position of the mouse.
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1311 @defun mouse-position
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1312 This function returns a description of the position of the mouse. The
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1313 value looks like @code{(@var{frame} @var{x} . @var{y})}, where @var{x}
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1314 and @var{y} are integers giving the position in characters relative to
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1315 the top left corner of the inside of @var{frame}.
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1316 @end defun
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1317
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1318 @defvar mouse-position-function
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1319 If non-@code{nil}, the value of this variable is a function for
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1320 @code{mouse-position} to call. @code{mouse-position} calls this
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1321 function just before returning, with its normal return value as the
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1322 sole argument, and it returns whatever this function returns to it.
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1323
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1324 This abnormal hook exists for the benefit of packages like
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1325 @file{xt-mouse.el} that need to do mouse handling at the Lisp level.
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1326 @end defvar
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1327
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1328 @defun set-mouse-position frame x y
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1329 This function @dfn{warps the mouse} to position @var{x}, @var{y} in
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1330 frame @var{frame}. The arguments @var{x} and @var{y} are integers,
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1331 giving the position in characters relative to the top left corner of the
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1332 inside of @var{frame}. If @var{frame} is not visible, this function
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1333 does nothing. The return value is not significant.
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1334 @end defun
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1335
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1336 @defun mouse-pixel-position
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1337 This function is like @code{mouse-position} except that it returns
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1338 coordinates in units of pixels rather than units of characters.
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1339 @end defun
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1340
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1341 @defun set-mouse-pixel-position frame x y
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1342 This function warps the mouse like @code{set-mouse-position} except that
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1343 @var{x} and @var{y} are in units of pixels rather than units of
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1344 characters. These coordinates are not required to be within the frame.
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1345
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1346 If @var{frame} is not visible, this function does nothing. The return
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1347 value is not significant.
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1348 @end defun
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1349
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1351
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1352 @node Pop-Up Menus
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1353 @section Pop-Up Menus
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1354
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1355 When using a window system, a Lisp program can pop up a menu so that
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1356 the user can choose an alternative with the mouse.
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1357
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1358 @defun x-popup-menu position menu
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1359 This function displays a pop-up menu and returns an indication of
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1360 what selection the user makes.
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1361
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1362 The argument @var{position} specifies where on the screen to put the
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1364 where the user actuated the button) or a list of this form:
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1365
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1366 @example
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1367 ((@var{xoffset} @var{yoffset}) @var{window})
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1368 @end example
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1369
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1370 @noindent
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1371 where @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} are coordinates, measured in
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1373
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1374 If @var{position} is @code{t}, it means to use the current mouse
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1375 position. If @var{position} is @code{nil}, it means to precompute the
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1376 key binding equivalents for the keymaps specified in @var{menu},
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1377 without actually displaying or popping up the menu.
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1378
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1379 The argument @var{menu} says what to display in the menu. It can be a
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1380 keymap or a list of keymaps (@pxref{Menu Keymaps}). Alternatively, it
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1382
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1383 @example
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1384 (@var{title} @var{pane1} @var{pane2}...)
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1385 @end example
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1386
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1387 @noindent
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1388 where each pane is a list of form
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1389
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1390 @example
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1391 (@var{title} (@var{line} . @var{item})...)
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1392 @end example
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1393
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1394 Each @var{line} should be a string, and each @var{item} should be the
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1395 value to return if that @var{line} is chosen.
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1396 @end defun
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1397
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1398 @strong{Usage note:} Don't use @code{x-popup-menu} to display a menu
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1399 if you could do the job with a prefix key defined with a menu keymap.
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1400 If you use a menu keymap to implement a menu, @kbd{C-h c} and @kbd{C-h
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1401 a} can see the individual items in that menu and provide help for them.
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1402 If instead you implement the menu by defining a command that calls
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1403 @code{x-popup-menu}, the help facilities cannot know what happens inside
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1404 that command, so they cannot give any help for the menu's items.
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1406 The menu bar mechanism, which lets you switch between submenus by
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1407 moving the mouse, cannot look within the definition of a command to see
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1408 that it calls @code{x-popup-menu}. Therefore, if you try to implement a
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1409 submenu using @code{x-popup-menu}, it cannot work with the menu bar in
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1410 an integrated fashion. This is why all menu bar submenus are
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1411 implemented with menu keymaps within the parent menu, and never with
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1412 @code{x-popup-menu}. @xref{Menu Bar}.
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1413
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1414 If you want a menu bar submenu to have contents that vary, you should
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1415 still use a menu keymap to implement it. To make the contents vary, add
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1416 a hook function to @code{menu-bar-update-hook} to update the contents of
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1417 the menu keymap as necessary.
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1418
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1419 @node Dialog Boxes
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1420 @section Dialog Boxes
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1421 @cindex dialog boxes
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1422
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1423 A dialog box is a variant of a pop-up menu---it looks a little
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1424 different, it always appears in the center of a frame, and it has just
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1425 one level and one pane. The main use of dialog boxes is for asking
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1426 questions that the user can answer with ``yes'', ``no'', and a few other
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1427 alternatives. The functions @code{y-or-n-p} and @code{yes-or-no-p} use
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1428 dialog boxes instead of the keyboard, when called from commands invoked
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1429 by mouse clicks.
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1430
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1431 @defun x-popup-dialog position contents
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1432 This function displays a pop-up dialog box and returns an indication of
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1433 what selection the user makes. The argument @var{contents} specifies
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1434 the alternatives to offer; it has this format:
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1435
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1436 @example
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1437 (@var{title} (@var{string} . @var{value})@dots{})
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1438 @end example
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1439
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1440 @noindent
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1441 which looks like the list that specifies a single pane for
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1442 @code{x-popup-menu}.
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1443
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1444 The return value is @var{value} from the chosen alternative.
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1445
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1446 An element of the list may be just a string instead of a cons cell
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1447 @code{(@var{string} . @var{value})}. That makes a box that cannot
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1448 be selected.
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1449
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1450 If @code{nil} appears in the list, it separates the left-hand items from
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1451 the right-hand items; items that precede the @code{nil} appear on the
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1452 left, and items that follow the @code{nil} appear on the right. If you
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1453 don't include a @code{nil} in the list, then approximately half the
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1454 items appear on each side.
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1455
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1456 Dialog boxes always appear in the center of a frame; the argument
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1457 @var{position} specifies which frame. The possible values are as in
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1458 @code{x-popup-menu}, but the precise coordinates don't matter; only the
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1459 frame matters.
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1460
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1461 In some configurations, Emacs cannot display a real dialog box; so
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1462 instead it displays the same items in a pop-up menu in the center of the
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1463 frame.
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1464 @end defun
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1465
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1466 @node Pointer Shapes
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1467 @section Pointer Shapes
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1468 @cindex pointer shape
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1469 @cindex mouse pointer shape
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1470
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1471 These variables specify which shape to use for the mouse pointer in
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1472 various situations, when using the X Window System:
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1474 @table @code
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1475 @item x-pointer-shape
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1476 @vindex x-pointer-shape
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1477 This variable specifies the pointer shape to use ordinarily in the Emacs
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1478 frame.
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1479
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1480 @item x-sensitive-text-pointer-shape
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1481 @vindex x-sensitive-text-pointer-shape
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1482 This variable specifies the pointer shape to use when the mouse
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1483 is over mouse-sensitive text.
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1484 @end table
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1485
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1486 These variables affect newly created frames. They do not normally
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1487 affect existing frames; however, if you set the mouse color of a frame,
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1488 that also updates its pointer shapes based on the current values of
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1489 these variables. @xref{Window Frame Parameters}.
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1490
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1491 The values you can use, to specify either of these pointer shapes, are
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1492 defined in the file @file{lisp/term/x-win.el}. Use @kbd{M-x apropos
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1493 @key{RET} x-pointer @key{RET}} to see a list of them.
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1494
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1495 @node Window System Selections
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1496 @section Window System Selections
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1497 @cindex selection (for window systems)
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1499 The X server records a set of @dfn{selections} which permit transfer of
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1500 data between application programs. The various selections are
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1501 distinguished by @dfn{selection types}, represented in Emacs by
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1502 symbols. X clients including Emacs can read or set the selection for
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1503 any given type.
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1504
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1505 @deffn Command x-set-selection type data
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1506 This function sets a ``selection'' in the X server. It takes two
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1507 arguments: a selection type @var{type}, and the value to assign to it,
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1508 @var{data}. If @var{data} is @code{nil}, it means to clear out the
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1509 selection. Otherwise, @var{data} may be a string, a symbol, an integer
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1510 (or a cons of two integers or list of two integers), an overlay, or a
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1511 cons of two markers pointing to the same buffer. An overlay or a pair
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1512 of markers stands for text in the overlay or between the markers.
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1513
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1514 The argument @var{data} may also be a vector of valid non-vector
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1515 selection values.
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1516
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1517 Each possible @var{type} has its own selection value, which changes
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1518 independently. The usual values of @var{type} are @code{PRIMARY},
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1519 @code{SECONDARY} and @code{CLIPBOARD}; these are symbols with upper-case
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1520 names, in accord with X Window System conventions. If @var{type} is
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1521 @code{nil}, that stands for @code{PRIMARY}.
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1522
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1523 This function returns @var{data}.
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1524 @end deffn
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1525
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1526 @defun x-get-selection &optional type data-type
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1527 This function accesses selections set up by Emacs or by other X
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1528 clients. It takes two optional arguments, @var{type} and
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1529 @var{data-type}. The default for @var{type}, the selection type, is
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1530 @code{PRIMARY}.
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1531
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1532 The @var{data-type} argument specifies the form of data conversion to
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1533 use, to convert the raw data obtained from another X client into Lisp
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1534 data. Meaningful values include @code{TEXT}, @code{STRING},
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1535 @code{UTF8_STRING},
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1536 @code{TARGETS}, @code{LENGTH}, @code{DELETE}, @code{FILE_NAME},
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1537 @code{CHARACTER_POSITION}, @code{LINE_NUMBER}, @code{COLUMN_NUMBER},
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1538 @code{OWNER_OS}, @code{HOST_NAME}, @code{USER}, @code{CLASS},
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1539 @code{NAME}, @code{ATOM}, and @code{INTEGER}. (These are symbols with
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1540 upper-case names in accord with X conventions.) The default for
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1541 @var{data-type} is @code{STRING}.
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1542 @end defun
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1543
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1544 @cindex cut buffer
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1545 The X server also has a set of eight numbered @dfn{cut buffers} which can
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1546 store text or other data being moved between applications. Cut buffers
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1548 clients that still use them. Cut buffers are numbered from 0 to 7.
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1549
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1550 @defun x-get-cut-buffer &optional n
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1551 This function returns the contents of cut buffer number @var{n}.
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1552 If omitted @var{n} defaults to 0.
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1553 @end defun
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1554
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1555 @defun x-set-cut-buffer string &optional push
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1556 @anchor{Definition of x-set-cut-buffer}
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1557 This function stores @var{string} into the first cut buffer (cut buffer
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1558 0). If @var{push} is @code{nil}, only the first cut buffer is changed.
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1559 If @var{push} is non-@code{nil}, that says to move the values down
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1560 through the series of cut buffers, much like the way successive kills in
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1561 Emacs move down the kill ring. In other words, the previous value of
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1562 the first cut buffer moves into the second cut buffer, and the second to
4577ed337157 Patch from rms.
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1563 the third, and so on through all eight cut buffers.
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1564 @end defun
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1565
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1566 @defvar selection-coding-system
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1567 This variable specifies the coding system to use when reading and
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1568 writing selections, the clipboard, or a cut buffer. @xref{Coding
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1569 Systems}. The default is @code{compound-text-with-extensions}, which
ca00a6c76017 (Window System Selections): The default encoding is now
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1570 converts to the text representation that X11 normally uses.
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1571 @end defvar
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1572
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1573 @cindex clipboard support (for MS-Windows)
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1574 When Emacs runs on MS-Windows, it does not implement X selections in
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1575 general, but it does support the clipboard. @code{x-get-selection}
25751
467b88fab665 *** empty log message ***
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1576 and @code{x-set-selection} on MS-Windows support the text data type
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1577 only; if the clipboard holds other types of data, Emacs treats the
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1578 clipboard as empty.
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1579
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1580 @defopt x-select-enable-clipboard
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1581 If this is non-@code{nil}, the Emacs yank functions consult the
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1582 clipboard before the primary selection, and the kill functions store in
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1583 the clipboard as well as the primary selection. Otherwise they do not
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1584 access the clipboard at all. The default is @code{nil} on most systems,
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1585 but @code{t} on MS-Windows.
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1586 @end defopt
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1587
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1588 @node Color Names
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1589 @section Color Names
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1590
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1591 @cindex color names
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1592 @cindex specify color
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1593 @cindex numerical RGB color specification
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1594 A color name is text (usually in a string) that specifies a color.
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1595 Symbolic names such as @samp{black}, @samp{white}, @samp{red}, etc.,
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1596 are allowed; use @kbd{M-x list-colors-display} to see a list of
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1597 defined names. You can also specify colors numerically in forms such
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1598 as @samp{#@var{rgb}} and @samp{RGB:@var{r}/@var{g}/@var{b}}, where
11f2e6f2a600 (Window Frame Parameters): Explain pixel=char on tty.
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1599 @var{r} specifies the red level, @var{g} specifies the green level,
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1600 and @var{b} specifies the blue level. You can use either one, two,
11f2e6f2a600 (Window Frame Parameters): Explain pixel=char on tty.
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1601 three, or four hex digits for @var{r}; then you must use the same
11f2e6f2a600 (Window Frame Parameters): Explain pixel=char on tty.
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1602 number of hex digits for all @var{g} and @var{b} as well, making
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1603 either 3, 6, 9 or 12 hex digits in all. (See the documentation of the
30ef6c521f51 (Color Names): Add pointer to the X docs about RGB
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1604 X Window System for more details about numerical RGB specification of
30ef6c521f51 (Color Names): Add pointer to the X docs about RGB
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1605 colors.)
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1606
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1607 These functions provide a way to determine which color names are
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1608 valid, and what they look like. In some cases, the value depends on the
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1609 @dfn{selected frame}, as described below; see @ref{Input Focus}, for the
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1610 meaning of the term ``selected frame''.
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1611
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1612 @defun color-defined-p color &optional frame
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1613 @tindex color-defined-p
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1614 This function reports whether a color name is meaningful. It returns
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1615 @code{t} if so; otherwise, @code{nil}. The argument @var{frame} says
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1616 which frame's display to ask about; if @var{frame} is omitted or
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1617 @code{nil}, the selected frame is used.
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1618
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1619 Note that this does not tell you whether the display you are using
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1620 really supports that color. When using X, you can ask for any defined
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1621 color on any kind of display, and you will get some result---typically,
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1622 the closest it can do. To determine whether a frame can really display
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1623 a certain color, use @code{color-supported-p} (see below).
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1624
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1625 @findex x-color-defined-p
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1626 This function used to be called @code{x-color-defined-p},
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1627 and that name is still supported as an alias.
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1628 @end defun
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1629
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1630 @defun defined-colors &optional frame
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1631 @tindex defined-colors
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1632 This function returns a list of the color names that are defined
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1633 and supported on frame @var{frame} (default, the selected frame).
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1634 If @var{frame} does not support colors, the value is @code{nil}.
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1635
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1636 @findex x-defined-colors
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1637 This function used to be called @code{x-defined-colors},
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1638 and that name is still supported as an alias.
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1639 @end defun
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1640
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1641 @defun color-supported-p color &optional frame background-p
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1642 @tindex color-supported-p
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1643 This returns @code{t} if @var{frame} can really display the color
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1644 @var{color} (or at least something close to it). If @var{frame} is
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1645 omitted or @code{nil}, the question applies to the selected frame.
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1646
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1647 Some terminals support a different set of colors for foreground and
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1648 background. If @var{background-p} is non-@code{nil}, that means you are
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1649 asking whether @var{color} can be used as a background; otherwise you
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1650 are asking whether it can be used as a foreground.
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1651
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1652 The argument @var{color} must be a valid color name.
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1653 @end defun
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1654
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1655 @defun color-gray-p color &optional frame
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1656 @tindex color-gray-p
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1657 This returns @code{t} if @var{color} is a shade of gray, as defined on
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1658 @var{frame}'s display. If @var{frame} is omitted or @code{nil}, the
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1659 question applies to the selected frame. If @var{color} is not a valid
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1660 color name, this function returns @code{nil}.
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1661 @end defun
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1662
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1663 @defun color-values color &optional frame
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1664 @tindex color-values
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1665 @cindex rgb value
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1666 This function returns a value that describes what @var{color} should
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1667 ideally look like on @var{frame}. If @var{color} is defined, the
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1668 value is a list of three integers, which give the amount of red, the
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1669 amount of green, and the amount of blue. Each integer ranges in
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1670 principle from 0 to 65535, but some displays may not use the full
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1671 range. This three-element list is called the @dfn{rgb values} of the
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1672 color.
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1673
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1674 If @var{color} is not defined, the value is @code{nil}.
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1675
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1676 @example
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1677 (color-values "black")
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1678 @result{} (0 0 0)
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1679 (color-values "white")
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1680 @result{} (65280 65280 65280)
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1681 (color-values "red")
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1682 @result{} (65280 0 0)
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1683 (color-values "pink")
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1684 @result{} (65280 49152 51968)
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1685 (color-values "hungry")
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1686 @result{} nil
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1687 @end example
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1688
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1689 The color values are returned for @var{frame}'s display. If
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1690 @var{frame} is omitted or @code{nil}, the information is returned for
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1691 the selected frame's display. If the frame cannot display colors, the
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1692 value is @code{nil}.
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1693
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1694 @findex x-color-values
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1695 This function used to be called @code{x-color-values},
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1696 and that name is still supported as an alias.
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1697 @end defun
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1698
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1699 @node Text Terminal Colors
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1700 @section Text Terminal Colors
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1701 @cindex colors on text-only terminals
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1702
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1703 Text-only terminals usually support only a small number of colors,
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1704 and the computer uses small integers to select colors on the terminal.
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1705 This means that the computer cannot reliably tell what the selected
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1706 color looks like; instead, you have to inform your application which
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1707 small integers correspond to which colors. However, Emacs does know
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1708 the standard set of colors and will try to use them automatically.
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1709
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1710 The functions described in this section control how terminal colors
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1711 are used by Emacs.
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1712
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1713 Several of these functions use or return @dfn{rgb values}, described
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1714 in @ref{Color Names}.
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1715
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1716 These functions accept a display (either a frame or the name of a
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1717 terminal) as an optional argument. We hope in the future to make Emacs
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1718 support more than one text-only terminal at one time; then this argument
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1719 will specify which terminal to operate on (the default being the
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1720 selected frame's terminal; @pxref{Input Focus}). At present, though,
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1721 the @var{frame} argument has no effect.
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1722
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1723 @defun tty-color-define name number &optional rgb frame
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1724 @tindex tty-color-define
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1725 This function associates the color name @var{name} with
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1726 color number @var{number} on the terminal.
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1727
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1728 The optional argument @var{rgb}, if specified, is an rgb value, a list
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1729 of three numbers that specify what what the color actually looks like.
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1730 If you do not specify @var{rgb}, then this color cannot be used by
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1731 @code{tty-color-approximate} to approximate other colors, because
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1732 Emacs will not know what it looks like.
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1733 @end defun
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1734
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1735 @defun tty-color-clear &optional frame
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1736 @tindex tty-color-clear
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1737 This function clears the table of defined colors for a text-only terminal.
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1738 @end defun
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1739
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1740 @defun tty-color-alist &optional frame
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1741 @tindex tty-color-alist
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1742 This function returns an alist recording the known colors supported by a
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1743 text-only terminal.
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1744
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1745 Each element has the form @code{(@var{name} @var{number} . @var{rgb})}
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1746 or @code{(@var{name} @var{number})}. Here, @var{name} is the color
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1747 name, @var{number} is the number used to specify it to the terminal.
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1748 If present, @var{rgb} is a list of three color values (for red, green,
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1749 and blue) that says what the color actually looks like.
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1750 @end defun
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1751
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1752 @defun tty-color-approximate rgb &optional frame
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1753 @tindex tty-color-approximate
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1754 This function finds the closest color, among the known colors
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1755 supported for @var{display}, to that described by the rgb value
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1756 @var{rgb} (a list of color values). The return value is an element of
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1757 @code{tty-color-alist}.
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1758 @end defun
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1759
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1760 @defun tty-color-translate color &optional frame
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1761 @tindex tty-color-translate
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1762 This function finds the closest color to @var{color} among the known
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1763 colors supported for @var{display} and returns its index (an integer).
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1764 If the name @var{color} is not defined, the value is @code{nil}.
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1765 @end defun
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1766
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1767 @node Resources
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1768 @section X Resources
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1769
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1770 @defun x-get-resource attribute class &optional component subclass
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1771 The function @code{x-get-resource} retrieves a resource value from the X
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1772 Window defaults database.
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1773
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1774 Resources are indexed by a combination of a @dfn{key} and a @dfn{class}.
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1775 This function searches using a key of the form
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1776 @samp{@var{instance}.@var{attribute}} (where @var{instance} is the name
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1777 under which Emacs was invoked), and using @samp{Emacs.@var{class}} as
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1778 the class.
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1779
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1780 The optional arguments @var{component} and @var{subclass} add to the key
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1781 and the class, respectively. You must specify both of them or neither.
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1782 If you specify them, the key is
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1783 @samp{@var{instance}.@var{component}.@var{attribute}}, and the class is
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1784 @samp{Emacs.@var{class}.@var{subclass}}.
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1785 @end defun
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1786
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1787 @defvar x-resource-class
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1788 This variable specifies the application name that @code{x-get-resource}
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1789 should look up. The default value is @code{"Emacs"}. You can examine X
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1790 resources for application names other than ``Emacs'' by binding this
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1791 variable to some other string, around a call to @code{x-get-resource}.
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1792 @end defvar
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1793
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1794 @defvar x-resource-name
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1795 This variable specifies the instance name that @code{x-get-resource}
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1796 should look up. The default value is the name Emacs was invoked with,
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1797 or the value specified with the @samp{-name} or @samp{-rn} switches.
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1798 @end defvar
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1799
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1800 To illustrate some of the above, suppose that you have the line:
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1801
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1802 @example
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1803 xterm.vt100.background: yellow
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1804 @end example
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1805
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1806 @noindent
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1807 in in your X resources file (usually named @file{~/.Xdefaults} or
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1808 @file{~/.Xresources}). Then:
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1809
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1810 @example
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1811 @group
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1812 (let ((x-resource-class "XTerm") (x-resource-name "xterm"))
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1813 (x-get-resource "vt100.background" "VT100.Background"))
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1814 @result{} "yellow"
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1815 @end group
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1816 @group
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1817 (let ((x-resource-class "XTerm") (x-resource-name "xterm"))
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1818 (x-get-resource "background" "VT100" "vt100" "Background"))
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1819 @result{} "yellow"
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1820 @end group
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1821 @end example
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1822
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1823 @xref{X Resources,, X Resources, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
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1824
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1825 @node Display Feature Testing
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1826 @section Display Feature Testing
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1827 @cindex display feature testing
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1828
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1829 The functions in this section describe the basic capabilities of a
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parents: 27374
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1830 particular display. Lisp programs can use them to adapt their behavior
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parents: 47055
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1831 to what the display can do. For example, a program that ordinarily uses
27447
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1832 a popup menu could use the minibuffer if popup menus are not supported.
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1833
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1834 The optional argument @var{display} in these functions specifies which
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1835 display to ask the question about. It can be a display name, a frame
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1836 (which designates the display that frame is on), or @code{nil} (which
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parents: 39221
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1837 refers to the selected frame's display, @pxref{Input Focus}).
27447
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1838
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1839 @xref{Color Names}, @ref{Text Terminal Colors}, for other functions to
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1840 obtain information about displays.
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1841
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1842 @defun display-popup-menus-p &optional display
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1843 @tindex display-popup-menus-p
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1844 This function returns @code{t} if popup menus are supported on
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1845 @var{display}, @code{nil} if not. Support for popup menus requires that
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parents: 27374
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1846 the mouse be available, since the user cannot choose menu items without
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1847 a mouse.
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1848 @end defun
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1849
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1850 @defun display-graphic-p &optional display
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1851 @tindex display-graphic-p
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1852 @cindex frames, more than one on display
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parents: 27374
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1853 @cindex fonts, more than one on display
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parents: 27374
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1854 This function returns @code{t} if @var{display} is a graphic display
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1855 capable of displaying several frames and several different fonts at
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
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1856 once. This is true for displays that use a window system such as X, and
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1857 false for text-only terminals.
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1858 @end defun
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1859
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1860 @defun display-mouse-p &optional display
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1861 @tindex display-mouse-p
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parents: 27532
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1862 @cindex mouse, availability
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parents: 27532
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1863 This function returns @code{t} if @var{display} has a mouse available,
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parents: 27532
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1864 @code{nil} if not.
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1865 @end defun
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1866
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1867 @defun display-color-p &optional display
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parents: 27447
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1868 @tindex display-color-p
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parents: 27447
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1869 @findex x-display-color-p
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parents: 27447
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1870 This function returns @code{t} if the screen is a color screen.
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1871 It used to be called @code{x-display-color-p}, and that name
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1872 is still supported as an alias.
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1873 @end defun
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1874
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1875 @defun display-grayscale-p &optional display
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1876 @tindex display-grayscale-p
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parents: 27447
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1877 This function returns @code{t} if the screen can display shades of gray.
27654
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parents: 27532
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1878 (All color displays can do this.)
27532
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1879 @end defun
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parents: 27447
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1880
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parents: 54118
diff changeset
1881 @defun display-supports-face-attributes-p attributes &optional display
45744
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parents: 44693
diff changeset
1882 @anchor{Display Face Attribute Testing}
75e9d527da2b display-supports-face-attributes-p
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parents: 44693
diff changeset
1883 @tindex display-supports-face-attributes-p
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parents: 44693
diff changeset
1884 This function returns non-@code{nil} if all the face attributes in
75e9d527da2b display-supports-face-attributes-p
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parents: 44693
diff changeset
1885 @var{attributes} are supported (@pxref{Face Attributes}).
75e9d527da2b display-supports-face-attributes-p
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 44693
diff changeset
1886
75e9d527da2b display-supports-face-attributes-p
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 44693
diff changeset
1887 The definition of `supported' is somewhat heuristic, but basically
75e9d527da2b display-supports-face-attributes-p
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 44693
diff changeset
1888 means that a face containing all the attributes in @var{attributes},
75e9d527da2b display-supports-face-attributes-p
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 44693
diff changeset
1889 when merged with the default face for display, can be represented in a
75e9d527da2b display-supports-face-attributes-p
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 44693
diff changeset
1890 way that's
75e9d527da2b display-supports-face-attributes-p
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parents: 44693
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1891
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parents: 44693
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1892 @enumerate
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parents: 44693
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1893 @item
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parents: 44693
diff changeset
1894 different in appearance than the default face, and
75e9d527da2b display-supports-face-attributes-p
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 44693
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1895
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parents: 44693
diff changeset
1896 @item
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parents: 44693
diff changeset
1897 `close in spirit' to what the attributes specify, if not exact.
75e9d527da2b display-supports-face-attributes-p
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parents: 44693
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1898 @end enumerate
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parents: 44693
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1899
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parents: 44693
diff changeset
1900 Point (2) implies that a @code{:weight black} attribute will be
75e9d527da2b display-supports-face-attributes-p
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parents: 44693
diff changeset
1901 satisfied by any display that can display bold, as will
75e9d527da2b display-supports-face-attributes-p
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parents: 44693
diff changeset
1902 @code{:foreground "yellow"} as long as some yellowish color can be
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parents: 45779
diff changeset
1903 displayed, but @code{:slant italic} will @emph{not} be satisfied by
45744
75e9d527da2b display-supports-face-attributes-p
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parents: 44693
diff changeset
1904 the tty display code's automatic substitution of a `dim' face for
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parents: 44693
diff changeset
1905 italic.
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parents: 44693
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1906 @end defun
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parents: 44693
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1907
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1908 @defun display-selections-p &optional display
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1909 @tindex display-selections-p
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parents: 27374
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1910 This function returns @code{t} if @var{display} supports selections.
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1911 Windowed displays normally support selections, but they may also be
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1912 supported in some other cases.
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1913 @end defun
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1914
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parents: 36348
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1915 @defun display-images-p &optional display
f56fa34012c0 (Mouse Position): Document mouse-position-function.
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parents: 36348
diff changeset
1916 This function returns @code{t} if @var{display} can display images.
39221
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parents: 39197
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1917 Windowed displays ought in principle to handle images, but some
68b26e98aef6 Clarify recent changes.
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1918 systems lack the support for that. On a display that does not support
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1919 images, Emacs cannot display a tool bar.
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1920 @end defun
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1921
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1922 @defun display-screens &optional display
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1923 @tindex display-screens
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1924 This function returns the number of screens associated with the display.
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1925 @end defun
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1926
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1927 @defun display-pixel-height &optional display
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1928 @tindex display-pixel-height
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1929 This function returns the height of the screen in pixels.
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1930 On a character terminal, it gives the height in characters.
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1931 @end defun
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1932
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1933 @defun display-mm-height &optional display
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1934 @tindex display-mm-height
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1935 This function returns the height of the screen in millimeters,
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1936 or @code{nil} if Emacs cannot get that information.
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1937 @end defun
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1938
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1939 @defun display-pixel-width &optional display
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1940 @tindex display-pixel-width
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1941 This function returns the width of the screen in pixels.
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1942 On a character terminal, it gives the width in characters.
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1943 @end defun
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1944
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1945 @defun display-mm-width &optional display
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1946 @tindex display-mm-width
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1947 This function returns the width of the screen in millimeters,
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1948 or @code{nil} if Emacs cannot get that information.
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1949 @end defun
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1950
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1951 @defun display-backing-store &optional display
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1952 @tindex display-backing-store
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1953 This function returns the backing store capability of the display.
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1954 Backing store means recording the pixels of windows (and parts of
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1955 windows) that are not exposed, so that when exposed they can be
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1956 displayed very quickly.
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1957
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1958 Values can be the symbols @code{always}, @code{when-mapped}, or
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1959 @code{not-useful}. The function can also return @code{nil}
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1960 when the question is inapplicable to a certain kind of display.
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1961 @end defun
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1962
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1963 @defun display-save-under &optional display
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1964 @tindex display-save-under
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1965 This function returns non-@code{nil} if the display supports the
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1966 SaveUnder feature. That feature is used by pop-up windows
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1967 to save the pixels they obscure, so that they can pop down
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1968 quickly.
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1969 @end defun
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1970
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1971 @defun display-planes &optional display
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1972 @tindex display-planes
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1973 This function returns the number of planes the display supports.
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1974 This is typically the number of bits per pixel.
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1975 For a tty display, it is log to base two of the number of colours supported.
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1976 @end defun
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1977
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1978 @defun display-visual-class &optional display
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1979 @tindex display-visual-class
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1980 This function returns the visual class for the screen. The value is one
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1981 of the symbols @code{static-gray}, @code{gray-scale},
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1982 @code{static-color}, @code{pseudo-color}, @code{true-color}, and
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1983 @code{direct-color}.
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1984 @end defun
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1985
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1986 @defun display-color-cells &optional display
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1987 @tindex display-color-cells
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1988 This function returns the number of color cells the screen supports.
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1989 @end defun
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1990
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1991 These functions obtain additional information specifically
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1992 about X displays.
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1993
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1994 @defun x-server-version &optional display
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1995 This function returns the list of version numbers of the X server
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1996 running the display. The value is a list of three integers: the major
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1997 and minor version numbers of the X protocol, and the
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1998 distributor-specific release number of the X server software itself.
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1999 @end defun
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2000
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2001 @defun x-server-vendor &optional display
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2002 This function returns the ``vendor'' that provided the X server
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2003 software (as a string). Really this means whoever distributes the X
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2004 server.
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2005
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2006 When the developers of X labelled software distributors as
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2007 ``vendors'', they showed their false assumption that no system could
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2008 ever be developed and distributed noncommercially.
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2009 @end defun
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2010
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2011 @ignore
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2012 @defvar x-no-window-manager
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2013 This variable's value is @code{t} if no X window manager is in use.
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2014 @end defvar
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2015 @end ignore
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2016
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2017 @ignore
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2018 @item
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2019 The functions @code{x-pixel-width} and @code{x-pixel-height} return the
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2020 width and height of an X Window frame, measured in pixels.
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2021 @end ignore
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2022
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2023 @ignore
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2024 arch-tag: 94977df6-3dca-4730-b57b-c6329e9282ba
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2025 @end ignore