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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 99, 2000, 2001 |
28126 | 3 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @node Frames, International, Windows, Top | |
6 @chapter Frames and X Windows | |
7 @cindex frames | |
8 | |
9 When using the X Window System, you can create multiple windows at the | |
10 X level in a single Emacs session. Each X window that belongs to Emacs | |
11 displays a @dfn{frame} which can contain one or several Emacs windows. | |
12 A frame initially contains a single general-purpose Emacs window which | |
13 you can subdivide vertically or horizontally into smaller windows. A | |
14 frame normally contains its own echo area and minibuffer, but you can | |
15 make frames that don't have these---they use the echo area and | |
16 minibuffer of another frame. | |
17 | |
18 Editing you do in one frame also affects the other frames. For | |
19 instance, if you put text in the kill ring in one frame, you can yank it | |
20 in another frame. If you exit Emacs through @kbd{C-x C-c} in one frame, | |
21 it terminates all the frames. To delete just one frame, use @kbd{C-x 5 | |
37121 | 22 0} (that is zero, not @kbd{o}). |
25829 | 23 |
24 To avoid confusion, we reserve the word ``window'' for the | |
25 subdivisions that Emacs implements, and never use it to refer to a | |
26 frame. | |
27 | |
28 Emacs compiled for MS-DOS emulates some aspects of the window system | |
29 so that you can use many of the features described in this chapter. | |
30 @xref{MS-DOS Input}, for more information. | |
31 | |
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32 @cindex MS Windows |
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33 Emacs compiled for MS Windows mostly supports the same features as |
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34 under X. However, images, tool bars, and tooltips are not yet |
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35 available in Emacs version 21.1 on MS-Windows. |
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25829 | 37 @menu |
38 * Mouse Commands:: Moving, cutting, and pasting, with the mouse. | |
39 * Secondary Selection:: Cutting without altering point and mark. | |
33920 | 40 * Clipboard:: Using the clipboard for selections. |
25829 | 41 * Mouse References:: Using the mouse to select an item from a list. |
42 * Menu Mouse Clicks:: Mouse clicks that bring up menus. | |
43 * Mode Line Mouse:: Mouse clicks on the mode line. | |
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44 * Creating Frames:: Creating additional Emacs frames with various contents. |
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45 * Frame Commands:: Iconifying, deleting, and switching frames. |
25829 | 46 * Speedbar:: How to make and use a speedbar frame. |
47 * Multiple Displays:: How one Emacs job can talk to several displays. | |
48 * Special Buffer Frames:: You can make certain buffers have their own frames. | |
49 * Frame Parameters:: Changing the colors and other modes of frames. | |
50 * Scroll Bars:: How to enable and disable scroll bars; how to use them. | |
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51 * Wheeled Mice:: Using mouse wheels for scrolling. |
25829 | 52 * Menu Bars:: Enabling and disabling the menu bar. |
31609 | 53 * Tool Bars:: Enabling and disabling the tool bar. |
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54 * Dialog Boxes:: Controlling use of dialog boxes. |
39267 | 55 * Tooltips:: Showing "tooltips", AKA "balloon help" for active text. |
28124 | 56 * Mouse Avoidance:: Moving the mouse pointer out of the way. |
25829 | 57 * Non-Window Terminals:: Multiple frames on terminals that show only one. |
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58 * XTerm Mouse:: Using the mouse in an XTerm terminal emulator. |
25829 | 59 @end menu |
60 | |
61 @node Mouse Commands | |
62 @section Mouse Commands for Editing | |
63 @cindex mouse buttons (what they do) | |
64 | |
65 The mouse commands for selecting and copying a region are mostly | |
66 compatible with the @code{xterm} program. You can use the same mouse | |
67 commands for copying between Emacs and other X client programs. | |
68 | |
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69 @kindex DELETE @r{(and mouse selection)} |
25829 | 70 If you select a region with any of these mouse commands, and then |
71 immediately afterward type the @key{DELETE} function key, it deletes the | |
72 region that you selected. The @key{BACKSPACE} function key and the | |
73 ASCII character @key{DEL} do not do this; if you type any other key | |
74 in between the mouse command and @key{DELETE}, it does not do this. | |
75 | |
76 @findex mouse-set-region | |
77 @findex mouse-set-point | |
78 @findex mouse-yank-at-click | |
79 @findex mouse-save-then-click | |
80 @kindex Mouse-1 | |
81 @kindex Mouse-2 | |
82 @kindex Mouse-3 | |
83 @table @kbd | |
84 @item Mouse-1 | |
85 Move point to where you click (@code{mouse-set-point}). | |
86 This is normally the left button. | |
87 | |
88 @item Drag-Mouse-1 | |
89 Set the region to the text you select by dragging, and copy it to the | |
90 kill ring (@code{mouse-set-region}). You can specify both ends of the | |
91 region with this single command. | |
92 | |
93 @vindex mouse-scroll-min-lines | |
94 If you move the mouse off the top or bottom of the window while | |
95 dragging, the window scrolls at a steady rate until you move the mouse | |
96 back into the window. This way, you can select regions that don't fit | |
97 entirely on the screen. The number of lines scrolled per step depends | |
98 on how far away from the window edge the mouse has gone; the variable | |
99 @code{mouse-scroll-min-lines} specifies a minimum step size. | |
100 | |
101 @item Mouse-2 | |
102 Yank the last killed text, where you click (@code{mouse-yank-at-click}). | |
103 This is normally the middle button. | |
104 | |
105 @item Mouse-3 | |
106 This command, @code{mouse-save-then-kill}, has several functions | |
107 depending on where you click and the status of the region. | |
108 | |
109 The most basic case is when you click @kbd{Mouse-1} in one place and | |
110 then @kbd{Mouse-3} in another. This selects the text between those two | |
111 positions as the region. It also copies the new region to the kill | |
112 ring, so that you can copy it to someplace else. | |
113 | |
114 If you click @kbd{Mouse-1} in the text, scroll with the scroll bar, and | |
115 then click @kbd{Mouse-3}, it remembers where point was before scrolling | |
116 (where you put it with @kbd{Mouse-1}), and uses that position as the | |
117 other end of the region. This is so that you can select a region that | |
118 doesn't fit entirely on the screen. | |
119 | |
120 More generally, if you do not have a highlighted region, @kbd{Mouse-3} | |
121 selects the text between point and the click position as the region. It | |
122 does this by setting the mark where point was, and moving point to where | |
123 you click. | |
124 | |
125 If you have a highlighted region, or if the region was set just before | |
126 by dragging button 1, @kbd{Mouse-3} adjusts the nearer end of the region | |
127 by moving it to where you click. The adjusted region's text also | |
128 replaces the old region's text in the kill ring. | |
129 | |
130 If you originally specified the region using a double or triple | |
131 @kbd{Mouse-1}, so that the region is defined to consist of entire words | |
132 or lines, then adjusting the region with @kbd{Mouse-3} also proceeds by | |
133 entire words or lines. | |
134 | |
135 If you use @kbd{Mouse-3} a second time consecutively, at the same place, | |
136 that kills the region already selected. | |
137 | |
138 @item Double-Mouse-1 | |
139 This key sets the region around the word which you click on. If you | |
140 click on a character with ``symbol'' syntax (such as underscore, in C | |
141 mode), it sets the region around the symbol surrounding that character. | |
142 | |
143 If you click on a character with open-parenthesis or close-parenthesis | |
38205 | 144 syntax, it sets the region around the parenthetical grouping |
25829 | 145 which that character starts or ends. If you click on a character with |
146 string-delimiter syntax (such as a singlequote or doublequote in C), it | |
147 sets the region around the string constant (using heuristics to figure | |
148 out whether that character is the beginning or the end of it). | |
149 | |
150 @item Double-Drag-Mouse-1 | |
151 This key selects a region made up of the words you drag across. | |
152 | |
153 @item Triple-Mouse-1 | |
154 This key sets the region around the line you click on. | |
155 | |
156 @item Triple-Drag-Mouse-1 | |
157 This key selects a region made up of the lines you drag across. | |
158 @end table | |
159 | |
160 The simplest way to kill text with the mouse is to press @kbd{Mouse-1} | |
161 at one end, then press @kbd{Mouse-3} twice at the other end. | |
162 @xref{Killing}. To copy the text into the kill ring without deleting it | |
163 from the buffer, press @kbd{Mouse-3} just once---or just drag across the | |
164 text with @kbd{Mouse-1}. Then you can copy it elsewhere by yanking it. | |
165 | |
166 @vindex mouse-yank-at-point | |
167 To yank the killed or copied text somewhere else, move the mouse there | |
168 and press @kbd{Mouse-2}. @xref{Yanking}. However, if | |
169 @code{mouse-yank-at-point} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{Mouse-2} yanks at | |
170 point. Then it does not matter where you click, or even which of the | |
171 frame's windows you click on. The default value is @code{nil}. This | |
172 variable also affects yanking the secondary selection. | |
173 | |
174 @cindex cutting and X | |
175 @cindex pasting and X | |
176 @cindex X cutting and pasting | |
177 To copy text to another X window, kill it or save it in the kill ring. | |
178 Under X, this also sets the @dfn{primary selection}. Then use the | |
179 ``paste'' or ``yank'' command of the program operating the other window | |
180 to insert the text from the selection. | |
181 | |
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182 To copy text from another X window, use the ``cut'' or ``copy'' |
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183 command of the program operating the other window, to select the text |
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184 you want. Then yank it in Emacs with @kbd{C-y} or @kbd{Mouse-2}. |
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186 The standard coding system for X selections is @code{compound-text}. |
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187 To specify another coding system for X selections, use @kbd{C-x |
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188 @key{RET} x} or @kbd{C-x @key{RET} X}. @xref{Specify Coding}. |
25829 | 189 |
190 These cutting and pasting commands also work on MS-Windows. | |
191 | |
192 @cindex primary selection | |
193 @cindex cut buffer | |
194 @cindex selection, primary | |
195 @vindex x-cut-buffer-max | |
196 When Emacs puts text into the kill ring, or rotates text to the front | |
197 of the kill ring, it sets the @dfn{primary selection} in the X server. | |
198 This is how other X clients can access the text. Emacs also stores the | |
199 text in the cut buffer, but only if the text is short enough | |
37121 | 200 (the value of @code{x-cut-buffer-max} specifies the maximum number of |
201 characters); putting long strings in the cut buffer can be slow. | |
25829 | 202 |
203 The commands to yank the first entry in the kill ring actually check | |
204 first for a primary selection in another program; after that, they check | |
205 for text in the cut buffer. If neither of those sources provides text | |
206 to yank, the kill ring contents are used. | |
207 | |
208 @node Secondary Selection | |
209 @section Secondary Selection | |
210 @cindex secondary selection | |
211 | |
212 The @dfn{secondary selection} is another way of selecting text using | |
213 X. It does not use point or the mark, so you can use it to kill text | |
214 without setting point or the mark. | |
215 | |
216 @table @kbd | |
217 @findex mouse-set-secondary | |
218 @kindex M-Drag-Mouse-1 | |
219 @item M-Drag-Mouse-1 | |
220 Set the secondary selection, with one end at the place where you press | |
221 down the button, and the other end at the place where you release it | |
222 (@code{mouse-set-secondary}). The highlighting appears and changes as | |
37121 | 223 you drag. You can control the appearance of the highlighting by |
224 customizing the @code{secondary-selection} face (@pxref{Face | |
225 Customization}). | |
25829 | 226 |
227 If you move the mouse off the top or bottom of the window while | |
228 dragging, the window scrolls at a steady rate until you move the mouse | |
229 back into the window. This way, you can mark regions that don't fit | |
230 entirely on the screen. | |
231 | |
232 @findex mouse-start-secondary | |
233 @kindex M-Mouse-1 | |
234 @item M-Mouse-1 | |
235 Set one endpoint for the @dfn{secondary selection} | |
236 (@code{mouse-start-secondary}). | |
237 | |
238 @findex mouse-secondary-save-then-kill | |
239 @kindex M-Mouse-3 | |
240 @item M-Mouse-3 | |
241 Make a secondary selection, using the place specified with @kbd{M-Mouse-1} | |
242 as the other end (@code{mouse-secondary-save-then-kill}). A second click | |
243 at the same place kills the secondary selection just made. | |
244 | |
245 @findex mouse-yank-secondary | |
246 @kindex M-Mouse-2 | |
247 @item M-Mouse-2 | |
248 Insert the secondary selection where you click | |
249 (@code{mouse-yank-secondary}). This places point at the end of the | |
250 yanked text. | |
251 @end table | |
252 | |
253 Double or triple clicking of @kbd{M-Mouse-1} operates on words and | |
254 lines, much like @kbd{Mouse-1}. | |
255 | |
256 If @code{mouse-yank-at-point} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{M-Mouse-2} | |
257 yanks at point. Then it does not matter precisely where you click; all | |
258 that matters is which window you click on. @xref{Mouse Commands}. | |
259 | |
33920 | 260 @node Clipboard |
261 @section Using the Clipboard | |
262 @cindex X clipboard | |
263 @cindex clipboard | |
264 @vindex x-select-enable-clipboard | |
265 @findex menu-bar-enable-clipboard | |
266 @cindex OpenWindows | |
267 @cindex Gnome | |
268 | |
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269 As well as the primary and secondary selection types, X supports a |
33920 | 270 @dfn{clipboard} selection type which is used by some applications, |
271 particularly under OpenWindows and Gnome. | |
272 | |
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273 The command @kbd{M-x menu-bar-enable-clipboard} makes the @code{Cut}, |
33920 | 274 @code{Paste} and @code{Copy} menu items, as well as the keys of the same |
275 names, all use the clipboard. | |
276 | |
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277 You can customize the option @code{x-select-enable-clipboard} to make |
33920 | 278 the Emacs yank functions consult the clipboard before the primary |
279 selection, and to make the kill functions to store in the clipboard as | |
280 well as the primary selection. Otherwise they do not access the | |
281 clipboard at all. Using the clipboard is the default on MS-Windows, | |
282 unlike most systems. | |
283 | |
25829 | 284 @node Mouse References |
285 @section Following References with the Mouse | |
286 @kindex Mouse-2 @r{(selection)} | |
287 | |
288 Some Emacs buffers display lists of various sorts. These include | |
289 lists of files, of buffers, of possible completions, of matches for | |
290 a pattern, and so on. | |
291 | |
292 Since yanking text into these buffers is not very useful, most of them | |
293 define @kbd{Mouse-2} specially, as a command to use or view the item you | |
294 click on. | |
295 | |
296 For example, if you click @kbd{Mouse-2} on a file name in a Dired | |
297 buffer, you visit that file. If you click @kbd{Mouse-2} on an error | |
298 message in the @samp{*Compilation*} buffer, you go to the source code | |
299 for that error message. If you click @kbd{Mouse-2} on a completion in | |
300 the @samp{*Completions*} buffer, you choose that completion. | |
301 | |
302 You can usually tell when @kbd{Mouse-2} has this special sort of | |
303 meaning because the sensitive text highlights when you move the mouse | |
304 over it. | |
305 | |
306 @node Menu Mouse Clicks | |
307 @section Mouse Clicks for Menus | |
308 | |
309 Mouse clicks modified with the @key{CTRL} and @key{SHIFT} keys | |
310 bring up menus. | |
311 | |
312 @table @kbd | |
313 @item C-Mouse-1 | |
30872 | 314 @kindex C-Mouse-1 |
25829 | 315 This menu is for selecting a buffer. |
316 | |
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317 The MSB (``mouse select buffer'') global minor mode makes this |
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318 menu smarter and more customizable. @xref{Buffer Menus}. |
30872 | 319 |
25829 | 320 @item C-Mouse-2 |
30872 | 321 @kindex C-Mouse-2 |
25829 | 322 This menu is for specifying faces and other text properties |
323 for editing formatted text. @xref{Formatted Text}. | |
324 | |
325 @item C-Mouse-3 | |
30872 | 326 @kindex C-Mouse-3 |
327 This menu is mode-specific. For most modes if Menu-bar mode is on, this | |
328 menu has the same items as all the mode-specific menu-bar menus put | |
329 together. Some modes may specify a different menu for this | |
330 button.@footnote{Some systems use @kbd{Mouse-3} for a mode-specific | |
331 menu. We took a survey of users, and found they preferred to keep | |
332 @kbd{Mouse-3} for selecting and killing regions. Hence the decision to | |
333 use @kbd{C-Mouse-3} for this menu.} If Menu-bar mode is off, this menu | |
334 contains all the items which would be present in the menu bar---not just | |
335 the mode-specific ones---so that you can access them without having to | |
336 display the menu bar. | |
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338 @item S-Mouse-1 |
25829 | 339 This menu is for specifying the frame's principal font. |
340 @end table | |
341 | |
342 @node Mode Line Mouse | |
343 @section Mode Line Mouse Commands | |
30872 | 344 @cindex mode line, mouse |
345 @cindex mouse on mode line | |
25829 | 346 |
347 You can use mouse clicks on window mode lines to select and manipulate | |
348 windows. | |
349 | |
350 @table @kbd | |
351 @item Mouse-1 | |
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352 @kindex Mouse-1 @r{(mode line)} |
25829 | 353 @kbd{Mouse-1} on a mode line selects the window above. By dragging |
354 @kbd{Mouse-1} on the mode line, you can move it, thus changing the | |
355 height of the windows above and below. | |
356 | |
357 @item Mouse-2 | |
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358 @kindex Mouse-2 @r{(mode line)} |
25829 | 359 @kbd{Mouse-2} on a mode line expands that window to fill its frame. |
360 | |
361 @item Mouse-3 | |
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362 @kindex Mouse-3 @r{(mode line)} |
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363 @kbd{Mouse-3} on a mode line deletes the window above. If the frame has |
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364 only one window, it buries the current buffer instead and switches to |
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365 another buffer. |
25829 | 366 |
367 @item C-Mouse-2 | |
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368 @kindex C-mouse-2 @r{(mode line)} |
25829 | 369 @kbd{C-Mouse-2} on a mode line splits the window above |
370 horizontally, above the place in the mode line where you click. | |
371 @end table | |
372 | |
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373 @kindex C-Mouse-2 @r{(scroll bar)} |
25829 | 374 @kbd{C-Mouse-2} on a scroll bar splits the corresponding window |
37121 | 375 vertically, unless you are using an X toolkit's implementation of |
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376 scroll bars. @xref{Split Window}. |
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378 The commands above apply to areas of the mode line which do not have |
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385 @section Creating Frames | |
386 @cindex creating frames | |
387 | |
388 @kindex C-x 5 | |
389 The prefix key @kbd{C-x 5} is analogous to @kbd{C-x 4}, with parallel | |
390 subcommands. The difference is that @kbd{C-x 5} commands create a new | |
391 frame rather than just a new window in the selected frame (@pxref{Pop | |
392 Up Window}). If an existing visible or iconified frame already displays | |
393 the requested material, these commands use the existing frame, after | |
394 raising or deiconifying as necessary. | |
395 | |
396 The various @kbd{C-x 5} commands differ in how they find or create the | |
397 buffer to select: | |
398 | |
399 @table @kbd | |
400 @item C-x 5 2 | |
401 @kindex C-x 5 2 | |
402 @findex make-frame-command | |
403 Create a new frame (@code{make-frame-command}). | |
404 @item C-x 5 b @var{bufname} @key{RET} | |
405 Select buffer @var{bufname} in another frame. This runs | |
406 @code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame}. | |
407 @item C-x 5 f @var{filename} @key{RET} | |
408 Visit file @var{filename} and select its buffer in another frame. This | |
409 runs @code{find-file-other-frame}. @xref{Visiting}. | |
410 @item C-x 5 d @var{directory} @key{RET} | |
411 Select a Dired buffer for directory @var{directory} in another frame. | |
412 This runs @code{dired-other-frame}. @xref{Dired}. | |
413 @item C-x 5 m | |
414 Start composing a mail message in another frame. This runs | |
415 @code{mail-other-frame}. It is the other-frame variant of @kbd{C-x m}. | |
416 @xref{Sending Mail}. | |
417 @item C-x 5 . | |
418 Find a tag in the current tag table in another frame. This runs | |
419 @code{find-tag-other-frame}, the multiple-frame variant of @kbd{M-.}. | |
420 @xref{Tags}. | |
421 @item C-x 5 r @var{filename} @key{RET} | |
422 @kindex C-x 5 r | |
423 @findex find-file-read-only-other-frame | |
424 Visit file @var{filename} read-only, and select its buffer in another | |
425 frame. This runs @code{find-file-read-only-other-frame}. | |
426 @xref{Visiting}. | |
427 @end table | |
428 | |
429 @cindex default-frame-alist | |
430 @cindex initial-frame-alist | |
431 You can control the appearance of new frames you create by setting the | |
432 frame parameters in @code{default-frame-alist}. You can use the | |
433 variable @code{initial-frame-alist} to specify parameters that affect | |
434 only the initial frame. @xref{Initial Parameters,,, elisp, The Emacs | |
435 Lisp Reference Manual}, for more information. | |
436 | |
437 @cindex font (default) | |
438 The easiest way to specify the principal font for all your Emacs | |
439 frames is with an X resource (@pxref{Font X}), but you can also do it by | |
440 modifying @code{default-frame-alist} to specify the @code{font} | |
441 parameter, as shown here: | |
442 | |
443 @example | |
444 (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "10x20")) | |
445 @end example | |
446 | |
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451 (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(background-color . "blue")) |
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458 The following commands let you create, delete and operate on frames: |
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465 The normal meaning of @kbd{C-z}, to suspend Emacs, is not useful under a |
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490 @section Making and Using a Speedbar Frame | |
491 @cindex speedbar | |
492 | |
493 An Emacs frame can have a @dfn{speedbar}, which is a vertical window | |
494 that serves as a scrollable menu of files you could visit and tags | |
495 within those files. To create a speedbar, type @kbd{M-x speedbar}; this | |
496 creates a speedbar window for the selected frame. From then on, you can | |
497 click on a file name in the speedbar to visit that file in the | |
498 corresponding Emacs frame, or click on a tag name to jump to that tag in | |
499 the Emacs frame. | |
500 | |
501 Initially the speedbar lists the immediate contents of the current | |
502 directory, one file per line. Each line also has a box, @samp{[+]} or | |
503 @samp{<+>}, that you can click on with @kbd{Mouse-2} to ``open up'' the | |
504 contents of that item. If the line names a directory, opening it adds | |
505 the contents of that directory to the speedbar display, underneath the | |
506 directory's own line. If the line lists an ordinary file, opening it up | |
507 adds a list of the tags in that file to the speedbar display. When a | |
508 file is opened up, the @samp{[+]} changes to @samp{[-]}; you can click | |
509 on that box to ``close up'' that file (hide its contents). | |
510 | |
511 Some major modes, including Rmail mode, Info, and GUD, have | |
512 specialized ways of putting useful items into the speedbar for you to | |
513 select. For example, in Rmail mode, the speedbar shows a list of Rmail | |
514 files, and lets you move the current message to another Rmail file by | |
515 clicking on its @samp{<M>} box. | |
516 | |
517 A speedbar belongs to one Emacs frame, and always operates on that | |
518 frame. If you use multiple frames, you can make a speedbar for some or | |
519 all of the frames; type @kbd{M-x speedbar} in any given frame to make a | |
520 speedbar for it. | |
521 | |
522 @node Multiple Displays | |
523 @section Multiple Displays | |
524 @cindex multiple displays | |
525 | |
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532 @findex make-frame-on-display | |
533 @table @kbd | |
534 @item M-x make-frame-on-display @key{RET} @var{display} @key{RET} | |
535 Create a new frame on display @var{display}. | |
536 @end table | |
537 | |
538 A single X server can handle more than one screen. When you open | |
539 frames on two screens belonging to one server, Emacs knows they share a | |
540 single keyboard, and it treats all the commands arriving from these | |
541 screens as a single stream of input. | |
542 | |
543 When you open frames on different X servers, Emacs makes a separate | |
544 input stream for each server. This way, two users can type | |
545 simultaneously on the two displays, and Emacs will not garble their | |
546 input. Each server also has its own selected frame. The commands you | |
547 enter with a particular X server apply to that server's selected frame. | |
548 | |
549 Despite these features, people using the same Emacs job from different | |
550 displays can still interfere with each other if they are not careful. | |
551 For example, if any one types @kbd{C-x C-c}, that exits the Emacs job | |
552 for all of them! | |
553 | |
554 @node Special Buffer Frames | |
555 @section Special Buffer Frames | |
556 | |
557 @vindex special-display-buffer-names | |
558 You can make certain chosen buffers, for which Emacs normally creates | |
559 a second window when you have just one window, appear in special frames | |
560 of their own. To do this, set the variable | |
561 @code{special-display-buffer-names} to a list of buffer names; any | |
562 buffer whose name is in that list automatically gets a special frame, | |
563 when an Emacs command wants to display it ``in another window.'' | |
564 | |
565 For example, if you set the variable this way, | |
566 | |
567 @example | |
568 (setq special-display-buffer-names | |
569 '("*Completions*" "*grep*" "*tex-shell*")) | |
570 @end example | |
571 | |
572 @noindent | |
573 then completion lists, @code{grep} output and the @TeX{} mode shell | |
574 buffer get individual frames of their own. These frames, and the | |
575 windows in them, are never automatically split or reused for any other | |
576 buffers. They continue to show the buffers they were created for, | |
577 unless you alter them by hand. Killing the special buffer deletes its | |
578 frame automatically. | |
579 | |
580 @vindex special-display-regexps | |
581 More generally, you can set @code{special-display-regexps} to a list | |
582 of regular expressions; then a buffer gets its own frame if its name | |
583 matches any of those regular expressions. (Once again, this applies only | |
584 to buffers that normally get displayed for you in a separate window.) | |
585 | |
586 @vindex special-display-frame-alist | |
587 The variable @code{special-display-frame-alist} specifies the frame | |
588 parameters for these frames. It has a default value, so you don't need | |
589 to set it. | |
590 | |
591 For those who know Lisp, an element of | |
592 @code{special-display-buffer-names} or @code{special-display-regexps} | |
593 can also be a list. Then the first element is the buffer name or | |
594 regular expression; the rest of the list specifies how to create the | |
595 frame. It can be an association list specifying frame parameter values; | |
596 these values take precedence over parameter values specified in | |
597 @code{special-display-frame-alist}. Alternatively, it can have this | |
598 form: | |
599 | |
600 @example | |
601 (@var{function} @var{args}...) | |
602 @end example | |
603 | |
604 @noindent | |
605 where @var{function} is a symbol. Then the frame is constructed by | |
606 calling @var{function}; its first argument is the buffer, and its | |
607 remaining arguments are @var{args}. | |
608 | |
609 An analogous feature lets you specify buffers which should be | |
610 displayed in the selected window. @xref{Force Same Window}. The | |
611 same-window feature takes precedence over the special-frame feature; | |
612 therefore, if you add a buffer name to | |
613 @code{special-display-buffer-names} and it has no effect, check to see | |
614 whether that feature is also in use for the same buffer name. | |
615 | |
616 @node Frame Parameters | |
617 @section Setting Frame Parameters | |
618 @cindex colors | |
619 @cindex Auto-Raise mode | |
620 @cindex Auto-Lower mode | |
621 | |
622 This section describes commands for altering the display style and | |
623 window management behavior of the selected frame. | |
624 | |
625 @findex set-foreground-color | |
626 @findex set-background-color | |
627 @findex set-cursor-color | |
628 @findex set-mouse-color | |
629 @findex set-border-color | |
630 @findex auto-raise-mode | |
631 @findex auto-lower-mode | |
632 @table @kbd | |
633 @item M-x set-foreground-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET} | |
634 Specify color @var{color} for the foreground of the selected frame. | |
635 (This also changes the foreground color of the default face.) | |
636 | |
637 @item M-x set-background-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET} | |
638 Specify color @var{color} for the background of the selected frame. | |
639 (This also changes the background color of the default face.) | |
640 | |
641 @item M-x set-cursor-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET} | |
642 Specify color @var{color} for the cursor of the selected frame. | |
643 | |
644 @item M-x set-mouse-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET} | |
645 Specify color @var{color} for the mouse cursor when it is over the | |
646 selected frame. | |
647 | |
648 @item M-x set-border-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET} | |
649 Specify color @var{color} for the border of the selected frame. | |
650 | |
651 @item M-x list-colors-display | |
652 Display the defined color names and show what the colors look like. | |
653 This command is somewhat slow. | |
654 | |
655 @item M-x auto-raise-mode | |
656 Toggle whether or not the selected frame should auto-raise. Auto-raise | |
657 means that every time you move the mouse onto the frame, it raises the | |
658 frame. | |
659 | |
660 Note that this auto-raise feature is implemented by Emacs itself. Some | |
661 window managers also implement auto-raise. If you enable auto-raise for | |
662 Emacs frames in your X window manager, it should work, but it is beyond | |
663 Emacs's control and therefore @code{auto-raise-mode} has no effect on | |
664 it. | |
665 | |
666 @item M-x auto-lower-mode | |
667 Toggle whether or not the selected frame should auto-lower. | |
668 Auto-lower means that every time you move the mouse off the frame, | |
669 the frame moves to the bottom of the stack of X windows. | |
670 | |
671 The command @code{auto-lower-mode} has no effect on auto-lower | |
672 implemented by the X window manager. To control that, you must use | |
673 the appropriate window manager features. | |
674 | |
675 @findex set-frame-font | |
676 @item M-x set-frame-font @key{RET} @var{font} @key{RET} | |
677 @cindex font (principal) | |
678 Specify font @var{font} as the principal font for the selected frame. | |
679 The principal font controls several face attributes of the | |
680 @code{default} face (@pxref{Faces}). For example, if the principal font | |
681 has a height of 12 pt, all text will be drawn in 12 pt fonts, unless you | |
682 use another face that specifies a different height. @xref{Font X}, for | |
683 ways to list the available fonts on your system. | |
684 | |
685 @kindex S-Mouse-1 | |
686 You can also set a frame's principal font through a pop-up menu. | |
687 Press @kbd{S-Mouse-1} to activate this menu. | |
688 @end table | |
689 | |
690 In Emacs versions that use an X toolkit, the color-setting and | |
691 font-setting functions don't affect menus and the menu bar, since they | |
692 are displayed by their own widget classes. To change the appearance of | |
693 the menus and menu bar, you must use X resources (@pxref{Resources X}). | |
694 @xref{Colors X}, regarding colors. @xref{Font X}, regarding choice of | |
695 font. | |
696 | |
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702 | |
703 @node Scroll Bars | |
704 @section Scroll Bars | |
705 @cindex Scroll Bar mode | |
706 @cindex mode, Scroll Bar | |
707 | |
708 When using X, Emacs normally makes a @dfn{scroll bar} at the left of | |
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716 You can use @kbd{Mouse-2} (normally, the middle button) in the scroll | |
717 bar to move or drag the inner box up and down. If you move it to the | |
718 top of the scroll bar, you see the top of the buffer. If you move it to | |
719 the bottom of the scroll bar, you see the bottom of the buffer. | |
720 | |
721 The left and right buttons in the scroll bar scroll by controlled | |
722 increments. @kbd{Mouse-1} (normally, the left button) moves the line at | |
723 the level where you click up to the top of the window. @kbd{Mouse-3} | |
724 (normally, the right button) moves the line at the top of the window | |
725 down to the level where you click. By clicking repeatedly in the same | |
726 place, you can scroll by the same distance over and over. | |
727 | |
34523 | 728 If you are using Emacs's own implementation of scroll bars, as opposed |
34444 | 729 to scroll bars from an X toolkit, you can also click @kbd{C-Mouse-2} in |
730 the scroll bar to split a window vertically. The split occurs on the | |
731 line where you click. | |
25829 | 732 |
733 @findex scroll-bar-mode | |
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25829 | 735 You can enable or disable Scroll Bar mode with the command @kbd{M-x |
736 scroll-bar-mode}. With no argument, it toggles the use of scroll bars. | |
737 With an argument, it turns use of scroll bars on if and only if the | |
738 argument is positive. This command applies to all frames, including | |
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740 to control the use of scroll bars at startup. You can use it to specify |
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25829 | 744 |
745 @findex toggle-scroll-bar | |
746 To enable or disable scroll bars for just the selected frame, use the | |
747 @kbd{M-x toggle-scroll-bar} command. | |
748 | |
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755 @section Scrolling With ``Wheeled'' Mice |
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757 @cindex mouse wheel |
36864 | 758 @cindex wheel, mouse |
759 @findex mouse-wheel-mode | |
760 @cindex Mouse Wheel minor mode | |
761 @cindex mode, Mouse Wheel | |
762 Some mice have a ``wheel'' instead of a third button. You can | |
763 usually click the wheel to act as either @kbd{Mouse-2} or | |
764 @kbd{Mouse-3}, depending on the setup. You can also use the wheel to | |
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765 scroll windows instead of using the scroll bar or keyboard commands. |
36864 | 766 To do so, turn on Mouse Wheel global minor mode with the command |
767 @kbd{M-x mouse-wheel-mode} or by customizing the option | |
768 @code{mouse-wheel-mode}. Support for the wheel depends on the system | |
769 generating appropriate events for Emacs. | |
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772 @vindex mouse-wheel-scroll-amount | |
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773 The variables @code{mouse-wheel-follow-mouse} and |
35875 | 774 @code{mouse-wheel-scroll-amount} determine where and by how much |
775 buffers are scrolled. | |
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25829 | 777 @node Menu Bars |
778 @section Menu Bars | |
779 @cindex Menu Bar mode | |
780 @cindex mode, Menu Bar | |
781 | |
782 You can turn display of menu bars on or off with @kbd{M-x | |
31609 | 783 menu-bar-mode} or by customizing the option @code{menu-bar-mode}. |
784 With no argument, this command toggles Menu Bar mode, a | |
25829 | 785 minor mode. With an argument, the command turns Menu Bar mode on if the |
786 argument is positive, off if the argument is not positive. You can use | |
787 the X resource @samp{menuBarLines} to control the initial setting of | |
31609 | 788 Menu Bar mode. @xref{Resources X}. |
789 | |
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39267 | 794 with @kbd{C-Mouse-3} on a display which supports pop-up menus. |
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795 @xref{Menu Mouse Clicks}. |
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797 @xref{Menu Bar}, for information on how to invoke commands with the | |
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25829 | 800 |
31609 | 801 @node Tool Bars |
802 @section Tool Bars | |
803 @cindex Tool Bar mode | |
804 @cindex mode, Tool Bar | |
34040 | 805 @cindex icons, tool bar |
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817 XPM icons if Emacs was built with XPM support. Otherwise, the tool | |
818 bar uses monochrome icons (PBM or XBM format). | |
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28432 | 842 mouse position, typically over text---including the mode line---which |
843 can be activated with the mouse or other keys. (This facility is | |
36185 | 844 sometimes known as @dfn{balloon help}.) Help text may be available for |
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28124 | 865 Mouse Avoidance mode keeps the window system mouse pointer away from |
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871 @table @code | |
872 @item banish | |
39267 | 873 Move the mouse to the upper-right corner on any key-press; |
28124 | 874 @item exile |
875 Move the mouse to the corner only if the cursor gets too close, | |
876 and allow it to return once the cursor is out of the way; | |
877 @item jump | |
878 If the cursor gets too close to the mouse, displace the mouse | |
879 a random distance & direction; | |
880 @item animate | |
881 As @code{jump}, but shows steps along the way for illusion of motion; | |
882 @item cat-and-mouse | |
883 The same as @code{animate}; | |
884 @item proteus | |
885 As @code{animate}, but changes the shape of the mouse pointer too. | |
886 @end table | |
887 | |
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893 @section Non-Window Terminals | |
894 @cindex non-window terminals | |
895 @cindex single-frame terminals | |
896 | |
897 If your terminal does not have a window system that Emacs supports, | |
898 then it can display only one Emacs frame at a time. However, you can | |
899 still create multiple Emacs frames, and switch between them. Switching | |
900 frames on these terminals is much like switching between different | |
901 window configurations. | |
902 | |
903 Use @kbd{C-x 5 2} to create a new frame and switch to it; use @kbd{C-x | |
904 5 o} to cycle through the existing frames; use @kbd{C-x 5 0} to delete | |
905 the current frame. | |
906 | |
907 Each frame has a number to distinguish it. If your terminal can | |
908 display only one frame at a time, the selected frame's number @var{n} | |
909 appears near the beginning of the mode line, in the form | |
910 @samp{F@var{n}}. | |
911 | |
912 @findex set-frame-name | |
913 @findex select-frame-by-name | |
914 @samp{F@var{n}} is actually the frame's name. You can also specify a | |
915 different name if you wish, and you can select a frame by its name. Use | |
916 the command @kbd{M-x set-frame-name @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET}} to | |
917 specify a new name for the selected frame, and use @kbd{M-x | |
918 select-frame-by-name @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET}} to select a frame | |
919 according to its name. The name you specify appears in the mode line | |
920 when the frame is selected. | |
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923 @section Using a Mouse in Terminal Emulators |
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925 @cindex terminal emulators, mouse support | |
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927 Some terminal emulators under X support mouse clicks in the terminal |
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928 window. In a terminal emulator which is compatible with @code{xterm}, |
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929 you can use @kbd{M-x xterm-mouse-mode} to enable simple use of the |
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930 mouse---only single clicks are supported. The normal @code{xterm} mouse |
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931 functionality is still available by holding down the @kbd{SHIFT} key |
36864 | 932 when you press the mouse button. The Linux console supports this |
933 mode if it has support for the mouse enabled, e.g.@: using the | |
934 @command{gpm} daemon. |