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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 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @setfilename ../info/frames
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6 @node Frames, Positions, Windows, Top
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7 @chapter Frames
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8 @cindex frame
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10 A @dfn{frame} is a rectangle on the screen that contains one or more
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11 Emacs windows. A frame initially contains a single main window (plus
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12 perhaps a minibuffer window), which you can subdivide vertically or
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13 horizontally into smaller windows.
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15 @cindex terminal frame
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16 When Emacs runs on a text-only terminal, it starts with one
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17 @dfn{terminal frame}. If you create additional ones, Emacs displays
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18 one and only one at any given time---on the terminal screen, of course.
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20 @cindex window frame
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21 When Emacs communicates directly with a supported window system, such
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22 as X Windows, it does not have a terminal frame; instead, it starts with
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23 a single @dfn{window frame}, but you can create more, and Emacs can
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24 display several such frames at once as is usual for window systems.
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26 @defun framep object
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27 This predicate returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a frame, and
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28 @code{nil} otherwise.
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29 @end defun
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31 @menu
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32 * Creating Frames:: Creating additional frames.
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33 * Multiple Displays:: Creating frames on other displays.
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34 * Frame Parameters:: Controlling frame size, position, font, etc.
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35 * Frame Titles:: Automatic updating of frame titles.
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36 * Deleting Frames:: Frames last until explicitly deleted.
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37 * Finding All Frames:: How to examine all existing frames.
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38 * Frames and Windows:: A frame contains windows;
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39 display of text always works through windows.
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40 * Minibuffers and Frames:: How a frame finds the minibuffer to use.
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41 * Input Focus:: Specifying the selected frame.
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42 * Visibility of Frames:: Frames may be visible or invisible, or icons.
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43 * Raising and Lowering:: Raising a frame makes it hide other windows;
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44 lowering it makes the others hide them.
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45 * Frame Configurations:: Saving the state of all frames.
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46 * Mouse Tracking:: Getting events that say when the mouse moves.
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47 * Mouse Position:: Asking where the mouse is, or moving it.
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48 * Pop-Up Menus:: Displaying a menu for the user to select from.
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49 * Dialog Boxes:: Displaying a box to ask yes or no.
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50 * Pointer Shapes:: Specifying the shape of the mouse pointer.
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51 * Window System Selections:: Transferring text to and from other X clients.
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52 * Font Names:: Looking up font names.
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53 * Fontsets:: A fontset is a collection of fonts
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54 for displaying various character sets.
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55 * Color Names:: Getting the definitions of color names.
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56 * Resources:: Getting resource values from the server.
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57 * Server Data:: Getting info about the X server.
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58 @end menu
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60 @xref{Display}, for information about the related topic of
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61 controlling Emacs redisplay.
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63 @node Creating Frames
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64 @section Creating Frames
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66 To create a new frame, call the function @code{make-frame}.
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68 @defun make-frame &optional alist
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69 This function creates a new frame. If you are using a supported window
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70 system, it makes a window frame; otherwise, it makes a terminal frame.
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72 The argument is an alist specifying frame parameters. Any parameters
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73 not mentioned in @var{alist} default according to the value of the
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74 variable @code{default-frame-alist}; parameters not specified even there
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75 default from the standard X resources or whatever is used instead on
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76 your system.
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78 The set of possible parameters depends in principle on what kind of
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79 window system Emacs uses to display its frames. @xref{Window Frame
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80 Parameters}, for documentation of individual parameters you can specify.
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81 @end defun
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83 @defvar before-make-frame-hook
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84 @tindex before-make-frame-hook
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85 A normal hook run by @code{make-frame} before it actually creates the
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86 frame.
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87 @end defvar
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89 @defvar after-make-frame-hook
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90 @tindex after-make-frame-hook
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91 An abnormal hook run by @code{make-frame} after it creates the frame.
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92 Each function in @code{after-make-frame-hook} receives one argument, the
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93 frame just created.
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94 @end defvar
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96 @node Multiple Displays
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97 @section Multiple Displays
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98 @cindex multiple X displays
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99 @cindex displays, multiple
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101 A single Emacs can talk to more than one X display.
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102 Initially, Emacs uses just one display---the one chosen with the
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103 @code{DISPLAY} environment variable or with the @samp{--display} option
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104 (@pxref{Initial Options,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). To connect to
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105 another display, use the command @code{make-frame-on-display} or specify
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106 the @code{display} frame parameter when you create the frame.
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108 Emacs treats each X server as a separate terminal, giving each one its
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109 own selected frame and its own minibuffer windows.
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111 A few Lisp variables are @dfn{terminal-local}; that is, they have a
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112 separate binding for each terminal. The binding in effect at any time
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113 is the one for the terminal that the currently selected frame belongs
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114 to. These variables include @code{default-minibuffer-frame},
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115 @code{defining-kbd-macro}, @code{last-kbd-macro}, and
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116 @code{system-key-alist}. They are always terminal-local, and can never
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117 be buffer-local (@pxref{Buffer-Local Variables}) or frame-local.
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119 A single X server can handle more than one screen. A display name
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120 @samp{@var{host}:@var{server}.@var{screen}} has three parts; the last
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121 part specifies the screen number for a given server. When you use two
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122 screens belonging to one server, Emacs knows by the similarity in their
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123 names that they share a single keyboard, and it treats them as a single
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124 terminal.
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126 @deffn Command make-frame-on-display display &optional parameters
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127 This creates a new frame on display @var{display}, taking the other
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128 frame parameters from @var{parameters}. Aside from the @var{display}
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129 argument, it is like @code{make-frame} (@pxref{Creating Frames}).
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130 @end deffn
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132 @defun x-display-list
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133 This returns a list that indicates which X displays Emacs has a
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134 connection to. The elements of the list are strings, and each one is
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135 a display name.
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136 @end defun
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138 @defun x-open-connection display &optional xrm-string
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139 This function opens a connection to the X display @var{display}. It
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140 does not create a frame on that display, but it permits you to check
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141 that communication can be established with that display.
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144 string of resource names and values, in the same format used in the
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145 @file{.Xresources} file. The values you specify override the resource
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146 values recorded in the X server itself; they apply to all Emacs frames
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147 created on this display. Here's an example of what this string might
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150 @example
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151 "*BorderWidth: 3\n*InternalBorder: 2\n"
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152 @end example
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226 created. @xref{Resources X,, X Resources, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
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228 X resource settings typically apply to all frames. If you want to
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231 this. Specify parameters in @code{default-frame-alist} to override the
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249 Emacs frames---the first frame, and subsequent frames. When using the X
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250 Window System, you can get the same results by means of X resources
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262 @node Window Frame Parameters
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263 @subsection Window Frame Parameters
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265 Just what parameters a frame has depends on what display mechanism it
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266 uses. Here is a table of the parameters that have special meanings in a
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267 window frame; of these, @code{name}, @code{title}, @code{height},
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268 @code{width}, @code{buffer-list} and @code{buffer-predicate} provide
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269 meaningful information in terminal frames.
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278 If a frame has a non-@code{nil} title, it appears in the window system's
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286 The name of the frame. The frame name serves as a default for the frame
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287 title, if the @code{title} parameter is unspecified or @code{nil}. If
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313 The screen position of the top edge, in pixels, with respect to the
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320 window with respect to the bottom edge of the screen. A positive value
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325 Some window managers ignore program-specified positions. If you want to
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332 and when the frame is iconified.
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334 @item icon-top
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335 The screen position of the top edge @emph{of the frame's icon}, in
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339 @item user-position
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340 When you create a frame and specify its screen position with the
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341 @code{left} and @code{top} parameters, use this parameter to say whether
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342 the specified position was user-specified (explicitly requested in some
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344 A non-@code{nil} value says the position was user-specified.
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346 Window managers generally heed user-specified positions, and some heed
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347 program-specified positions too. But many ignore program-specified
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348 positions, placing the window in a default fashion or letting the user
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349 place it with the mouse. Some window managers, including @code{twm},
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350 let the user specify whether to obey program-specified positions or
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351 ignore them.
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353 When you call @code{make-frame}, you should specify a non-@code{nil}
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356 @code{nil}.
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359 The height of the frame contents, in characters. (To get the height in
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363 The width of the frame contents, in characters. (To get the height in
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367 The number of the window-system window used by the frame.
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372 minibuffer. If the value is a minibuffer window (in some other frame),
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373 the new frame uses that minibuffer.
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375 @item buffer-predicate
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376 The buffer-predicate function for this frame. The function
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377 @code{other-buffer} uses this predicate (from the selected frame) to
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378 decide which buffers it should consider, if the predicate is not
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379 @code{nil}. It calls the predicate with one argument, a buffer, once for
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381 considers that buffer.
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383 @item buffer-list
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384 A list of buffers that have been selected in this frame,
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387 @item font
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389 string, either a valid font name for your system or the name of an Emacs
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390 fontset (@pxref{Fontsets}).
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392 @item auto-raise
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393 Whether selecting the frame raises it (non-@code{nil} means yes).
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395 @item auto-lower
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398 @item vertical-scroll-bars
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399 Whether the frame has scroll bars for vertical scrolling, and which side
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400 of the frame they should be on. The possible values are @code{left},
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401 @code{right}, and @code{nil} for no scroll bars.
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408 @item scroll-bar-width
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409 The width of the vertical scroll bar, in pixels.
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412 The type of icon to use for this frame when it is iconified. If the
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413 value is a string, that specifies a file containing a bitmap to use.
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414 Any other non-@code{nil} value specifies the default bitmap icon (a
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418 The name to use in the icon for this frame, when and if the icon
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419 appears. If this is @code{nil}, the frame's title is used.
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422 The color to use for the image of a character. This is a string; the
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423 window system defines the meaningful color names.
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425 If you set the @code{foreground-color} frame parameter, you should
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426 call @code{frame-update-face-colors} to update faces accordingly.
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427
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429 The color to use for the background of characters.
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431 If you set the @code{background-color} frame parameter, you should
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432 call @code{frame-update-face-colors} to update faces accordingly.
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433 @xref{Face Functions}.
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435 @item background-mode
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436 This parameter is either @code{dark} or @code{light}, according
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440 The color for the mouse pointer.
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443 The color for the cursor that shows point.
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449 This parameter describes the range of possible colors that can be used
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451 @code{mono}.
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454 The way to display the cursor. The legitimate values are @code{bar},
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455 @code{box}, and @code{(bar . @var{width})}. The symbol @code{box}
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457 that is the default. The symbol @code{bar} specifies a vertical bar
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458 between characters as the cursor. @code{(bar . @var{width})} specifies
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462 The width in pixels of the window border.
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470 @item visibility
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479 number you specify is whether it is greater than zero.)
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484 The X window number of the window that should be the parent of this one.
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487 it and see if it works.)
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488 @end ignore
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492 @subsection Frame Size And Position
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493 @cindex size of frame
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494 @cindex screen size
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495 @cindex frame size
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496 @cindex resize frame
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499 frame parameters @code{left}, @code{top}, @code{height}, and
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500 @code{width}. Whatever geometry parameters you don't specify are chosen
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503 Here are some special features for working with sizes and positions:
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506 This function sets the position of the top left corner of @var{frame} to
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508 normally count from the top left corner of the screen.
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510 Negative parameter values position the bottom edge of the window up from
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511 the bottom edge of the screen, or the right window edge to the left of
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518 @defun frame-height &optional frame
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519 @defunx frame-width &optional frame
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520 These functions return the height and width of @var{frame}, measured in
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521 lines and columns. If you don't supply @var{frame}, they use the
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522 selected frame.
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525 @defun screen-height
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526 @defunx screen-width
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527 These functions are old aliases for @code{frame-height} and
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528 @code{frame-width}. When you are using a non-window terminal, the size
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529 of the frame is normally the same as the size of the terminal screen.
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532 @defun frame-pixel-height &optional frame
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533 @defunx frame-pixel-width &optional frame
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534 These functions return the height and width of @var{frame}, measured in
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538 @defun frame-char-height &optional frame
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539 @defunx frame-char-width &optional frame
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540 These functions return the height and width of a character in
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541 @var{frame}, measured in pixels. The values depend on the choice of
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542 font. If you don't supply @var{frame}, these functions use the selected
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543 frame.
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546 @defun set-frame-size frame cols rows
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547 This function sets the size of @var{frame}, measured in characters;
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548 @var{cols} and @var{rows} specify the new width and height.
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549
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550 To set the size based on values measured in pixels, use
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551 @code{frame-char-height} and @code{frame-char-width} to convert
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552 them to units of characters.
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555 @defun set-frame-height frame lines &optional pretend
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556 This function resizes @var{frame} to a height of @var{lines} lines. The
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557 sizes of existing windows in @var{frame} are altered proportionally to
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558 fit.
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559
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560 If @var{pretend} is non-@code{nil}, then Emacs displays @var{lines}
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561 lines of output in @var{frame}, but does not change its value for the
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562 actual height of the frame. This is only useful for a terminal frame.
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563 Using a smaller height than the terminal actually implements may be
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564 useful to reproduce behavior observed on a smaller screen, or if the
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565 terminal malfunctions when using its whole screen. Setting the frame
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566 height ``for real'' does not always work, because knowing the correct
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567 actual size may be necessary for correct cursor positioning on a
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568 terminal frame.
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571 @defun set-frame-width frame width &optional pretend
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572 This function sets the width of @var{frame}, measured in characters.
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573 The argument @var{pretend} has the same meaning as in
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574 @code{set-frame-height}.
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575 @end defun
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577 @findex set-screen-height
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578 @findex set-screen-width
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579 The older functions @code{set-screen-height} and
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584 @defun x-parse-geometry geom
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585 @cindex geometry specification
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588 @code{make-frame}.
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595 For the size parameters, the value must be an integer. The position
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596 parameter names @code{left} and @code{top} are not totally accurate,
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603 A positive integer relates the left edge or top edge of the window to
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605 right or bottom edge of the window to the right or bottom edge of the
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606 screen.
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609 This specifies the position of the left or top edge of the window
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611 @var{position} may be positive or negative; a negative value specifies a
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618 position outside the screen.
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621 Here is an example:
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623 @example
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624 (x-parse-geometry "35x70+0-0")
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625 @result{} ((height . 70) (width . 35)
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626 (top - 0) (left . 0))
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627 @end example
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628 @end defun
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630 @node Frame Titles
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631 @section Frame Titles
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633 Every frame has a @code{name} parameter; this serves as the default
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634 for the frame title which window systems typically display at the top of
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635 the frame. You can specify a name explicitly by setting the @code{name}
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636 frame property.
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637
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638 Normally you don't specify the name explicitly, and Emacs computes the
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639 frame name automatically based on a template stored in the variable
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640 @code{frame-title-format}. Emacs recomputes the name each time the
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641 frame is redisplayed.
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642
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643 @defvar frame-title-format
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644 This variable specifies how to compute a name for a frame when you have
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645 not explicitly specified one. The variable's value is actually a mode
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646 line construct, just like @code{mode-line-format}. @xref{Mode Line
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647 Data}.
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648 @end defvar
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649
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650 @defvar icon-title-format
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651 This variable specifies how to compute the name for an iconified frame,
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652 when you have not explicitly specified the frame title. This title
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653 appears in the icon itself.
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654 @end defvar
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655
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656 @defvar multiple-frames
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657 This variable is set automatically by Emacs. Its value is @code{t} when
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658 there are two or more frames (not counting minibuffer-only frames or
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659 invisible frames). The default value of @code{frame-title-format} uses
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660 @code{multiple-frames} so as to put the buffer name in the frame title
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661 only when there is more than one frame.
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662 @end defvar
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663
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664 @node Deleting Frames
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665 @section Deleting Frames
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666 @cindex deletion of frames
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668 Frames remain potentially visible until you explicitly @dfn{delete}
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669 them. A deleted frame cannot appear on the screen, but continues to
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670 exist as a Lisp object until there are no references to it. There is no
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671 way to cancel the deletion of a frame aside from restoring a saved frame
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672 configuration (@pxref{Frame Configurations}); this is similar to the
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673 way windows behave.
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674
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675 @deffn Command delete-frame &optional frame
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676 This function deletes the frame @var{frame}. By default, @var{frame} is
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677 the selected frame.
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678 @end deffn
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679
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680 @defun frame-live-p frame
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681 The function @code{frame-live-p} returns non-@code{nil} if the frame
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682 @var{frame} has not been deleted.
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683 @end defun
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684
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685 Some window managers provide a command to delete a window. These work
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686 by sending a special message to the program that operates the window.
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687 When Emacs gets one of these commands, it generates a
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688 @code{delete-frame} event, whose normal definition is a command that
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689 calls the function @code{delete-frame}. @xref{Misc Events}.
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690
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691 @node Finding All Frames
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692 @section Finding All Frames
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693
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694 @defun frame-list
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695 The function @code{frame-list} returns a list of all the frames that
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696 have not been deleted. It is analogous to @code{buffer-list} for
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697 buffers. The list that you get is newly created, so modifying the list
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698 doesn't have any effect on the internals of Emacs.
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699 @end defun
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700
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701 @defun visible-frame-list
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702 This function returns a list of just the currently visible frames.
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703 @xref{Visibility of Frames}. (Terminal frames always count as
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704 ``visible'', even though only the selected one is actually displayed.)
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705 @end defun
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706
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707 @defun next-frame &optional frame minibuf
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708 The function @code{next-frame} lets you cycle conveniently through all
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709 the frames from an arbitrary starting point. It returns the ``next''
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710 frame after @var{frame} in the cycle. If @var{frame} is omitted or
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711 @code{nil}, it defaults to the selected frame.
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712
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713 The second argument, @var{minibuf}, says which frames to consider:
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715 @table @asis
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716 @item @code{nil}
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717 Exclude minibuffer-only frames.
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718 @item @code{visible}
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719 Consider all visible frames.
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720 @item 0
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721 Consider all visible or iconified frames.
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722 @item a window
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723 Consider only the frames using that particular window as their
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724 minibuffer.
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725 @item anything else
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726 Consider all frames.
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727 @end table
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728 @end defun
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729
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730 @defun previous-frame &optional frame minibuf
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731 Like @code{next-frame}, but cycles through all frames in the opposite
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732 direction.
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733 @end defun
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734
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735 See also @code{next-window} and @code{previous-window}, in @ref{Cyclic
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736 Window Ordering}.
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738 @node Frames and Windows
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739 @section Frames and Windows
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741 Each window is part of one and only one frame; you can get the frame
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742 with @code{window-frame}.
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744 @defun window-frame window
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745 This function returns the frame that @var{window} is on.
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746 @end defun
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748 All the non-minibuffer windows in a frame are arranged in a cyclic
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749 order. The order runs from the frame's top window, which is at the
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750 upper left corner, down and to the right, until it reaches the window at
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751 the lower right corner (always the minibuffer window, if the frame has
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752 one), and then it moves back to the top. @xref{Cyclic Window Ordering}.
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753
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754 @defun frame-top-window frame
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755 This returns the topmost, leftmost window of frame @var{frame}.
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756 @end defun
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757
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758 At any time, exactly one window on any frame is @dfn{selected within the
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759 frame}. The significance of this designation is that selecting the
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760 frame also selects this window. You can get the frame's current
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761 selected window with @code{frame-selected-window}.
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763 @defun frame-selected-window frame
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764 This function returns the window on @var{frame} that is selected within
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765 @var{frame}.
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766 @end defun
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767
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768 Conversely, selecting a window for Emacs with @code{select-window} also
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769 makes that window selected within its frame. @xref{Selecting Windows}.
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771 Another function that (usually) returns one of the windows in a given
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772 frame is @code{minibuffer-window}. @xref{Minibuffer Misc}.
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774 @node Minibuffers and Frames
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775 @section Minibuffers and Frames
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776
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777 Normally, each frame has its own minibuffer window at the bottom, which
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778 is used whenever that frame is selected. If the frame has a minibuffer,
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779 you can get it with @code{minibuffer-window} (@pxref{Minibuffer Misc}).
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781 However, you can also create a frame with no minibuffer. Such a frame
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784 other frame). If you don't, then the minibuffer is found in the frame
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785 which is the value of the variable @code{default-minibuffer-frame}. Its
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786 value should be a frame that does have a minibuffer.
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788 If you use a minibuffer-only frame, you might want that frame to raise
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789 when you enter the minibuffer. If so, set the variable
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790 @code{minibuffer-auto-raise} to @code{t}. @xref{Raising and Lowering}.
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791
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792 @defvar default-minibuffer-frame
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793 This variable specifies the frame to use for the minibuffer window, by
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794 default. It is always local to the current terminal and cannot be
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795 buffer-local. @xref{Multiple Displays}.
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796 @end defvar
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797
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798 @node Input Focus
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799 @section Input Focus
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800 @cindex input focus
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801 @cindex selected frame
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802
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803 At any time, one frame in Emacs is the @dfn{selected frame}. The selected
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804 window always resides on the selected frame.
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805
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806 @defun selected-frame
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807 This function returns the selected frame.
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808 @end defun
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809
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810 Some window systems and window managers direct keyboard input to the
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811 window object that the mouse is in; others require explicit clicks or
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812 commands to @dfn{shift the focus} to various window objects. Either
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813 way, Emacs automatically keeps track of which frame has the focus.
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814
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815 Lisp programs can also switch frames ``temporarily'' by calling the
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816 function @code{select-frame}. This does not alter the window system's
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817 concept of focus; rather, it escapes from the window manager's control
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818 until that control is somehow reasserted.
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819
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820 When using a text-only terminal, only the selected terminal frame is
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821 actually displayed on the terminal. @code{switch-frame} is the only way
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822 to switch frames, and the change lasts until overridden by a subsequent
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823 call to @code{switch-frame}. Each terminal screen except for the
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824 initial one has a number, and the number of the selected frame appears
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825 in the mode line before the buffer name (@pxref{Mode Line Variables}).
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826
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827 @c ??? This is not yet implemented properly.
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828 @defun select-frame frame
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829 This function selects frame @var{frame}, temporarily disregarding the
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830 focus of the X server if any. The selection of @var{frame} lasts until
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831 the next time the user does something to select a different frame, or
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832 until the next time this function is called.
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833 @end defun
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834
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835 Emacs cooperates with the window system by arranging to select frames as
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836 the server and window manager request. It does so by generating a
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837 special kind of input event, called a @dfn{focus} event, when
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838 appropriate. The command loop handles a focus event by calling
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839 @code{handle-switch-frame}. @xref{Focus Events}.
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841 @deffn Command handle-switch-frame frame
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842 This function handles a focus event by selecting frame @var{frame}.
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844 Focus events normally do their job by invoking this command.
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845 Don't call it for any other reason.
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846 @end deffn
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847
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848 @defun redirect-frame-focus frame focus-frame
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849 This function redirects focus from @var{frame} to @var{focus-frame}.
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850 This means that @var{focus-frame} will receive subsequent keystrokes and
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851 events intended for @var{frame}. After such an event, the value of
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852 @code{last-event-frame} will be @var{focus-frame}. Also, switch-frame
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853 events specifying @var{frame} will instead select @var{focus-frame}.
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854
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855 If @var{focus-frame} is @code{nil}, that cancels any existing
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856 redirection for @var{frame}, which therefore once again receives its own
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857 events.
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858
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859 One use of focus redirection is for frames that don't have minibuffers.
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860 These frames use minibuffers on other frames. Activating a minibuffer
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861 on another frame redirects focus to that frame. This puts the focus on
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862 the minibuffer's frame, where it belongs, even though the mouse remains
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863 in the frame that activated the minibuffer.
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865 Selecting a frame can also change focus redirections. Selecting frame
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866 @code{bar}, when @code{foo} had been selected, changes any redirections
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867 pointing to @code{foo} so that they point to @code{bar} instead. This
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868 allows focus redirection to work properly when the user switches from
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869 one frame to another using @code{select-window}.
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871 This means that a frame whose focus is redirected to itself is treated
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872 differently from a frame whose focus is not redirected.
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873 @code{select-frame} affects the former but not the latter.
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875 The redirection lasts until @code{redirect-frame-focus} is called to
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876 change it.
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877 @end defun
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878
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879 @defopt focus-follows-mouse
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880 @tindex focus-follows-mouse
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881 This option is how you inform Emacs whether the window manager transfers
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882 focus when the user moves the mouse. Non-@code{nil} says that it does.
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883 When this is so, the command @code{other-frame} moves the mouse to a
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884 position consistent with the new selected frame.
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885 @end defopt
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886
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887 @node Visibility of Frames
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888 @section Visibility of Frames
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889 @cindex visible frame
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890 @cindex invisible frame
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891 @cindex iconified frame
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892 @cindex frame visibility
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893
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894 A window frame may be @dfn{visible}, @dfn{invisible}, or
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895 @dfn{iconified}. If it is visible, you can see its contents. If it is
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896 iconified, the frame's contents do not appear on the screen, but an icon
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897 does. If the frame is invisible, it doesn't show on the screen, not
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898 even as an icon.
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899
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900 Visibility is meaningless for terminal frames, since only the selected
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901 one is actually displayed in any case.
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903 @deffn Command make-frame-visible &optional frame
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904 This function makes frame @var{frame} visible. If you omit @var{frame},
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905 it makes the selected frame visible.
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906 @end deffn
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908 @deffn Command make-frame-invisible &optional frame
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909 This function makes frame @var{frame} invisible. If you omit
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910 @var{frame}, it makes the selected frame invisible.
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911 @end deffn
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913 @deffn Command iconify-frame &optional frame
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914 This function iconifies frame @var{frame}. If you omit @var{frame}, it
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915 iconifies the selected frame.
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916 @end deffn
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918 @defun frame-visible-p frame
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919 This returns the visibility status of frame @var{frame}. The value is
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920 @code{t} if @var{frame} is visible, @code{nil} if it is invisible, and
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921 @code{icon} if it is iconified.
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924 The visibility status of a frame is also available as a frame
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925 parameter. You can read or change it as such. @xref{Window Frame
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927
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928 The user can iconify and deiconify frames with the window manager.
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929 This happens below the level at which Emacs can exert any control, but
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930 Emacs does provide events that you can use to keep track of such
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931 changes. @xref{Misc Events}.
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934 @section Raising and Lowering Frames
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935
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936 Most window systems use a desktop metaphor. Part of this metaphor is
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937 the idea that windows are stacked in a notional third dimension
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938 perpendicular to the screen surface, and thus ordered from ``highest''
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939 to ``lowest''. Where two windows overlap, the one higher up covers
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940 the one underneath. Even a window at the bottom of the stack can be
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941 seen if no other window overlaps it.
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943 @cindex raising a frame
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944 @cindex lowering a frame
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945 A window's place in this ordering is not fixed; in fact, users tend
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946 to change the order frequently. @dfn{Raising} a window means moving
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947 it ``up'', to the top of the stack. @dfn{Lowering} a window means
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948 moving it to the bottom of the stack. This motion is in the notional
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949 third dimension only, and does not change the position of the window
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950 on the screen.
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951
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952 You can raise and lower Emacs frame Windows with these functions:
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953
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954 @deffn Command raise-frame &optional frame
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955 This function raises frame @var{frame} (default, the selected frame).
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956 @end deffn
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957
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958 @deffn Command lower-frame &optional frame
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959 This function lowers frame @var{frame} (default, the selected frame).
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960 @end deffn
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962 @defopt minibuffer-auto-raise
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963 If this is non-@code{nil}, activation of the minibuffer raises the frame
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964 that the minibuffer window is in.
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965 @end defopt
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966
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967 You can also enable auto-raise (raising automatically when a frame is
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968 selected) or auto-lower (lowering automatically when it is deselected)
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969 for any frame using frame parameters. @xref{Window Frame Parameters}.
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971 @node Frame Configurations
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972 @section Frame Configurations
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973 @cindex frame configuration
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975 A @dfn{frame configuration} records the current arrangement of frames,
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976 all their properties, and the window configuration of each one.
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977 (@xref{Window Configurations}.)
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979 @defun current-frame-configuration
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980 This function returns a frame configuration list that describes
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981 the current arrangement of frames and their contents.
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982 @end defun
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983
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984 @defun set-frame-configuration configuration
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985 This function restores the state of frames described in
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986 @var{configuration}.
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987 @end defun
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988
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989 @node Mouse Tracking
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990 @section Mouse Tracking
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991 @cindex mouse tracking
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992 @cindex tracking the mouse
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993
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994 Sometimes it is useful to @dfn{track} the mouse, which means to display
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995 something to indicate where the mouse is and move the indicator as the
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996 mouse moves. For efficient mouse tracking, you need a way to wait until
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997 the mouse actually moves.
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998
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999 The convenient way to track the mouse is to ask for events to represent
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1000 mouse motion. Then you can wait for motion by waiting for an event. In
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1001 addition, you can easily handle any other sorts of events that may
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1002 occur. That is useful, because normally you don't want to track the
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1003 mouse forever---only until some other event, such as the release of a
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1004 button.
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1006 @defspec track-mouse body@dots{}
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1007 This special form executes @var{body}, with generation of mouse motion
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1008 events enabled. Typically @var{body} would use @code{read-event} to
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1009 read the motion events and modify the display accordingly. @xref{Motion
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1010 Events}, for the format of mouse motion events.
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1012 The value of @code{track-mouse} is that of the last form in @var{body}.
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1013 You should design @var{body} to return when it sees the up-event that
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1014 indicates the release of the button, or whatever kind of event means
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1015 it is time to stop tracking.
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1016 @end defspec
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1017
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1018 The usual purpose of tracking mouse motion is to indicate on the screen
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1019 the consequences of pushing or releasing a button at the current
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1020 position.
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1022 In many cases, you can avoid the need to track the mouse by using
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1023 the @code{mouse-face} text property (@pxref{Special Properties}).
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1024 That works at a much lower level and runs more smoothly than
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1025 Lisp-level mouse tracking.
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1026
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1027 @ignore
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1028 @c These are not implemented yet.
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1029
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1030 These functions change the screen appearance instantaneously. The
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1031 effect is transient, only until the next ordinary Emacs redisplay. That
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1032 is OK for mouse tracking, since it doesn't make sense for mouse tracking
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1033 to change the text, and the body of @code{track-mouse} normally reads
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1034 the events itself and does not do redisplay.
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1035
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1036 @defun x-contour-region window beg end
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1037 This function draws lines to make a box around the text from @var{beg}
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1038 to @var{end}, in window @var{window}.
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1039 @end defun
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1040
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1041 @defun x-uncontour-region window beg end
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1042 This function erases the lines that would make a box around the text
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1043 from @var{beg} to @var{end}, in window @var{window}. Use it to remove
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1044 a contour that you previously made by calling @code{x-contour-region}.
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1045 @end defun
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1047 @defun x-draw-rectangle frame left top right bottom
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1048 This function draws a hollow rectangle on frame @var{frame} with the
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1049 specified edge coordinates, all measured in pixels from the inside top
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1050 left corner. It uses the cursor color, the one used for indicating the
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1051 location of point.
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1052 @end defun
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1053
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1054 @defun x-erase-rectangle frame left top right bottom
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1055 This function erases a hollow rectangle on frame @var{frame} with the
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1056 specified edge coordinates, all measured in pixels from the inside top
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1057 left corner. Erasure means redrawing the text and background that
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1058 normally belong in the specified rectangle.
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1059 @end defun
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1060 @end ignore
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1062 @node Mouse Position
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1063 @section Mouse Position
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1064 @cindex mouse position
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1065 @cindex position of mouse
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1066
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1067 The functions @code{mouse-position} and @code{set-mouse-position}
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1068 give access to the current position of the mouse.
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1070 @defun mouse-position
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1071 This function returns a description of the position of the mouse. The
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1072 value looks like @code{(@var{frame} @var{x} . @var{y})}, where @var{x}
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1073 and @var{y} are integers giving the position in characters relative to
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1074 the top left corner of the inside of @var{frame}.
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1075 @end defun
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1077 @defun set-mouse-position frame x y
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1078 This function @dfn{warps the mouse} to position @var{x}, @var{y} in
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1079 frame @var{frame}. The arguments @var{x} and @var{y} are integers,
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1080 giving the position in characters relative to the top left corner of the
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1081 inside of @var{frame}. If @var{frame} is not visible, this function
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1082 does nothing. The return value is not significant.
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1083 @end defun
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1084
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1085 @defun mouse-pixel-position
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1086 This function is like @code{mouse-position} except that it returns
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1087 coordinates in units of pixels rather than units of characters.
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1088 @end defun
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1089
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1090 @defun set-mouse-pixel-position frame x y
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1091 This function warps the mouse like @code{set-mouse-position} except that
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1092 @var{x} and @var{y} are in units of pixels rather than units of
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1093 characters. These coordinates are not required to be within the frame.
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1094
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1095 If @var{frame} is not visible, this function does nothing. The return
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1096 value is not significant.
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1097 @end defun
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1099 @need 3000
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1101 @node Pop-Up Menus
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1102 @section Pop-Up Menus
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1103
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1104 When using a window system, a Lisp program can pop up a menu so that
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1105 the user can choose an alternative with the mouse.
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1106
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1108 This function displays a pop-up menu and returns an indication of
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1109 what selection the user makes.
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1110
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1111 The argument @var{position} specifies where on the screen to put the
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1112 menu. It can be either a mouse button event (which says to put the menu
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1114
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1115 @example
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1116 ((@var{xoffset} @var{yoffset}) @var{window})
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1117 @end example
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1118
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1119 @noindent
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1120 where @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} are coordinates, measured in
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1121 pixels, counting from the top left corner of @var{window}'s frame.
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1122
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1123 If @var{position} is @code{t}, it means to use the current mouse
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1124 position. If @var{position} is @code{nil}, it means to precompute the
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1125 key binding equivalents for the keymaps specified in @var{menu},
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1126 without actually displaying or popping up the menu.
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1127
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1128 The argument @var{menu} says what to display in the menu. It can be a
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1131
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1132 @example
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1133 (@var{title} @var{pane1} @var{pane2}...)
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1134 @end example
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1135
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1136 @noindent
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1137 where each pane is a list of form
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1138
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1139 @example
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1140 (@var{title} (@var{line} . @var{item})...)
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1141 @end example
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1142
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1143 Each @var{line} should be a string, and each @var{item} should be the
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1144 value to return if that @var{line} is chosen.
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1145 @end defun
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1147 @strong{Usage note:} Don't use @code{x-popup-menu} to display a menu
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1148 if you could do the job with a prefix key defined with a menu keymap.
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1149 If you use a menu keymap to implement a menu, @kbd{C-h c} and @kbd{C-h
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1150 a} can see the individual items in that menu and provide help for them.
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1151 If instead you implement the menu by defining a command that calls
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1152 @code{x-popup-menu}, the help facilities cannot know what happens inside
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1153 that command, so they cannot give any help for the menu's items.
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1154
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1155 The menu bar mechanism, which lets you switch between submenus by
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1156 moving the mouse, cannot look within the definition of a command to see
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1157 that it calls @code{x-popup-menu}. Therefore, if you try to implement a
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1158 submenu using @code{x-popup-menu}, it cannot work with the menu bar in
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1159 an integrated fashion. This is why all menu bar submenus are
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1160 implemented with menu keymaps within the parent menu, and never with
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1161 @code{x-popup-menu}. @xref{Menu Bar},
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1162
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1163 If you want a menu bar submenu to have contents that vary, you should
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1164 still use a menu keymap to implement it. To make the contents vary, add
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1165 a hook function to @code{menu-bar-update-hook} to update the contents of
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1166 the menu keymap as necessary.
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1167
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1168 @node Dialog Boxes
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1169 @section Dialog Boxes
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1170 @cindex dialog boxes
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1171
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1172 A dialog box is a variant of a pop-up menu---it looks a little
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1173 different, it always appears in the center of a frame, and it has just
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1174 one level and one pane. The main use of dialog boxes is for asking
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1175 questions that the user can answer with ``yes'', ``no'', and a few other
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1176 alternatives. The functions @code{y-or-n-p} and @code{yes-or-no-p} use
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1177 dialog boxes instead of the keyboard, when called from commands invoked
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1178 by mouse clicks.
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1179
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1180 @defun x-popup-dialog position contents
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1181 This function displays a pop-up dialog box and returns an indication of
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1182 what selection the user makes. The argument @var{contents} specifies
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1183 the alternatives to offer; it has this format:
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1184
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1185 @example
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1186 (@var{title} (@var{string} . @var{value})@dots{})
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1187 @end example
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1188
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1189 @noindent
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1190 which looks like the list that specifies a single pane for
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1191 @code{x-popup-menu}.
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1192
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1193 The return value is @var{value} from the chosen alternative.
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1194
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1195 An element of the list may be just a string instead of a cons cell
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1196 @code{(@var{string} . @var{value})}. That makes a box that cannot
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1197 be selected.
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1198
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1199 If @code{nil} appears in the list, it separates the left-hand items from
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1200 the right-hand items; items that precede the @code{nil} appear on the
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1201 left, and items that follow the @code{nil} appear on the right. If you
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1202 don't include a @code{nil} in the list, then approximately half the
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1203 items appear on each side.
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1204
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1205 Dialog boxes always appear in the center of a frame; the argument
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1206 @var{position} specifies which frame. The possible values are as in
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1207 @code{x-popup-menu}, but the precise coordinates don't matter; only the
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1208 frame matters.
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1209
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1210 In some configurations, Emacs cannot display a real dialog box; so
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1211 instead it displays the same items in a pop-up menu in the center of the
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1212 frame.
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1213 @end defun
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1214
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1215 @node Pointer Shapes
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1216 @section Pointer Shapes
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1217 @cindex pointer shape
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1218 @cindex mouse pointer shape
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1219
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1220 These variables specify which shape to use for the mouse pointer in
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1221 various situations, when using the X Window System:
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1222
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1223 @table @code
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1224 @item x-pointer-shape
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1225 @vindex x-pointer-shape
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1226 This variable specifies the pointer shape to use ordinarily in the Emacs
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1227 frame.
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1228
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1229 @item x-sensitive-text-pointer-shape
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1230 @vindex x-sensitive-text-pointer-shape
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1231 This variable specifies the pointer shape to use when the mouse
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1232 is over mouse-sensitive text.
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1233 @end table
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1234
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1235 These variables affect newly created frames. They do not normally
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1236 affect existing frames; however, if you set the mouse color of a frame,
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1237 that also updates its pointer shapes based on the current values of
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1238 these variables. @xref{Window Frame Parameters}.
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1239
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1240 The values you can use, to specify either of these pointer shapes, are
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1241 defined in the file @file{lisp/term/x-win.el}. Use @kbd{M-x apropos
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1242 @key{RET} x-pointer @key{RET}} to see a list of them.
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1243
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1244 @node Window System Selections
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1245 @section Window System Selections
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1246 @cindex selection (for X windows)
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1248 The X server records a set of @dfn{selections} which permit transfer of
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1249 data between application programs. The various selections are
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1250 distinguished by @dfn{selection types}, represented in Emacs by
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1251 symbols. X clients including Emacs can read or set the selection for
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1252 any given type.
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1253
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1254 @defun x-set-selection type data
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1255 This function sets a ``selection'' in the X server. It takes two
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1256 arguments: a selection type @var{type}, and the value to assign to it,
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1257 @var{data}. If @var{data} is @code{nil}, it means to clear out the
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1258 selection. Otherwise, @var{data} may be a string, a symbol, an integer
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1259 (or a cons of two integers or list of two integers), an overlay, or a
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1260 cons of two markers pointing to the same buffer. An overlay or a pair
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1262
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1263 The argument @var{data} may also be a vector of valid non-vector
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1264 selection values.
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1265
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1266 Each possible @var{type} has its own selection value, which changes
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1267 independently. The usual values of @var{type} are @code{PRIMARY} and
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1268 @code{SECONDARY}; these are symbols with upper-case names, in accord
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1269 with X Window System conventions. The default is @code{PRIMARY}.
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1270 @end defun
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1271
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1272 @defun x-get-selection &optional type data-type
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1273 This function accesses selections set up by Emacs or by other X
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1274 clients. It takes two optional arguments, @var{type} and
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1275 @var{data-type}. The default for @var{type}, the selection type, is
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1276 @code{PRIMARY}.
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1277
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1278 The @var{data-type} argument specifies the form of data conversion to
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1279 use, to convert the raw data obtained from another X client into Lisp
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1280 data. Meaningful values include @code{TEXT}, @code{STRING},
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1281 @code{TARGETS}, @code{LENGTH}, @code{DELETE}, @code{FILE_NAME},
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1282 @code{CHARACTER_POSITION}, @code{LINE_NUMBER}, @code{COLUMN_NUMBER},
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1283 @code{OWNER_OS}, @code{HOST_NAME}, @code{USER}, @code{CLASS},
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1284 @code{NAME}, @code{ATOM}, and @code{INTEGER}. (These are symbols with
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1286 @var{data-type} is @code{STRING}.
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1287 @end defun
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1288
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1289 @cindex cut buffer
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1290 The X server also has a set of numbered @dfn{cut buffers} which can
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1291 store text or other data being moved between applications. Cut buffers
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1292 are considered obsolete, but Emacs supports them for the sake of X
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1293 clients that still use them.
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1294
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1295 @defun x-get-cut-buffer n
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1296 This function returns the contents of cut buffer number @var{n}.
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1297 @end defun
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1298
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1299 @defun x-set-cut-buffer string
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1300 This function stores @var{string} into the first cut buffer (cut buffer
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1301 0), moving the other values down through the series of cut buffers, much
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1303 @end defun
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1305 @defvar selection-coding-system
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1306 @tindex selection-coding-system
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1307 This variable specifies the coding system to use when reading and
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1308 writing a selections, the clipboard, or a cut buffer. @xref{Coding
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1309 Systems}. The default is @code{compound-text}.
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1310 @end defvar
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1311
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1312 @need 1500
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1313 @node Font Names
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1314 @section Looking up Font Names
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1315
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1316 @defun x-list-font pattern &optional face frame maximum
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1317 This function returns a list of available font names that match
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1318 @var{pattern}. If the optional arguments @var{face} and @var{frame} are
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1319 specified, then the list is limited to fonts that are the same size as
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1320 @var{face} currently is on @var{frame}.
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1321
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1322 The argument @var{pattern} should be a string, perhaps with wildcard
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1323 characters: the @samp{*} character matches any substring, and the
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1324 @samp{?} character matches any single character. Pattern matching
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1325 of font names ignores case.
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1326
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1327 If you specify @var{face} and @var{frame}, @var{face} should be a face name
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1328 (a symbol) and @var{frame} should be a frame.
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1329
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1330 The optional argument @var{maximum} sets a limit on how many fonts to
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1331 return. If this is non-@code{nil}, then the return value is truncated
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1332 after the first @var{maximum} matching fonts. Specifying a small value
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1333 for @var{maximum} can make this function much faster, in cases where
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1334 many fonts match the pattern.
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1335 @end defun
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1336
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1337 @node Fontsets
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1338 @section Fontsets
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1339
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1340 A @dfn{fontset} is a list of fonts, each assigned to a range of
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1341 character codes. An individual font cannot display the whole range of
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1342 characters that Emacs supports, but a fontset can. Fontsets have names,
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1343 just as fonts do, and you can use a fontset name in place of a font name
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1344 when you specify the ``font'' for a frame or a face. Here is
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1345 information about defining a fontset under Lisp program control.
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1346
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1347 @defun create-fontset-from-fontset-spec fontset-spec &optional style-variant-p noerror
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1348 This function defines a new fontset according to the specification
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1349 string @var{fontset-spec}. The string should have this format:
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1350
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1351 @smallexample
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1352 @var{fontpattern}, @r{[}@var{charsetname}:@var{fontname}@r{]@dots{}}
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1353 @end smallexample
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1354
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1355 @noindent
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1356 Whitespace characters before and after the commas are ignored.
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1357
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1358 The first part of the string, @var{fontpattern}, should have the form of
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1359 a standard X font name, except that the last two fields should be
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1360 @samp{fontset-@var{alias}}.
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1361
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1362 The new fontset has two names, one long and one short. The long name is
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1363 @var{fontpattern} in its entirety. The short name is
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1364 @samp{fontset-@var{alias}}. You can refer to the fontset by either
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1365 name. If a fontset with the same name already exists, an error is
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1366 signaled, unless @var{noerror} is non-@code{nil}, in which case this
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1367 function does nothing.
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1368
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1369 If optional argument @var{style-variant-p} is non-@code{nil}, that says
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1370 to create bold, italic and bold-italic variants of the fontset as well.
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1371 These variant fontsets do not have a short name, only a long one, which
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1372 is made by altering @var{fontpattern} to indicate the bold or italic
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1373 status.
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1374
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1375 The specification string also says which fonts to use in the fontset.
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1376 See below for the details.
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1377 @end defun
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1378
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1379 The construct @samp{@var{charset}:@var{font}} specifies which font to
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1380 use (in this fontset) for one particular character set. Here,
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1381 @var{charset} is the name of a character set, and @var{font} is the font
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1382 to use for that character set. You can use this construct any number of
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1383 times in the specification string.
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1384
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1385 For the remaining character sets, those that you don't specify
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1386 explicitly, Emacs chooses a font based on @var{fontpattern}: it replaces
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1387 @samp{fontset-@var{alias}} with a value that names one character set.
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1388 For the @sc{ASCII} character set, @samp{fontset-@var{alias}} is replaced
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1389 with @samp{ISO8859-1}.
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1390
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1391 In addition, when several consecutive fields are wildcards, Emacs
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1392 collapses them into a single wildcard. This is to prevent use of
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1393 auto-scaled fonts. Fonts made by scaling larger fonts are not usable
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1394 for editing, and scaling a smaller font is not useful because it is
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1395 better to use the smaller font in its own size, which Emacs does.
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1396
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1397 Thus if @var{fontpattern} is this,
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1398
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1399 @example
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1400 -*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-24
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1401 @end example
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1402
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1403 @noindent
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1404 the font specification for ASCII characters would be this:
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1405
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1406 @example
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1407 -*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-ISO8859-1
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1408 @end example
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1409
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1410 @noindent
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1411 and the font specification for Chinese GB2312 characters would be this:
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1412
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1413 @example
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1414 -*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-gb2312*-*
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1415 @end example
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1416
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1417 You may not have any Chinese font matching the above font
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1418 specification. Most X distributions include only Chinese fonts that
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1419 have @samp{song ti} or @samp{fangsong ti} in the @var{family} field. In
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1420 such a case, @samp{Fontset-@var{n}} can be specified as below:
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1421
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1422 @smallexample
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1423 Emacs.Fontset-0: -*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-fontset-24,\
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1424 chinese-gb2312:-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-24-*-gb2312*-*
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1425 @end smallexample
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1426
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1427 @noindent
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1428 Then, the font specifications for all but Chinese GB2312 characters have
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1429 @samp{fixed} in the @var{family} field, and the font specification for
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1430 Chinese GB2312 characters has a wild card @samp{*} in the @var{family}
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1431 field.
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1432
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1433 @node Color Names
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1434 @section Color Names
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1435
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1436 @defun x-color-defined-p color &optional frame
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1437 This function reports whether a color name is meaningful. It returns
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1438 @code{t} if so; otherwise, @code{nil}. The argument @var{frame} says
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1439 which frame's display to ask about; if @var{frame} is omitted or
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1440 @code{nil}, the selected frame is used.
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1441
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1442 Note that this does not tell you whether the display you are using
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1443 really supports that color. You can ask for any defined color on any
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1444 kind of display, and you will get some result---that is how the X server
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1445 works. Here's an approximate way to test whether your display supports
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1446 the color @var{color}:
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1447
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1448 @example
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1449 (defun x-color-supported-p (color &optional frame)
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1450 (and (x-color-defined-p color frame)
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1451 (or (x-display-color-p frame)
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1452 (member color '("black" "white"))
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1453 (and (> (x-display-planes frame) 1)
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1454 (equal color "gray")))))
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1455 @end example
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1456 @end defun
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1457
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1458 @defun x-color-values color &optional frame
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1459 This function returns a value that describes what @var{color} should
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1460 ideally look like. If @var{color} is defined, the value is a list of
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1461 three integers, which give the amount of red, the amount of green, and
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1462 the amount of blue. Each integer ranges in principle from 0 to 65535,
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1463 but in practice no value seems to be above 65280. If @var{color} is not
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1464 defined, the value is @code{nil}.
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1465
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1466 @example
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1467 (x-color-values "black")
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1468 @result{} (0 0 0)
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1469 (x-color-values "white")
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1470 @result{} (65280 65280 65280)
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1471 (x-color-values "red")
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1472 @result{} (65280 0 0)
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1473 (x-color-values "pink")
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1474 @result{} (65280 49152 51968)
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1475 (x-color-values "hungry")
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1476 @result{} nil
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1477 @end example
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1478
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1479 The color values are returned for @var{frame}'s display. If @var{frame}
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1480 is omitted or @code{nil}, the information is returned for the selected
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1481 frame's display.
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1482 @end defun
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1483
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1484 @node Resources
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1485 @section X Resources
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1486
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1487 @defun x-get-resource attribute class &optional component subclass
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1488 The function @code{x-get-resource} retrieves a resource value from the X
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1489 Windows defaults database.
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1490
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1491 Resources are indexed by a combination of a @dfn{key} and a @dfn{class}.
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1492 This function searches using a key of the form
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1493 @samp{@var{instance}.@var{attribute}} (where @var{instance} is the name
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1494 under which Emacs was invoked), and using @samp{Emacs.@var{class}} as
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1495 the class.
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1496
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1497 The optional arguments @var{component} and @var{subclass} add to the key
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1498 and the class, respectively. You must specify both of them or neither.
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1499 If you specify them, the key is
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1500 @samp{@var{instance}.@var{component}.@var{attribute}}, and the class is
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1501 @samp{Emacs.@var{class}.@var{subclass}}.
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1502 @end defun
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1503
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1504 @defvar x-resource-class
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1505 This variable specifies the application name that @code{x-get-resource}
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1506 should look up. The default value is @code{"Emacs"}. You can examine X
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1507 resources for application names other than ``Emacs'' by binding this
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1508 variable to some other string, around a call to @code{x-get-resource}.
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1509 @end defvar
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1510
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1511 @xref{Resources X,, X Resources, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
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1513 @node Server Data
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1514 @section Data about the X Server
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1516 This section describes functions you can use to get information about
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1517 the capabilities and origin of an X display that Emacs is using. Each
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1518 of these functions lets you specify the display you are interested in:
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1519 the @var{display} argument can be either a display name, or a frame
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1520 (meaning use the display that frame is on). If you omit the
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1521 @var{display} argument, or specify @code{nil}, that means to use the
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1522 selected frame's display.
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1523
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1524 @defun x-display-screens &optional display
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1525 This function returns the number of screens associated with the display.
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1526 @end defun
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1527
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1528 @defun x-server-version &optional display
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1529 This function returns the list of version numbers of the X server
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1530 running the display.
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1531 @end defun
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1532
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1533 @defun x-server-vendor &optional display
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1534 This function returns the vendor that provided the X server software.
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1535 @end defun
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1536
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1537 @defun x-display-pixel-height &optional display
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1538 This function returns the height of the screen in pixels.
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1539 @end defun
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1540
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1541 @defun x-display-mm-height &optional display
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1542 This function returns the height of the screen in millimeters.
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1543 @end defun
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1544
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1545 @defun x-display-pixel-width &optional display
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1546 This function returns the width of the screen in pixels.
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1547 @end defun
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1548
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1549 @defun x-display-mm-width &optional display
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1550 This function returns the width of the screen in millimeters.
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1551 @end defun
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1552
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1553 @defun x-display-backing-store &optional display
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1554 This function returns the backing store capability of the screen.
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1555 Values can be the symbols @code{always}, @code{when-mapped}, or
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1557 @end defun
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1558
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1559 @defun x-display-save-under &optional display
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1560 This function returns non-@code{nil} if the display supports the
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1561 SaveUnder feature.
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1562 @end defun
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1564 @defun x-display-planes &optional display
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1565 This function returns the number of planes the display supports.
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1566 @end defun
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1568 @defun x-display-visual-class &optional display
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1569 This function returns the visual class for the screen. The value is one
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1570 of the symbols @code{static-gray}, @code{gray-scale},
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1571 @code{static-color}, @code{pseudo-color}, @code{true-color}, and
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1572 @code{direct-color}.
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1573 @end defun
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1575 @defun x-display-grayscale-p &optional display
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1576 This function returns @code{t} if the screen can display shades of gray.
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1577 @end defun
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1579 @defun x-display-color-p &optional display
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1580 This function returns @code{t} if the screen is a color screen.
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1581 @end defun
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1583 @defun x-display-color-cells &optional display
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1584 This function returns the number of color cells the screen supports.
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1587 @ignore
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1588 @defvar x-no-window-manager
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1589 This variable's value is @code{t} if no X window manager is in use.
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1590 @end defvar
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1591 @end ignore
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1593 @ignore
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1594 @item
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1595 The functions @code{x-pixel-width} and @code{x-pixel-height} return the
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1596 width and height of an X Window frame, measured in pixels.
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1597 @end ignore