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1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1987,93,94,95,1997,2001,03 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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3 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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4 @node X Resources, Antinews, Command Arguments, Top
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5 @appendix X Options and Resources
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7 You can customize some X-related aspects of Emacs behavior using X
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8 resources, as is usual for programs that use X. On MS-Windows, you
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9 can customize some of the same aspects using the system registry.
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10 @xref{MS-Windows Registry}. X resources are the only way to customize
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11 tooltip windows and LessTif menus, since the libraries that implement
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12 them don't provide for customization through Emacs. This appendix
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13 describes the X resources that Emacs recognizes and how to use them.
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15 @menu
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16 * Resources:: Using X resources with Emacs (in general).
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17 * Table of Resources:: Table of specific X resources that affect Emacs.
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18 * Face Resources:: X resources for customizing faces.
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19 * Lucid Resources:: X resources for Lucid menus.
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20 * LessTif Resources:: X resources for LessTif and Motif menus.
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21 * GTK resources:: Resources for GTK widgets.
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22 @end menu
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24 @node Resources
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25 @appendixsec X Resources
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26 @cindex resources
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27 @cindex X resources
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28 @cindex @file{~/.Xdefaults} file
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29 @cindex @file{~/.Xresources} file
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31 Programs running under the X Window System organize their user
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32 options under a hierarchy of classes and resources. You can specify
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33 default values for these options in your X resources file, usually
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34 named @file{~/.Xdefaults} or @file{~/.Xresources}.
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35 If changes in @file{~/.Xdefaults} do not
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36 take effect, it is because your X server stores its own list of
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37 resources; to update them, use the shell command @command{xrdb}---for
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38 instance, @samp{xrdb ~/.Xdefaults}.
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40 Each line in the file specifies a value for one option or for a
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41 collection of related options, for one program or for several programs
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42 (optionally even for all programs).
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44 @cindex Registry (MS-Windows)
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45 MS-Windows systems don't support @file{~/.Xdefaults} files, but
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46 Emacs compiled for Windows looks for X resources in the Windows
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47 Registry, under the key @samp{HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs}
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48 and then under the key @samp{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs}.
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49 The menu and scrollbars are native widgets on MS-Windows, so they are
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50 only customizable via the system-wide settings in the Display Control
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51 Panel.
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53 Programs define named resources with particular meanings. They also
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54 define how to group resources into named classes. For instance, in
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55 Emacs, the @samp{internalBorder} resource controls the width of the
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56 internal border, and the @samp{borderWidth} resource controls the width
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57 of the external border. Both of these resources are part of the
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58 @samp{BorderWidth} class. Case distinctions are significant in these
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59 names.
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61 In @file{~/.Xdefaults}, you can specify a value for a single resource
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62 on one line, like this:
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64 @example
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65 emacs.borderWidth: 2
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66 @end example
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68 @noindent
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69 Or you can use a class name to specify the same value for all resources
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70 in that class. Here's an example:
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72 @example
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73 emacs.BorderWidth: 2
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74 @end example
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76 If you specify a value for a class, it becomes the default for all
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77 resources in that class. You can specify values for individual
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78 resources as well; these override the class value, for those particular
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79 resources. Thus, this example specifies 2 as the default width for all
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80 borders, but overrides this value with 4 for the external border:
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82 @example
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83 emacs.BorderWidth: 2
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84 emacs.borderWidth: 4
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85 @end example
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86
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87 The order in which the lines appear in the file does not matter.
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88 Also, command-line options always override the X resources file.
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89
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90 The string @samp{emacs} in the examples above is also a resource
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91 name. It actually represents the name of the executable file that you
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92 invoke to run Emacs. If Emacs is installed under a different name, it
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93 looks for resources under that name instead of @samp{emacs}.
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95 @table @samp
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96 @item -name @var{name}
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97 @opindex --name
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98 @itemx --name=@var{name}
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99 @cindex resource name, command-line argument
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100 Use @var{name} as the resource name (and the title) for the initial
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101 Emacs frame. This option does not affect subsequent frames, but Lisp
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102 programs can specify frame names when they create frames.
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103
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104 If you don't specify this option, the default is to use the Emacs
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105 executable's name as the resource name.
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107 @item -xrm @var{resource-values}
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108 @opindex --xrm
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109 @itemx --xrm=@var{resource-values}
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110 @cindex resource values, command-line argument
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111 Specify X resource values for this Emacs job (see below).
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112 @end table
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114 For consistency, @samp{-name} also specifies the name to use for
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115 other resource values that do not belong to any particular frame.
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117 The resources that name Emacs invocations also belong to a class; its
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118 name is @samp{Emacs}. If you write @samp{Emacs} instead of
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119 @samp{emacs}, the resource applies to all frames in all Emacs jobs,
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120 regardless of frame titles and regardless of the name of the executable
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121 file. Here is an example:
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123 @example
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124 Emacs.BorderWidth: 2
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125 Emacs.borderWidth: 4
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126 @end example
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127
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128 You can specify a string of additional resource values for Emacs to
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129 use with the command line option @samp{-xrm @var{resources}}. The text
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130 @var{resources} should have the same format that you would use inside a file
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131 of X resources. To include multiple resource specifications in
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132 @var{resources}, put a newline between them, just as you would in a file.
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133 You can also use @samp{#include "@var{filename}"} to include a file full
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134 of resource specifications. Resource values specified with @samp{-xrm}
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135 take precedence over all other resource specifications.
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137 One way to experiment with the effect of different resource settings
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138 is to use the @code{editres} program. Select @samp{Get Tree} from the
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141 frame. Select one of them, such as @samp{menubar}, then select
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142 @samp{Show Resource Box} from the @samp{Commands} menu. This displays
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143 a list of all the meaningful X resources and allows you to edit them.
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144 Changes take effect immediately if you click on the @samp{Apply} button.
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145 (See the @code{editres} man page for more details.)
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147 @node Table of Resources
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148 @appendixsec Table of X Resources for Emacs
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150 This table lists the resource names that designate options for
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155 @item @code{background} (class @code{Background})
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158 @item @code{bitmapIcon} (class @code{BitmapIcon})
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162 @item @code{borderColor} (class @code{BorderColor})
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165 @item @code{borderWidth} (class @code{BorderWidth})
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166 Width in pixels of the external border.
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171 @item @code{font} (class @code{Font})
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172 Font name for text (or fontset name, @pxref{Fontsets}).
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174 @item @code{foreground} (class @code{Foreground})
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175 Color name for text.
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177 @item @code{geometry} (class @code{Geometry})
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178 Window size and position. Be careful not to specify this resource as
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182 If this resource specifies a position, that position applies only to the
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183 initial Emacs frame (or, in the case of a resource for a specific frame
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184 name, only that frame). However, the size, if specified here, applies to
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185 all frames.
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187 @item @code{fullscreen} (class @code{Fullscreen})
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188 The desired fullscreen size. The value can be one of @code{fullboth},
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189 @code{fullwidth} or @code{fullheight}, which correspond to
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190 the command-line options @samp{-fs}, @samp{-fw}, and @samp{-fh}
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191 (@pxref{Window Size X}).
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192
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193 Note that this applies to all frames created, not just the initial
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194 one.
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195
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197 Name to display in the icon.
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199 @item @code{internalBorder} (class @code{BorderWidth})
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202 @item @code{lineSpacing} (class @code{LineSpacing})
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203 @cindex line spacing
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204 @cindex leading
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205 Additional space (@dfn{leading}) between lines, in pixels.
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207 @item @code{menuBar} (class @code{MenuBar})
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208 @cindex menu bar
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209 Give frames menu bars if @samp{on}; don't have menu bars if
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210 @samp{off}. @xref{Lucid Resources}, and @ref{LessTif Resources}, for
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211 how to control the appearance of the menu bar if you have one.
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213 @item @code{minibuffer} (class @code{Minibuffer})
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217 @item @code{paneFont} (class @code{Font})
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218 @cindex font for menus
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219 Font name for menu pane titles, in non-toolkit versions of Emacs.
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221 @item @code{pointerColor} (class @code{Foreground})
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222 Color of the mouse cursor.
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224 @item @code{privateColormap} (class @code{PrivateColormap})
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225 If @samp{on}, use a private color map, in the case where the ``default
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228 @item @code{reverseVideo} (class @code{ReverseVideo})
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229 Switch foreground and background default colors if @samp{on}, use colors as
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230 specified if @samp{off}.
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232 @item @code{screenGamma} (class @code{ScreenGamma})
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233 @cindex gamma correction
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234 Gamma correction for colors, equivalent to the frame parameter
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235 @code{screen-gamma}.
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237 @item @code{selectionFont} (class @code{SelectionFont})
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239 toolkit versions, see @ref{Lucid Resources}, also see @ref{LessTif
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240 Resources}.)
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242 @item @code{selectionTimeout} (class @code{SelectionTimeout})
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243 Number of milliseconds to wait for a selection reply.
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244 If the selection owner doesn't reply in this time, we give up.
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245 A value of 0 means wait as long as necessary.
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248 @cindex debugging X problems
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249 @cindex synchronous X mode
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250 Run Emacs in synchronous mode if @samp{on}. Synchronous mode is
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253 @item @code{title} (class @code{Title})
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254 Name to display in the title bar of the initial Emacs frame.
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256 @item @code{toolBar} (class @code{ToolBar})
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257 @cindex tool bar
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258 Number of lines to reserve for the tool bar. A zero value suppresses
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259 the tool bar. If the value is non-zero and
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260 @code{auto-resize-tool-bars} is non-@code{nil}, the tool bar's size
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261 will be changed automatically so that all tool bar items are visible.
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264 @cindex XIM
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265 @cindex X input methods
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266 @cindex input methods, X
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267 Turn off use of X input methods (XIM) if @samp{false} or @samp{off}.
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268 This is only relevant if your Emacs is actually built with XIM
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269 support. It is potentially useful to turn off XIM for efficiency,
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270 especially slow X client/server links.
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272 @item @code{verticalScrollBars} (class @code{ScrollBars})
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273 Give frames scroll bars if @samp{on}; don't have scroll bars if
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274 @samp{off}.
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275 @end table
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278 @appendixsec X Resources for Faces
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280 You can also use resources to customize the appearance of particular
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281 faces (@pxref{Faces}):
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283 @table @code
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284 @item @var{face}.attributeFont
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285 Font for face @var{face}.
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286 @item @var{face}.attributeForeground
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287 Foreground color for face @var{face}.
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288 @item @var{face}.attributeBackground
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290 @item @var{face}.attributeUnderline
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291 Underline flag for face @var{face}. Use @samp{on} or @samp{true} for
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293 @item @var{face}.attributeFamily
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294 Font family for face @var{face}.
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295 @item @var{face}.attributeWidth
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301 @item @var{face}.attributeHeight
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307 @item @var{face}.attributeWeight
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312 @item @var{face}.attributeSlant
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314 @code{italic}, @code{oblique}, @code{normal},
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316 @item @var{face}.attributeStrikeThrough
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317 Whether the face @var{face} should be drawn with a line striking
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318 through the characters.
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319 @item @var{face}.attributeOverline
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320 Whether the characters in the face @var{face} should be overlined.
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321 @item @var{face}.attributeBox
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322 Whether to draw a box around the characters in face @var{face}.
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323 @item @var{face}.attributeInverse
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324 Whether to display the characters in face @var{face} in inverse
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325 video.
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326 @item @var{face}.attributeStipple
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327 The name of a pixmap data file to use for the stipple pattern, or
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328 @code{false} to not use stipple for the face @var{face}.
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329 @item @var{face}.attributeBackgroundPixmap
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330 The background pixmap for the face @var{face}. Should be a name of a
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331 pixmap file or @code{false}.
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332 @item @var{face}.attributeBold
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333 Whether to draw the characters in the face @var{face} as bold.
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334 @item @var{face}.attributeItalic
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335 Whether to draw the characters in the face @var{face} as italic.
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336 @end table
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338 @node Lucid Resources
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339 @appendixsec Lucid Menu X Resources
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340 @cindex Menu X Resources (Lucid widgets)
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341 @cindex Lucid Widget X Resources
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343 If the Emacs installed at your site was built to use the X toolkit
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344 with the Lucid menu widgets, then the menu bar is a separate widget and
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345 has its own resources. The resource names contain @samp{pane.menubar}
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349 @example
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350 Emacs.pane.menubar.@var{resource}: @var{value}
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353 @noindent
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357 @example
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358 Emacs.pane.menubar.font: 8x16
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359 @end example
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361 @noindent
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362 Resources for @emph{non-menubar} toolkit pop-up menus have
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363 @samp{menu*}, in like fashion. For example, to specify the font
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364 @samp{8x16} for the pop-up menu items, write this:
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366 @example
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367 Emacs.menu*.font: 8x16
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368 @end example
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370 @noindent
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371 For dialog boxes, use @samp{dialog} instead of @samp{menu}:
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373 @example
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374 Emacs.dialog*.font: 8x16
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375 @end example
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377 @noindent
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378 Experience shows that on some systems you may need to add
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379 @samp{shell.}@: before the @samp{pane.menubar} or @samp{menu*}. On
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380 some other systems, you must not add @samp{shell.}.
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381
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382 Here is a list of the specific resources for menu bars and pop-up menus:
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384 @table @code
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385 @item font
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386 Font for menu item text.
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387 @item foreground
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388 Color of the foreground.
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389 @item background
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390 Color of the background.
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391 @item buttonForeground
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392 In the menu bar, the color of the foreground for a selected item.
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393 @item horizontalSpacing
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394 Horizontal spacing in pixels between items. Default is 3.
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395 @item verticalSpacing
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396 Vertical spacing in pixels between items. Default is 2.
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397 @item arrowSpacing
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398 Horizontal spacing between the arrow (which indicates a submenu) and
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399 the associated text. Default is 10.
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400 @item shadowThickness
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401 Thickness of shadow line around the widget. Default is 1.
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403 Also determines the thickness of shadow lines around other objects,
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404 for instance 3D buttons and arrows. If you have the impression that
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406 difference between ``in'' and ``out'' buttons is difficult to see, set
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407 this to 2. If you have no problems with visibility, the default
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408 probably looks better. The background color may also have some effect
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415 @appendixsec LessTif Menu X Resources
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416 @cindex Menu X Resources (LessTif widgets)
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417 @cindex LessTif Widget X Resources
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430 Emacs.pane.menubar.@var{subwidget}.@var{resource}: @var{value}
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449 resources; for example, the @samp{File} submenu has an item named
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450 @samp{Save (current buffer)}. A resource specification for a submenu
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453 @smallexample
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454 Emacs.pane.menubar.popup_*.@var{menu}.@var{item}.@var{resource}: @var{value}
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457 @noindent
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458 For example, here's how to specify the font for the @samp{Save (current
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461 @smallexample
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462 Emacs.pane.menubar.popup_*.File.Save (current buffer).fontList: 8x16
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463 @end smallexample
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465 @noindent
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466 For an item in a second-level submenu, such as @samp{Complete Word}
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468 template:
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470 @smallexample
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471 Emacs.pane.menubar.popup_*.popup_*.@var{menu}.@var{resource}: @var{value}
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472 @end smallexample
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474 @noindent
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475 For example,
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477 @smallexample
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478 Emacs.pane.menubar.popup_*.popup_*.Spell Checking.Complete Word: @var{value}
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479 @end smallexample
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481 @noindent
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483
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484 It's impossible to specify a resource for all the menu-bar items
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486 submenu items to look different from the menu bar itself, you must ask
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487 for that in two steps. First, specify the resource for all of them;
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488 then, override the value for submenus alone. Here is an example:
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490 @smallexample
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491 Emacs.pane.menubar.*.fontList: 8x16
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492 Emacs.pane.menubar.popup_*.fontList: 8x16
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495 @noindent
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496 For LessTif pop-up menus, use @samp{menu*} instead of
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497 @samp{pane.menubar}. For example, to specify the font @samp{8x16} for
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498 the pop-up menu items, write this:
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500 @smallexample
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501 Emacs.menu*.fontList: 8x16
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502 @end smallexample
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504 @noindent
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505 For LessTif dialog boxes, use @samp{dialog} instead of @samp{menu}:
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507 @example
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508 Emacs.dialog*.fontList: 8x16
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509 Emacs.dialog*.foreground: hotpink
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510 @end example
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512 To specify resources for the LessTif file-selection box, use
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513 @samp{fsb*}, like this:
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515 @example
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516 Emacs.fsb*.fontList: 8x16
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517 @end example
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519 @iftex
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520 @medbreak
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521 @end iftex
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522 Here is a list of the specific resources for LessTif menu bars and
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523 pop-up menus:
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525 @table @code
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526 @item armColor
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527 The color to show in an armed button.
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528 @item fontList
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529 The font to use.
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530 @item marginBottom
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531 @itemx marginHeight
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532 @itemx marginLeft
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534 @itemx marginTop
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535 @itemx marginWidth
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536 Amount of space to leave around the item, within the border.
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537 @item borderWidth
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538 The width of the border around the menu item, on all sides.
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539 @item shadowThickness
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540 The width of the border shadow.
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541 @item bottomShadowColor
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542 The color for the border shadow, on the bottom and the right.
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543 @item topShadowColor
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544 The color for the border shadow, on the top and the left.
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545 @end table
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547
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548 @node GTK resources
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549 @appendixsec GTK resources
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550 @cindex GTK resources and customization
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551 @cindex resource files for GTK
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552 @cindex @file{~/.gtkrc-2.0} file
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553 @cindex @file{~/.emacs.d/gtkrc} file
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554
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555 If the Emacs installed at your site was built to use the GTK widget set,
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556 then the menu bar, scroll bar and the dialogs can be customized with
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557 the standard GTK @file{~/.gtkrc-2.0} file or with the Emacs specific
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559 customizing specific GTK widget features. To customize Emacs font,
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560 background, faces etc., use the normal X resources, see @ref{Resources}.
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561
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562 Some GTK themes override these mechanisms, which means that using
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563 these mechanisms will not work to customize them. We recommend that
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565 @file{~/.gtkrc-2.0} seems to be ignored when running GConf with GNOME.
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567 In these files you first defines a style and then how to apply that style
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568 to widgets (@pxref{GTK widget names}). Here is an example of how to
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569 change the font for Emacs menus:
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570
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571 @smallexample
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572 # This is a comment.
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573 style "menufont"
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574 @{
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575 font_name = "helvetica bold 14" # This is a Pango font name
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576 @}
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577
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578 widget "*emacs-menuitem*" style "menufont"
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579
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580 @end smallexample
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582 Here is a more elaborate example, showing how to change the parts of
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583 the scroll bar:
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585 @smallexample
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586 style "scroll"
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587 @{
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588 fg[NORMAL] = "red"@ @ @ @ @ # The arrow color.
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589 bg[NORMAL] = "yellow"@ @ # The thumb and background around the arrow.
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590 bg[ACTIVE] = "blue"@ @ @ @ # The trough color.
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591 bg[PRELIGHT] = "white"@ # The thumb color when the mouse is over it.
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592 @}
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594 widget "*verticalScrollBar*" style "scroll"
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595 @end smallexample
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596
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597 There are some things you can set without using any style or widget name,
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598 which affect GTK as a whole. Most of these are poorly documented, but can
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599 be found in the `Properties' section of the documentation page for
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600 @code{GtkSetting}, in the GTK document references below.
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601
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602 One property of interest is @code{gtk-font-name} which sets the default
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603 font for GTK; you must use Pango font names (@pxref{GTK styles}). A
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604 @file{~/.gtkrc-2.0} file that just sets a default font looks like this:
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605
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606 @smallexample
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607 gtk-font-name = "courier 12"
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608 @end smallexample
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609
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610
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611 If GTK at your site is installed under @var{prefix},
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612 the resource file syntax is fully described in the GTK API
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613 document
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614 @file{@var{prefix}/share/gtk-doc/html/gtk/gtk-resource-files.html}.
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615 @var{prefix} is usually @file{/usr} or @file{/usr/local}.
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616 You can find the same document online at
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617 @uref{http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-Resource-Files.html}.
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618
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619
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620 @menu
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621 * GTK widget names:: How widgets in GTK are named in general.
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622 * GTK names in Emacs:: GTK widget names in Emacs.
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623 * GTK styles:: What can be customized in a GTK widget.
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624 @end menu
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625
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626
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627 @node GTK widget names
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628 @appendixsubsec GTK widget names
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629 @cindex GTK widget names
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630
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631 Widgets are specified by widget class or by widget name.
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632 The widget class is the type of the widget, for example @code{GtkMenuBar}.
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633 The widget name is the name given to a specific widget within a program.
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634 A widget always have a class but it is not mandatory to give a name to
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635 a widget. Absolute names are sequences of widget names or
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636 widget classes, corresponding to hierarchies of widgets embedded within
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637 other widgets. For example, if a @code{GtkWindow} contains a @code{GtkVBox}
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638 which in turn contains a @code{GtkMenuBar}, the absolute class name
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639 is @code{GtkWindow.GtkVBox.GtkMenuBar}.
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640
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641 @noindent
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642 If the widgets are named ``top'', ``box'' and ``menubar'', the absolute
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643 widget name is @code{top.box.menubar},
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644
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645 When assigning a style to a widget, you can use the absolute class
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646 name or the absolute widget name.
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647 There are two commands: @code{widget_class} will assign a style to
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648 widgets, matching only against the absolute class name.
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649 The command @code{widget} will match the absolute widget name,
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650 but if there is no name for a widget in the hierarchy, the class is matched.
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651 These commands require the absolute name and the style name to be
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652 within double quotes. These commands are written at the top level in a
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653 @file{~/.gtkrc-2.0} file, like this:
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654
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655 @smallexample
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656 style "menufont"
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657 @{
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658 font_name = "helvetica bold 14"
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659 @}
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660
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661 widget "top.box.menubar" style "menufont"
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662 widget_class "GtkWindow.GtkVBox.GtkMenuBar" style "menufont"
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663 @end smallexample
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664
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665
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666 Matching of absolute names is done with shell ``glob'' syntax, that is
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667 @samp{*} matches zero or more characters and @samp{?} matches one character.
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668 So the following would assign @code{base_style} to all widgets:
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669
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670 @smallexample
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671 widget "*" style "base_style"
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672 @end smallexample
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673
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674 Given the absolute class name @code{GtkWindow.GtkVBox.GtkMenuBar}
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675 and the corresponding absolute widget name @code{top.box.menubar},
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676 the following all assign @code{my_style} to the menu bar:
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677
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678 @smallexample
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679 widget_class "GtkWindow.GtkVBox.GtkMenuBar" style "my_style"
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680 widget_class "GtkWindow.*.GtkMenuBar" style "my_style"
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681 widget_class "*GtkMenuBar" style "my_style"
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682 widget "top.box.menubar" style "my_style"
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683 widget "*box*menubar" style "my_style"
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684 widget "*menubar" style "my_style"
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685 widget "*menu*" style "my_style"
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686 @end smallexample
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687
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688 @node GTK names in Emacs
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689 @appendixsubsec GTK names in Emacs
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690 @cindex GTK widget names
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691 @cindex GTK widget classes
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692
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693 In Emacs the top level widget for a frame is a @code{GtkWindow} that
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695 @code{GtkMenuBar} and a @code{GtkFixed} widget.
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696 The vertical scroll bars, @code{GtkVScrollbar},
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697 are contained in the @code{GtkFixed} widget.
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698 The text you write in Emacs is drawn in the @code{GtkFixed} widget.
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700 Dialogs in Emacs are @code{GtkDialog} widgets. The file dialog is a
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701 @code{GtkFileSelection} widget.
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702
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703 @noindent
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704 To set a style for the menu bar using the absolute class name, use:
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705
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706 @smallexample
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707 widget_class "GtkWindow.GtkVBox.GtkMenuBar" style "my_style"
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708 @end smallexample
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709
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710 @noindent
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711 For the scroll bar, the absolute class name is:
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712
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713 @smallexample
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714 widget_class
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715 "GtkWindow.GtkVBox.GtkFixed.GtkVScrollbar"
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716 style "my_style"
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717 @end smallexample
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718
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719 @noindent
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720 The names for the emacs widgets, and their classes, are:
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721
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722 @multitable {@code{verticalScrollbar plus}} {@code{GtkFileSelection} and some}
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723 @item @code{emacs-filedialog}
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724 @tab @code{GtkFileSelection}
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725 @item @code{emacs-dialog}
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726 @tab @code{GtkDialog}
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727 @item @code{Emacs}
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728 @tab @code{GtkWindow}
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729 @item @code{pane}
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730 @tab @code{GtkVHbox}
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731 @item @code{emacs}
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732 @tab @code{GtkFixed}
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733 @item @code{verticalScrollBar}
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734 @tab @code{GtkVScrollbar}
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735 @item @code{emacs-toolbar}
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736 @tab @code{GtkToolbar}
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737 @item @code{menubar}
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738 @tab @code{GtkMenuBar}
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739 @item @code{emacs-menuitem}
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740 @tab anything in menus
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741 @end multitable
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742
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743 @noindent
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744 Thus, for Emacs you can write the two examples above as:
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745
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746 @smallexample
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747 widget "Emacs.pane.menubar" style "my_style"
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748 widget "Emacs.pane.emacs.verticalScrollBar" style "my_style"
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749 @end smallexample
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750
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751 GTK absolute names are quite strange when it comes to menus
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752 and dialogs. The names do not start with @samp{Emacs}, as they are
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753 free-standing windows and not contained (in the GTK sense) by the
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754 Emacs GtkWindow. To customize the dialogs and menus, use wildcards like this:
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755
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756 @smallexample
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757 widget "*emacs-dialog*" style "my_dialog_style"
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758 widget "*emacs-filedialog* style "my_file_style"
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759 widget "*emacs-menuitem* style "my_menu_style"
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760 @end smallexample
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761
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762 An alternative is to put customization into @file{~/.emacs.d/gtkrc}.
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763 This file is only read by Emacs, so anything in @file{~/.emacs.d/gtkrc}
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764 affects Emacs but leaves other applications unaffected.
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765 For example, the drop down menu in the file dialog can not
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766 be customized by any absolute widget name, only by an absolute
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767 class name. This is so because the widgets in the drop down menu does not
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768 have names and the menu is not contained in the Emacs GtkWindow.
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769 To have all menus in Emacs look the same, use this in @file{~/.emacs.d/gtkrc}:
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770
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771 @smallexample
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772 widget_class "*Menu*" style "my_menu_style"
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773 @end smallexample
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774
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775 @node GTK styles
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776 @appendixsubsec GTK styles
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777 @cindex GTK styles
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778
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779 In a GTK style you specify the appearance widgets shall have. You
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780 can specify foreground and background color, background pixmap and font.
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781 The edit widget (where you edit the text) in Emacs is a GTK widget,
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782 but trying to specify a style for the edit widget will have no effect.
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783 This is so that Emacs compiled for GTK is compatible with Emacs compiled
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784 for other X toolkits. The settings for foreground, background and font
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785 for the edit widget is taken from the X resources; @pxref{Resources}.
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786 Here is an example of two style declarations, ``default'' and ``ruler'':
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787
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788 @smallexample
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789
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790 pixmap_path "/usr/share/pixmaps:/usr/include/X11/pixmaps"
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791
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792 style "default"
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793 @{
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794 font_name = "helvetica 12"
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795
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796 bg[NORMAL] = @{ 0.83, 0.80, 0.73 @}
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797 bg[SELECTED] = @{ 0.0, 0.55, 0.55 @}
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798 bg[INSENSITIVE] = @{ 0.77, 0.77, 0.66 @}
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799 bg[ACTIVE] = @{ 0.0, 0.55, 0.55 @}
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800 bg[PRELIGHT] = @{ 0.0, 0.55, 0.55 @}
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801
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802 fg[NORMAL] = "black"
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803 fg[SELECTED] = @{ 0.9, 0.9, 0.9 @}
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804 fg[ACTIVE] = "black"
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805 fg[PRELIGHT] = @{ 0.9, 0.9, 0.9 @}
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806
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807 base[INSENSITIVE] = "#777766"
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808 text[INSENSITIVE] = @{ 0.60, 0.65, 0.57 @}
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809
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810 bg_pixmap[NORMAL] = "background.xpm"
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811 bg_pixmap[INSENSITIVE] = "background.xpm"
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812 bg_pixmap[ACTIVE] = "background.xpm"
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813 bg_pixmap[PRELIGHT] = "<none>"
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814
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815 @}
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816
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817 style "ruler" = "default"
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818 @{
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819 font_name = "helvetica 8"
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820 @}
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821
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822 @end smallexample
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823
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824 The style ``ruler'' inherits from ``default''. This way you can build
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825 on existing styles. The syntax for fonts and colors is described below.
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826
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827 As this example shows, it is possible to specify several values
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828 for foreground and background depending on which state the widget has.
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829 The possible states are
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830 @table @code
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831 @item NORMAL
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832 This is the default state for widgets.
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833 @item ACTIVE
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834 This is the state for a widget that is ready to do something. It is
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835 also for the trough of a scroll bar, i.e. @code{bg[ACTIVE] = "red"}
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836 sets the scroll bar trough to red. Buttons that have been pressed but
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837 not released yet (``armed'') are in this state.
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838 @item PRELIGHT
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839 This is the state when widgets that can be manipulated have the mouse
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840 pointer over them. For example when the mouse is over the thumb in the
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841 scroll bar or over a menu item. When the mouse is over a button that
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842 is not pressed, the button is in this state.
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843 @item SELECTED
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844 This is the state when some data has been selected by the user. It can
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845 be selected text or items selected in a list.
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846 There is no place in Emacs where this setting has any effect.
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847 @item INSENSITIVE
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848 This is the state for widgets that are visible, but they can not be
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849 manipulated like they normally can. For example, buttons that can't be
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850 pressed and menu items that can't be selected.
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851 Text for menu items that are not available can be set to yellow with
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852 @code{fg[INSENSITIVE] = "yellow"}.
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853 @end table
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854
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855 Here are the things that can go in a style declaration:
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856
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857 @table @code
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858 @item bg[@var{state}] = @var{color}
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859 This is the background color widgets use. This background is not used for
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860 editable text, use @code{base} for that.
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861
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862 @item base[@var{state}] = @var{color}
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863 This is the background color for editable text.
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864 In Emacs, this color is used for the background of the text fields in the
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865 file dialog.
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866
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867 @item bg_pixmap[@var{state}] = "@var{pixmap}"
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868 You can specify a pixmap to be used instead of the background color.
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869 @var{pixmap} is a file name. GTK can use a number of file formats,
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870 including XPM, XBM, GIF, JPEG and PNG. If you want a widget to use the same
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871 pixmap as its parent, use @samp{<parent>}. If you don't want any
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872 pixmap use @samp{<none>}. Using @samp{<none>} can be useful
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873 if your style inherits a style that does specify a pixmap.
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874
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875 GTK looks for the pixmap in directories specified in @code{pixmap_path}.
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876 It is not possible to refer to a file by its absolute path name.
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877 @code{pixmap_path} is a colon-separated list of directories within double
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878 quotes, specified at the top level in a @file{gtkrc} file (i.e. not inside
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879 a style definition; see example above):
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880
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881 @smallexample
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882 pixmap_path "/usr/share/pixmaps:/usr/include/X11/pixmaps"
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883 @end smallexample
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884
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885 @item fg[@var{state}] = @var{color}
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886 This is the foreground color widgets use. This is the color
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887 of text in menus and buttons. It is also the color for the arrows in the
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888 scroll bar. For editable text, use @code{text}.
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889
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890 @item text[@var{state}] = @var{color}
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891 This is the color for editable text. In Emacs, this color is used for the
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892 text fields in the file dialog.
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893
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894 @item font_name = "@var{font}"
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895 This is the font a widget shall use. @var{font} is a Pango font name,
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896 for example ``Sans Italic 10'', ``Helvetica Bold 12'', ``Courier 14'',
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897 ``Times 18''. See below for exact syntax. The names are case insensitive.
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898 @end table
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899
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900 Colors are specified in three ways, a name, a hexadecimal form or
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901 an RGB triplet.
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902
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903 @noindent
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904 A color name is written within double quotes, for example @code{"red"}.
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905
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906 @noindent
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907 A hexadecimal form is written within double quotes. There are four forms,
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908 @code{#rrrrggggbbbb}, @code{#rrrgggbbb},
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909 @code{#rrggbb}, or @code{#rgb}. In each of these r, g and b are hex digits.
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910
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911 @noindent
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912 An RGB triplet looks like @code{@{ r, g, b @}}, where r, g and b are either
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913 integers in the range 0-65535 or floats in the range 0.0-1.0.
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914
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915 Pango font names have the form ``@var{family-list} @var{style-options}
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916 @var{size}''.
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917 @cindex Pango font name
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918 @noindent
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919 @var{family-list} is a comma separated list of font families optionally
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920 terminated by a comma. This way you can specify several families and the
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921 first one found will be used. @var{family} corresponds to the second part in
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922 an X font name, for example in
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923
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924 @smallexample
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925 -adobe-times-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-64-iso10646-1
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926 @end smallexample
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927
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928 @noindent
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929 the family name is ``times''.
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930
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931 @noindent
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932 @var{style-options} is a whitespace separated list of words where each word
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933 is a style, variant, weight, or stretch. The default value for all of
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934 these is @code{normal}.
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935
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936 @noindent
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937 A `style' corresponds to the fourth part of an X font name. In X font
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938 names it is the character ``r'', ``i'' or ``o''; in Pango font names the
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939 corresponding values are @code{normal}, @code{italic}, or @code{oblique}.
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940
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941 @noindent
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942 A `variant' is either @code{normal} or @code{small-caps}.
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943 Small caps is a font with the lower case characters replaced by
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944 smaller variants of the capital characters.
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945
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946 @noindent
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947 Weight describes the ``boldness'' of a font. It corresponds to the third
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948 part of an X font name. It is one of @code{ultra-light}, @code{light},
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949 @code{normal}, @code{bold}, @code{ultra-bold}, or @code{heavy}.
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950
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951 @noindent
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952 Stretch gives the width of the font relative to other designs within a
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953 family. It corresponds to the fifth part of an X font name. It is one of
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954 @code{ultra-condensed}, @code{extra-condensed}, @code{condensed},
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955 @code{semi-condensed}, @code{normal}, @code{semi-expanded},
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956 @code{expanded}, @code{extra-expanded}, or @code{ultra-expanded}.
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957
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958 @noindent
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959 @var{size} is a decimal number that describes the font size in points.
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960
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961 @ignore
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962 arch-tag: 9b6ff773-48b6-41f6-b2f9-f114b8bdd97f
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963 @end ignore