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25829 | 1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 99, 2000, 2001 |
28126 | 3 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @node Frames, International, Windows, Top | |
6 @chapter Frames and X Windows | |
7 @cindex frames | |
8 | |
9 When using the X Window System, you can create multiple windows at the | |
10 X level in a single Emacs session. Each X window that belongs to Emacs | |
11 displays a @dfn{frame} which can contain one or several Emacs windows. | |
12 A frame initially contains a single general-purpose Emacs window which | |
13 you can subdivide vertically or horizontally into smaller windows. A | |
14 frame normally contains its own echo area and minibuffer, but you can | |
15 make frames that don't have these---they use the echo area and | |
16 minibuffer of another frame. | |
17 | |
18 Editing you do in one frame also affects the other frames. For | |
19 instance, if you put text in the kill ring in one frame, you can yank it | |
20 in another frame. If you exit Emacs through @kbd{C-x C-c} in one frame, | |
21 it terminates all the frames. To delete just one frame, use @kbd{C-x 5 | |
37121 | 22 0} (that is zero, not @kbd{o}). |
25829 | 23 |
24 To avoid confusion, we reserve the word ``window'' for the | |
25 subdivisions that Emacs implements, and never use it to refer to a | |
26 frame. | |
27 | |
28 Emacs compiled for MS-DOS emulates some aspects of the window system | |
29 so that you can use many of the features described in this chapter. | |
30 @xref{MS-DOS Input}, for more information. | |
31 | |
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32 @cindex MS Windows |
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33 Emacs compiled for MS Windows mostly supports the same features as |
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34 under X. |
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25829 | 36 @menu |
37 * Mouse Commands:: Moving, cutting, and pasting, with the mouse. | |
38 * Secondary Selection:: Cutting without altering point and mark. | |
33920 | 39 * Clipboard:: Using the clipboard for selections. |
25829 | 40 * Mouse References:: Using the mouse to select an item from a list. |
41 * Menu Mouse Clicks:: Mouse clicks that bring up menus. | |
42 * Mode Line Mouse:: Mouse clicks on the mode line. | |
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43 * Creating Frames:: Creating additional Emacs frames with various contents. |
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44 * Frame Commands:: Iconifying, deleting, and switching frames. |
25829 | 45 * Speedbar:: How to make and use a speedbar frame. |
46 * Multiple Displays:: How one Emacs job can talk to several displays. | |
47 * Special Buffer Frames:: You can make certain buffers have their own frames. | |
48 * Frame Parameters:: Changing the colors and other modes of frames. | |
49 * Scroll Bars:: How to enable and disable scroll bars; how to use them. | |
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50 * Wheeled Mice:: Using mouse wheels for scrolling. |
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51 * Drag and drop:: Using drag and drop to open files and insert text. |
25829 | 52 * Menu Bars:: Enabling and disabling the menu bar. |
31609 | 53 * Tool Bars:: Enabling and disabling the tool bar. |
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54 * Dialog Boxes:: Controlling use of dialog boxes. |
39267 | 55 * Tooltips:: Showing "tooltips", AKA "balloon help" for active text. |
28124 | 56 * Mouse Avoidance:: Moving the mouse pointer out of the way. |
25829 | 57 * Non-Window Terminals:: Multiple frames on terminals that show only one. |
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58 * XTerm Mouse:: Using the mouse in an XTerm terminal emulator. |
25829 | 59 @end menu |
60 | |
61 @node Mouse Commands | |
62 @section Mouse Commands for Editing | |
63 @cindex mouse buttons (what they do) | |
64 | |
65 The mouse commands for selecting and copying a region are mostly | |
66 compatible with the @code{xterm} program. You can use the same mouse | |
67 commands for copying between Emacs and other X client programs. | |
68 | |
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69 @kindex DELETE @r{(and mouse selection)} |
25829 | 70 If you select a region with any of these mouse commands, and then |
71 immediately afterward type the @key{DELETE} function key, it deletes the | |
72 region that you selected. The @key{BACKSPACE} function key and the | |
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73 @acronym{ASCII} character @key{DEL} do not do this; if you type any other key |
25829 | 74 in between the mouse command and @key{DELETE}, it does not do this. |
75 | |
76 @findex mouse-set-region | |
77 @findex mouse-set-point | |
78 @findex mouse-yank-at-click | |
79 @findex mouse-save-then-click | |
80 @kindex Mouse-1 | |
81 @kindex Mouse-2 | |
82 @kindex Mouse-3 | |
83 @table @kbd | |
84 @item Mouse-1 | |
85 Move point to where you click (@code{mouse-set-point}). | |
86 This is normally the left button. | |
87 | |
88 @item Drag-Mouse-1 | |
89 Set the region to the text you select by dragging, and copy it to the | |
90 kill ring (@code{mouse-set-region}). You can specify both ends of the | |
91 region with this single command. | |
92 | |
93 @vindex mouse-scroll-min-lines | |
94 If you move the mouse off the top or bottom of the window while | |
95 dragging, the window scrolls at a steady rate until you move the mouse | |
96 back into the window. This way, you can select regions that don't fit | |
97 entirely on the screen. The number of lines scrolled per step depends | |
98 on how far away from the window edge the mouse has gone; the variable | |
99 @code{mouse-scroll-min-lines} specifies a minimum step size. | |
100 | |
101 @item Mouse-2 | |
102 Yank the last killed text, where you click (@code{mouse-yank-at-click}). | |
103 This is normally the middle button. | |
104 | |
105 @item Mouse-3 | |
106 This command, @code{mouse-save-then-kill}, has several functions | |
107 depending on where you click and the status of the region. | |
108 | |
109 The most basic case is when you click @kbd{Mouse-1} in one place and | |
110 then @kbd{Mouse-3} in another. This selects the text between those two | |
111 positions as the region. It also copies the new region to the kill | |
112 ring, so that you can copy it to someplace else. | |
113 | |
114 If you click @kbd{Mouse-1} in the text, scroll with the scroll bar, and | |
115 then click @kbd{Mouse-3}, it remembers where point was before scrolling | |
116 (where you put it with @kbd{Mouse-1}), and uses that position as the | |
117 other end of the region. This is so that you can select a region that | |
118 doesn't fit entirely on the screen. | |
119 | |
120 More generally, if you do not have a highlighted region, @kbd{Mouse-3} | |
121 selects the text between point and the click position as the region. It | |
122 does this by setting the mark where point was, and moving point to where | |
123 you click. | |
124 | |
125 If you have a highlighted region, or if the region was set just before | |
126 by dragging button 1, @kbd{Mouse-3} adjusts the nearer end of the region | |
127 by moving it to where you click. The adjusted region's text also | |
128 replaces the old region's text in the kill ring. | |
129 | |
130 If you originally specified the region using a double or triple | |
131 @kbd{Mouse-1}, so that the region is defined to consist of entire words | |
132 or lines, then adjusting the region with @kbd{Mouse-3} also proceeds by | |
133 entire words or lines. | |
134 | |
135 If you use @kbd{Mouse-3} a second time consecutively, at the same place, | |
136 that kills the region already selected. | |
137 | |
138 @item Double-Mouse-1 | |
139 This key sets the region around the word which you click on. If you | |
140 click on a character with ``symbol'' syntax (such as underscore, in C | |
141 mode), it sets the region around the symbol surrounding that character. | |
142 | |
143 If you click on a character with open-parenthesis or close-parenthesis | |
38205 | 144 syntax, it sets the region around the parenthetical grouping |
25829 | 145 which that character starts or ends. If you click on a character with |
146 string-delimiter syntax (such as a singlequote or doublequote in C), it | |
147 sets the region around the string constant (using heuristics to figure | |
148 out whether that character is the beginning or the end of it). | |
149 | |
150 @item Double-Drag-Mouse-1 | |
151 This key selects a region made up of the words you drag across. | |
152 | |
153 @item Triple-Mouse-1 | |
154 This key sets the region around the line you click on. | |
155 | |
156 @item Triple-Drag-Mouse-1 | |
157 This key selects a region made up of the lines you drag across. | |
158 @end table | |
159 | |
160 The simplest way to kill text with the mouse is to press @kbd{Mouse-1} | |
161 at one end, then press @kbd{Mouse-3} twice at the other end. | |
162 @xref{Killing}. To copy the text into the kill ring without deleting it | |
163 from the buffer, press @kbd{Mouse-3} just once---or just drag across the | |
164 text with @kbd{Mouse-1}. Then you can copy it elsewhere by yanking it. | |
165 | |
166 @vindex mouse-yank-at-point | |
167 To yank the killed or copied text somewhere else, move the mouse there | |
168 and press @kbd{Mouse-2}. @xref{Yanking}. However, if | |
169 @code{mouse-yank-at-point} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{Mouse-2} yanks at | |
170 point. Then it does not matter where you click, or even which of the | |
171 frame's windows you click on. The default value is @code{nil}. This | |
172 variable also affects yanking the secondary selection. | |
173 | |
174 @cindex cutting and X | |
175 @cindex pasting and X | |
176 @cindex X cutting and pasting | |
177 To copy text to another X window, kill it or save it in the kill ring. | |
178 Under X, this also sets the @dfn{primary selection}. Then use the | |
179 ``paste'' or ``yank'' command of the program operating the other window | |
180 to insert the text from the selection. | |
181 | |
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182 To copy text from another X window, use the ``cut'' or ``copy'' |
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183 command of the program operating the other window, to select the text |
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184 you want. Then yank it in Emacs with @kbd{C-y} or @kbd{Mouse-2}. |
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185 |
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186 The standard coding system for X selections is |
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187 @code{compound-text-with-extensions}. To specify another coding |
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188 system for X selections, use @kbd{C-x @key{RET} x} or @kbd{C-x |
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189 @key{RET} X}. @xref{Specify Coding}. |
25829 | 190 |
191 These cutting and pasting commands also work on MS-Windows. | |
192 | |
193 @cindex primary selection | |
194 @cindex cut buffer | |
195 @cindex selection, primary | |
196 @vindex x-cut-buffer-max | |
197 When Emacs puts text into the kill ring, or rotates text to the front | |
198 of the kill ring, it sets the @dfn{primary selection} in the X server. | |
199 This is how other X clients can access the text. Emacs also stores the | |
200 text in the cut buffer, but only if the text is short enough | |
37121 | 201 (the value of @code{x-cut-buffer-max} specifies the maximum number of |
202 characters); putting long strings in the cut buffer can be slow. | |
25829 | 203 |
204 The commands to yank the first entry in the kill ring actually check | |
205 first for a primary selection in another program; after that, they check | |
206 for text in the cut buffer. If neither of those sources provides text | |
207 to yank, the kill ring contents are used. | |
208 | |
209 @node Secondary Selection | |
210 @section Secondary Selection | |
211 @cindex secondary selection | |
212 | |
213 The @dfn{secondary selection} is another way of selecting text using | |
214 X. It does not use point or the mark, so you can use it to kill text | |
215 without setting point or the mark. | |
216 | |
217 @table @kbd | |
218 @findex mouse-set-secondary | |
219 @kindex M-Drag-Mouse-1 | |
220 @item M-Drag-Mouse-1 | |
221 Set the secondary selection, with one end at the place where you press | |
222 down the button, and the other end at the place where you release it | |
223 (@code{mouse-set-secondary}). The highlighting appears and changes as | |
37121 | 224 you drag. You can control the appearance of the highlighting by |
225 customizing the @code{secondary-selection} face (@pxref{Face | |
226 Customization}). | |
25829 | 227 |
228 If you move the mouse off the top or bottom of the window while | |
229 dragging, the window scrolls at a steady rate until you move the mouse | |
230 back into the window. This way, you can mark regions that don't fit | |
231 entirely on the screen. | |
232 | |
233 @findex mouse-start-secondary | |
234 @kindex M-Mouse-1 | |
235 @item M-Mouse-1 | |
236 Set one endpoint for the @dfn{secondary selection} | |
237 (@code{mouse-start-secondary}). | |
238 | |
239 @findex mouse-secondary-save-then-kill | |
240 @kindex M-Mouse-3 | |
241 @item M-Mouse-3 | |
242 Make a secondary selection, using the place specified with @kbd{M-Mouse-1} | |
243 as the other end (@code{mouse-secondary-save-then-kill}). A second click | |
244 at the same place kills the secondary selection just made. | |
245 | |
246 @findex mouse-yank-secondary | |
247 @kindex M-Mouse-2 | |
248 @item M-Mouse-2 | |
249 Insert the secondary selection where you click | |
250 (@code{mouse-yank-secondary}). This places point at the end of the | |
251 yanked text. | |
252 @end table | |
253 | |
254 Double or triple clicking of @kbd{M-Mouse-1} operates on words and | |
255 lines, much like @kbd{Mouse-1}. | |
256 | |
257 If @code{mouse-yank-at-point} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{M-Mouse-2} | |
258 yanks at point. Then it does not matter precisely where you click; all | |
259 that matters is which window you click on. @xref{Mouse Commands}. | |
260 | |
33920 | 261 @node Clipboard |
262 @section Using the Clipboard | |
263 @cindex X clipboard | |
264 @cindex clipboard | |
265 @vindex x-select-enable-clipboard | |
266 @findex menu-bar-enable-clipboard | |
267 @cindex OpenWindows | |
268 @cindex Gnome | |
269 | |
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270 As well as the primary and secondary selection types, X supports a |
33920 | 271 @dfn{clipboard} selection type which is used by some applications, |
272 particularly under OpenWindows and Gnome. | |
273 | |
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274 The command @kbd{M-x menu-bar-enable-clipboard} makes the @code{Cut}, |
33920 | 275 @code{Paste} and @code{Copy} menu items, as well as the keys of the same |
276 names, all use the clipboard. | |
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278 You can customize the option @code{x-select-enable-clipboard} to make |
33920 | 279 the Emacs yank functions consult the clipboard before the primary |
280 selection, and to make the kill functions to store in the clipboard as | |
281 well as the primary selection. Otherwise they do not access the | |
282 clipboard at all. Using the clipboard is the default on MS-Windows, | |
283 unlike most systems. | |
284 | |
25829 | 285 @node Mouse References |
286 @section Following References with the Mouse | |
287 @kindex Mouse-2 @r{(selection)} | |
288 | |
289 Some Emacs buffers display lists of various sorts. These include | |
290 lists of files, of buffers, of possible completions, of matches for | |
291 a pattern, and so on. | |
292 | |
293 Since yanking text into these buffers is not very useful, most of them | |
294 define @kbd{Mouse-2} specially, as a command to use or view the item you | |
295 click on. | |
296 | |
297 For example, if you click @kbd{Mouse-2} on a file name in a Dired | |
298 buffer, you visit that file. If you click @kbd{Mouse-2} on an error | |
299 message in the @samp{*Compilation*} buffer, you go to the source code | |
300 for that error message. If you click @kbd{Mouse-2} on a completion in | |
301 the @samp{*Completions*} buffer, you choose that completion. | |
302 | |
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303 @vindex mouse-highlight |
25829 | 304 You can usually tell when @kbd{Mouse-2} has this special sort of |
305 meaning because the sensitive text highlights when you move the mouse | |
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306 over it. The variable @code{mouse-highlight} controls whether to do |
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308 already is), never, or only immediately after you move the mouse. |
25829 | 309 |
310 @node Menu Mouse Clicks | |
311 @section Mouse Clicks for Menus | |
312 | |
313 Mouse clicks modified with the @key{CTRL} and @key{SHIFT} keys | |
314 bring up menus. | |
315 | |
316 @table @kbd | |
317 @item C-Mouse-1 | |
30872 | 318 @kindex C-Mouse-1 |
25829 | 319 This menu is for selecting a buffer. |
320 | |
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322 menu smarter and more customizable. @xref{Buffer Menus}. |
30872 | 323 |
25829 | 324 @item C-Mouse-2 |
30872 | 325 @kindex C-Mouse-2 |
25829 | 326 This menu is for specifying faces and other text properties |
327 for editing formatted text. @xref{Formatted Text}. | |
328 | |
329 @item C-Mouse-3 | |
30872 | 330 @kindex C-Mouse-3 |
331 This menu is mode-specific. For most modes if Menu-bar mode is on, this | |
332 menu has the same items as all the mode-specific menu-bar menus put | |
333 together. Some modes may specify a different menu for this | |
334 button.@footnote{Some systems use @kbd{Mouse-3} for a mode-specific | |
335 menu. We took a survey of users, and found they preferred to keep | |
336 @kbd{Mouse-3} for selecting and killing regions. Hence the decision to | |
337 use @kbd{C-Mouse-3} for this menu.} If Menu-bar mode is off, this menu | |
338 contains all the items which would be present in the menu bar---not just | |
339 the mode-specific ones---so that you can access them without having to | |
340 display the menu bar. | |
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342 @item S-Mouse-1 |
25829 | 343 This menu is for specifying the frame's principal font. |
344 @end table | |
345 | |
346 @node Mode Line Mouse | |
347 @section Mode Line Mouse Commands | |
30872 | 348 @cindex mode line, mouse |
349 @cindex mouse on mode line | |
25829 | 350 |
351 You can use mouse clicks on window mode lines to select and manipulate | |
352 windows. | |
353 | |
354 @table @kbd | |
355 @item Mouse-1 | |
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356 @kindex Mouse-1 @r{(mode line)} |
25829 | 357 @kbd{Mouse-1} on a mode line selects the window above. By dragging |
358 @kbd{Mouse-1} on the mode line, you can move it, thus changing the | |
359 height of the windows above and below. | |
360 | |
361 @item Mouse-2 | |
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362 @kindex Mouse-2 @r{(mode line)} |
25829 | 363 @kbd{Mouse-2} on a mode line expands that window to fill its frame. |
364 | |
365 @item Mouse-3 | |
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366 @kindex Mouse-3 @r{(mode line)} |
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367 @kbd{Mouse-3} on a mode line deletes the window above. If the frame has |
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368 only one window, it buries the current buffer instead and switches to |
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369 another buffer. |
25829 | 370 |
371 @item C-Mouse-2 | |
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374 horizontally, above the place in the mode line where you click. | |
375 @end table | |
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37121 | 379 vertically, unless you are using an X toolkit's implementation of |
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389 @section Creating Frames | |
390 @cindex creating frames | |
391 | |
392 @kindex C-x 5 | |
393 The prefix key @kbd{C-x 5} is analogous to @kbd{C-x 4}, with parallel | |
394 subcommands. The difference is that @kbd{C-x 5} commands create a new | |
395 frame rather than just a new window in the selected frame (@pxref{Pop | |
396 Up Window}). If an existing visible or iconified frame already displays | |
397 the requested material, these commands use the existing frame, after | |
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400 The various @kbd{C-x 5} commands differ in how they find or create the | |
401 buffer to select: | |
402 | |
403 @table @kbd | |
404 @item C-x 5 2 | |
405 @kindex C-x 5 2 | |
406 @findex make-frame-command | |
407 Create a new frame (@code{make-frame-command}). | |
408 @item C-x 5 b @var{bufname} @key{RET} | |
409 Select buffer @var{bufname} in another frame. This runs | |
410 @code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame}. | |
411 @item C-x 5 f @var{filename} @key{RET} | |
412 Visit file @var{filename} and select its buffer in another frame. This | |
413 runs @code{find-file-other-frame}. @xref{Visiting}. | |
414 @item C-x 5 d @var{directory} @key{RET} | |
415 Select a Dired buffer for directory @var{directory} in another frame. | |
416 This runs @code{dired-other-frame}. @xref{Dired}. | |
417 @item C-x 5 m | |
418 Start composing a mail message in another frame. This runs | |
419 @code{mail-other-frame}. It is the other-frame variant of @kbd{C-x m}. | |
420 @xref{Sending Mail}. | |
421 @item C-x 5 . | |
422 Find a tag in the current tag table in another frame. This runs | |
423 @code{find-tag-other-frame}, the multiple-frame variant of @kbd{M-.}. | |
424 @xref{Tags}. | |
425 @item C-x 5 r @var{filename} @key{RET} | |
426 @kindex C-x 5 r | |
427 @findex find-file-read-only-other-frame | |
428 Visit file @var{filename} read-only, and select its buffer in another | |
429 frame. This runs @code{find-file-read-only-other-frame}. | |
430 @xref{Visiting}. | |
431 @end table | |
432 | |
433 @cindex default-frame-alist | |
434 @cindex initial-frame-alist | |
435 You can control the appearance of new frames you create by setting the | |
436 frame parameters in @code{default-frame-alist}. You can use the | |
437 variable @code{initial-frame-alist} to specify parameters that affect | |
438 only the initial frame. @xref{Initial Parameters,,, elisp, The Emacs | |
439 Lisp Reference Manual}, for more information. | |
440 | |
441 @cindex font (default) | |
442 The easiest way to specify the principal font for all your Emacs | |
443 frames is with an X resource (@pxref{Font X}), but you can also do it by | |
444 modifying @code{default-frame-alist} to specify the @code{font} | |
445 parameter, as shown here: | |
446 | |
447 @example | |
448 (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "10x20")) | |
449 @end example | |
450 | |
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506 @section Making and Using a Speedbar Frame | |
507 @cindex speedbar | |
508 | |
509 An Emacs frame can have a @dfn{speedbar}, which is a vertical window | |
510 that serves as a scrollable menu of files you could visit and tags | |
511 within those files. To create a speedbar, type @kbd{M-x speedbar}; this | |
512 creates a speedbar window for the selected frame. From then on, you can | |
513 click on a file name in the speedbar to visit that file in the | |
514 corresponding Emacs frame, or click on a tag name to jump to that tag in | |
515 the Emacs frame. | |
516 | |
517 Initially the speedbar lists the immediate contents of the current | |
518 directory, one file per line. Each line also has a box, @samp{[+]} or | |
519 @samp{<+>}, that you can click on with @kbd{Mouse-2} to ``open up'' the | |
520 contents of that item. If the line names a directory, opening it adds | |
521 the contents of that directory to the speedbar display, underneath the | |
522 directory's own line. If the line lists an ordinary file, opening it up | |
523 adds a list of the tags in that file to the speedbar display. When a | |
524 file is opened up, the @samp{[+]} changes to @samp{[-]}; you can click | |
525 on that box to ``close up'' that file (hide its contents). | |
526 | |
527 Some major modes, including Rmail mode, Info, and GUD, have | |
528 specialized ways of putting useful items into the speedbar for you to | |
529 select. For example, in Rmail mode, the speedbar shows a list of Rmail | |
530 files, and lets you move the current message to another Rmail file by | |
531 clicking on its @samp{<M>} box. | |
532 | |
533 A speedbar belongs to one Emacs frame, and always operates on that | |
534 frame. If you use multiple frames, you can make a speedbar for some or | |
535 all of the frames; type @kbd{M-x speedbar} in any given frame to make a | |
536 speedbar for it. | |
537 | |
538 @node Multiple Displays | |
539 @section Multiple Displays | |
540 @cindex multiple displays | |
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548 @findex make-frame-on-display | |
549 @table @kbd | |
550 @item M-x make-frame-on-display @key{RET} @var{display} @key{RET} | |
551 Create a new frame on display @var{display}. | |
552 @end table | |
553 | |
554 A single X server can handle more than one screen. When you open | |
555 frames on two screens belonging to one server, Emacs knows they share a | |
556 single keyboard, and it treats all the commands arriving from these | |
557 screens as a single stream of input. | |
558 | |
559 When you open frames on different X servers, Emacs makes a separate | |
560 input stream for each server. This way, two users can type | |
561 simultaneously on the two displays, and Emacs will not garble their | |
562 input. Each server also has its own selected frame. The commands you | |
563 enter with a particular X server apply to that server's selected frame. | |
564 | |
565 Despite these features, people using the same Emacs job from different | |
566 displays can still interfere with each other if they are not careful. | |
567 For example, if any one types @kbd{C-x C-c}, that exits the Emacs job | |
568 for all of them! | |
569 | |
570 @node Special Buffer Frames | |
571 @section Special Buffer Frames | |
572 | |
573 @vindex special-display-buffer-names | |
574 You can make certain chosen buffers, for which Emacs normally creates | |
575 a second window when you have just one window, appear in special frames | |
576 of their own. To do this, set the variable | |
577 @code{special-display-buffer-names} to a list of buffer names; any | |
578 buffer whose name is in that list automatically gets a special frame, | |
579 when an Emacs command wants to display it ``in another window.'' | |
580 | |
581 For example, if you set the variable this way, | |
582 | |
583 @example | |
584 (setq special-display-buffer-names | |
585 '("*Completions*" "*grep*" "*tex-shell*")) | |
586 @end example | |
587 | |
588 @noindent | |
589 then completion lists, @code{grep} output and the @TeX{} mode shell | |
590 buffer get individual frames of their own. These frames, and the | |
591 windows in them, are never automatically split or reused for any other | |
592 buffers. They continue to show the buffers they were created for, | |
593 unless you alter them by hand. Killing the special buffer deletes its | |
594 frame automatically. | |
595 | |
596 @vindex special-display-regexps | |
597 More generally, you can set @code{special-display-regexps} to a list | |
598 of regular expressions; then a buffer gets its own frame if its name | |
599 matches any of those regular expressions. (Once again, this applies only | |
600 to buffers that normally get displayed for you in a separate window.) | |
601 | |
602 @vindex special-display-frame-alist | |
603 The variable @code{special-display-frame-alist} specifies the frame | |
604 parameters for these frames. It has a default value, so you don't need | |
605 to set it. | |
606 | |
607 For those who know Lisp, an element of | |
608 @code{special-display-buffer-names} or @code{special-display-regexps} | |
609 can also be a list. Then the first element is the buffer name or | |
610 regular expression; the rest of the list specifies how to create the | |
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622 @example | |
623 (@var{function} @var{args}...) | |
624 @end example | |
625 | |
626 @noindent | |
627 where @var{function} is a symbol. Then the frame is constructed by | |
628 calling @var{function}; its first argument is the buffer, and its | |
629 remaining arguments are @var{args}. | |
630 | |
631 An analogous feature lets you specify buffers which should be | |
632 displayed in the selected window. @xref{Force Same Window}. The | |
633 same-window feature takes precedence over the special-frame feature; | |
634 therefore, if you add a buffer name to | |
635 @code{special-display-buffer-names} and it has no effect, check to see | |
636 whether that feature is also in use for the same buffer name. | |
637 | |
638 @node Frame Parameters | |
639 @section Setting Frame Parameters | |
640 @cindex colors | |
641 @cindex Auto-Raise mode | |
642 @cindex Auto-Lower mode | |
643 | |
644 This section describes commands for altering the display style and | |
645 window management behavior of the selected frame. | |
646 | |
647 @findex set-foreground-color | |
648 @findex set-background-color | |
649 @findex set-cursor-color | |
650 @findex set-mouse-color | |
651 @findex set-border-color | |
652 @findex auto-raise-mode | |
653 @findex auto-lower-mode | |
654 @table @kbd | |
655 @item M-x set-foreground-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET} | |
656 Specify color @var{color} for the foreground of the selected frame. | |
657 (This also changes the foreground color of the default face.) | |
658 | |
659 @item M-x set-background-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET} | |
660 Specify color @var{color} for the background of the selected frame. | |
661 (This also changes the background color of the default face.) | |
662 | |
663 @item M-x set-cursor-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET} | |
664 Specify color @var{color} for the cursor of the selected frame. | |
665 | |
666 @item M-x set-mouse-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET} | |
667 Specify color @var{color} for the mouse cursor when it is over the | |
668 selected frame. | |
669 | |
670 @item M-x set-border-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET} | |
671 Specify color @var{color} for the border of the selected frame. | |
672 | |
673 @item M-x list-colors-display | |
674 Display the defined color names and show what the colors look like. | |
675 This command is somewhat slow. | |
676 | |
677 @item M-x auto-raise-mode | |
678 Toggle whether or not the selected frame should auto-raise. Auto-raise | |
679 means that every time you move the mouse onto the frame, it raises the | |
680 frame. | |
681 | |
682 Note that this auto-raise feature is implemented by Emacs itself. Some | |
683 window managers also implement auto-raise. If you enable auto-raise for | |
684 Emacs frames in your X window manager, it should work, but it is beyond | |
685 Emacs's control and therefore @code{auto-raise-mode} has no effect on | |
686 it. | |
687 | |
688 @item M-x auto-lower-mode | |
689 Toggle whether or not the selected frame should auto-lower. | |
690 Auto-lower means that every time you move the mouse off the frame, | |
691 the frame moves to the bottom of the stack of X windows. | |
692 | |
693 The command @code{auto-lower-mode} has no effect on auto-lower | |
694 implemented by the X window manager. To control that, you must use | |
695 the appropriate window manager features. | |
696 | |
697 @findex set-frame-font | |
698 @item M-x set-frame-font @key{RET} @var{font} @key{RET} | |
699 @cindex font (principal) | |
700 Specify font @var{font} as the principal font for the selected frame. | |
701 The principal font controls several face attributes of the | |
702 @code{default} face (@pxref{Faces}). For example, if the principal font | |
703 has a height of 12 pt, all text will be drawn in 12 pt fonts, unless you | |
704 use another face that specifies a different height. @xref{Font X}, for | |
705 ways to list the available fonts on your system. | |
706 | |
707 @kindex S-Mouse-1 | |
708 You can also set a frame's principal font through a pop-up menu. | |
709 Press @kbd{S-Mouse-1} to activate this menu. | |
710 @end table | |
711 | |
712 In Emacs versions that use an X toolkit, the color-setting and | |
713 font-setting functions don't affect menus and the menu bar, since they | |
714 are displayed by their own widget classes. To change the appearance of | |
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42751 | 716 @xref{Colors}, regarding colors. @xref{Font X}, regarding choice of |
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718 | |
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25829 | 723 Parameters,,, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}. |
724 | |
725 @node Scroll Bars | |
726 @section Scroll Bars | |
727 @cindex Scroll Bar mode | |
728 @cindex mode, Scroll Bar | |
729 | |
730 When using X, Emacs normally makes a @dfn{scroll bar} at the left of | |
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733 The scroll bar runs the height of the window, and shows a moving |
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25829 | 737 |
738 You can use @kbd{Mouse-2} (normally, the middle button) in the scroll | |
739 bar to move or drag the inner box up and down. If you move it to the | |
740 top of the scroll bar, you see the top of the buffer. If you move it to | |
741 the bottom of the scroll bar, you see the bottom of the buffer. | |
742 | |
743 The left and right buttons in the scroll bar scroll by controlled | |
744 increments. @kbd{Mouse-1} (normally, the left button) moves the line at | |
745 the level where you click up to the top of the window. @kbd{Mouse-3} | |
746 (normally, the right button) moves the line at the top of the window | |
747 down to the level where you click. By clicking repeatedly in the same | |
748 place, you can scroll by the same distance over and over. | |
749 | |
34523 | 750 If you are using Emacs's own implementation of scroll bars, as opposed |
34444 | 751 to scroll bars from an X toolkit, you can also click @kbd{C-Mouse-2} in |
752 the scroll bar to split a window vertically. The split occurs on the | |
753 line where you click. | |
25829 | 754 |
755 @findex scroll-bar-mode | |
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25829 | 757 You can enable or disable Scroll Bar mode with the command @kbd{M-x |
758 scroll-bar-mode}. With no argument, it toggles the use of scroll bars. | |
759 With an argument, it turns use of scroll bars on if and only if the | |
760 argument is positive. This command applies to all frames, including | |
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762 to control the use of scroll bars at startup. You can use it to specify |
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763 that they are placed at the right of windows if you prefer that. You |
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765 setting of Scroll Bar mode similarly. @xref{Resources}. |
25829 | 766 |
767 @findex toggle-scroll-bar | |
768 To enable or disable scroll bars for just the selected frame, use the | |
44326 | 769 command @kbd{M-x toggle-scroll-bar}. |
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777 @section Scrolling With ``Wheeled'' Mice |
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779 @cindex mouse wheel |
36864 | 780 @cindex wheel, mouse |
781 @findex mouse-wheel-mode | |
782 @cindex Mouse Wheel minor mode | |
783 @cindex mode, Mouse Wheel | |
784 Some mice have a ``wheel'' instead of a third button. You can | |
785 usually click the wheel to act as either @kbd{Mouse-2} or | |
786 @kbd{Mouse-3}, depending on the setup. You can also use the wheel to | |
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787 scroll windows instead of using the scroll bar or keyboard commands. |
36864 | 788 To do so, turn on Mouse Wheel global minor mode with the command |
789 @kbd{M-x mouse-wheel-mode} or by customizing the option | |
790 @code{mouse-wheel-mode}. Support for the wheel depends on the system | |
791 generating appropriate events for Emacs. | |
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35875 | 793 @vindex mouse-wheel-follow-mouse |
794 @vindex mouse-wheel-scroll-amount | |
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795 The variables @code{mouse-wheel-follow-mouse} and |
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797 buffers are scrolled. | |
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53795 | 806 When text is dropped on Emacs, Emacs inserts the text where it is dropped. |
53794 | 807 When a file is dragged from a file manager to Emacs, Emacs opens that file. |
808 As a special case, if a file is dropped on a dired buffer the file is | |
809 copied or moved (depends on exactly how it is dragged and the application | |
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817 @vindex x-dnd-types-alist |
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53795 | 827 is no match there and if @code{browse-url-browser-function} is an alist, |
828 Emacs looks for a match there. If no match is found the text for the URL | |
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834 @section Menu Bars | |
835 @cindex Menu Bar mode | |
836 @cindex mode, Menu Bar | |
837 | |
838 You can turn display of menu bars on or off with @kbd{M-x | |
31609 | 839 menu-bar-mode} or by customizing the option @code{menu-bar-mode}. |
840 With no argument, this command toggles Menu Bar mode, a | |
25829 | 841 minor mode. With an argument, the command turns Menu Bar mode on if the |
842 argument is positive, off if the argument is not positive. You can use | |
843 the X resource @samp{menuBarLines} to control the initial setting of | |
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853 @xref{Menu Bar}, for information on how to invoke commands with the | |
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858 @section Tool Bars | |
859 @cindex Tool Bar mode | |
860 @cindex mode, Tool Bar | |
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873 XPM icons if Emacs was built with XPM support. Otherwise, the tool | |
874 bar uses monochrome icons (PBM or XBM format). | |
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886 dialog box to ask a yes-or-no question, if you used the mouse to |
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887 invoke the command to begin with. |
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894 A file selection window is a special kind of dialog box for asking for |
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28432 | 908 mouse position, typically over text---including the mode line---which |
909 can be activated with the mouse or other keys. (This facility is | |
36185 | 910 sometimes known as @dfn{balloon help}.) Help text may be available for |
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914 To use tooltips, enable Tooltip mode with the command @kbd{M-x |
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915 tooltip-mode}. The customization group @code{tooltip} controls |
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916 various aspects of how tooltips work. When Tooltip mode is disabled, |
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921 wait before displaying a tooltip. For additional customization |
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923 @key{RET} tooltip @key{RET}}. @xref{X Resources}, for information on |
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28124 | 932 Mouse Avoidance mode keeps the window system mouse pointer away from |
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938 @table @code | |
939 @item banish | |
39267 | 940 Move the mouse to the upper-right corner on any key-press; |
28124 | 941 @item exile |
942 Move the mouse to the corner only if the cursor gets too close, | |
943 and allow it to return once the cursor is out of the way; | |
944 @item jump | |
945 If the cursor gets too close to the mouse, displace the mouse | |
946 a random distance & direction; | |
947 @item animate | |
948 As @code{jump}, but shows steps along the way for illusion of motion; | |
949 @item cat-and-mouse | |
950 The same as @code{animate}; | |
951 @item proteus | |
952 As @code{animate}, but changes the shape of the mouse pointer too. | |
953 @end table | |
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960 @section Non-Window Terminals | |
961 @cindex non-window terminals | |
962 @cindex single-frame terminals | |
963 | |
964 If your terminal does not have a window system that Emacs supports, | |
965 then it can display only one Emacs frame at a time. However, you can | |
966 still create multiple Emacs frames, and switch between them. Switching | |
967 frames on these terminals is much like switching between different | |
968 window configurations. | |
969 | |
970 Use @kbd{C-x 5 2} to create a new frame and switch to it; use @kbd{C-x | |
971 5 o} to cycle through the existing frames; use @kbd{C-x 5 0} to delete | |
972 the current frame. | |
973 | |
974 Each frame has a number to distinguish it. If your terminal can | |
975 display only one frame at a time, the selected frame's number @var{n} | |
976 appears near the beginning of the mode line, in the form | |
977 @samp{F@var{n}}. | |
978 | |
979 @findex set-frame-name | |
980 @findex select-frame-by-name | |
981 @samp{F@var{n}} is actually the frame's name. You can also specify a | |
982 different name if you wish, and you can select a frame by its name. Use | |
983 the command @kbd{M-x set-frame-name @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET}} to | |
984 specify a new name for the selected frame, and use @kbd{M-x | |
985 select-frame-by-name @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET}} to select a frame | |
986 according to its name. The name you specify appears in the mode line | |
987 when the frame is selected. | |
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992 @cindex terminal emulators, mouse support | |
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36864 | 999 when you press the mouse button. The Linux console supports this |
1000 mode if it has support for the mouse enabled, e.g.@: using the | |
1001 @command{gpm} daemon. | |
52401 | 1002 |
1003 @ignore | |
1004 arch-tag: 7dcf3a31-a43b-45d4-a900-445b10d77e49 | |
1005 @end ignore |