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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999
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4 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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6 @setfilename ../info/frames
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7 @node Frames, Positions, Windows, Top
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8 @chapter Frames
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9 @cindex frame
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11 A @dfn{frame} is a rectangle on the screen that contains one or more
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12 Emacs windows. A frame initially contains a single main window (plus
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14 horizontally into smaller windows.
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16 @cindex terminal frame
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17 When Emacs runs on a text-only terminal, it starts with one
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18 @dfn{terminal frame}. If you create additional ones, Emacs displays
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19 one and only one at any given time---on the terminal screen, of course.
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21 @cindex window frame
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22 When Emacs communicates directly with a supported window system, such
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23 as X, it does not have a terminal frame; instead, it starts with
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24 a single @dfn{window frame}, but you can create more, and Emacs can
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25 display several such frames at once as is usual for window systems.
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27 @defun framep object
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28 This predicate returns a non-@code{nil} value if @var{object} is a
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29 frame, and @code{nil} otherwise. For a frame, the value indicates which
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30 kind of display the frame uses:
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31
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32 @table @code
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33 @item x
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34 The frame is displayed in an X window.
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35 @item t
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36 A terminal frame on a character display.
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37 @item mac
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38 The frame is displayed on a Macintosh.
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39 @item w32
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40 The frame is displayed on MS-Windows 9X/NT.
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41 @item pc
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42 The frame is displayed on an MS-DOS terminal.
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43 @end table
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44 @end defun
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46 @menu
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47 * Creating Frames:: Creating additional frames.
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48 * Multiple Displays:: Creating frames on other displays.
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49 * Frame Parameters:: Controlling frame size, position, font, etc.
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50 * Frame Titles:: Automatic updating of frame titles.
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51 * Deleting Frames:: Frames last until explicitly deleted.
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52 * Finding All Frames:: How to examine all existing frames.
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53 * Frames and Windows:: A frame contains windows;
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54 display of text always works through windows.
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55 * Minibuffers and Frames:: How a frame finds the minibuffer to use.
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56 * Input Focus:: Specifying the selected frame.
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57 * Visibility of Frames:: Frames may be visible or invisible, or icons.
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58 * Raising and Lowering:: Raising a frame makes it hide other windows;
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59 lowering it makes the others hide them.
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60 * Frame Configurations:: Saving the state of all frames.
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61 * Mouse Tracking:: Getting events that say when the mouse moves.
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62 * Mouse Position:: Asking where the mouse is, or moving it.
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63 * Pop-Up Menus:: Displaying a menu for the user to select from.
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64 * Dialog Boxes:: Displaying a box to ask yes or no.
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65 * Pointer Shapes:: Specifying the shape of the mouse pointer.
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66 * Window System Selections:: Transferring text to and from other X clients.
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67 * Color Names:: Getting the definitions of color names.
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68 * Text Terminal Colors:: Defining colors for text-only terminals.
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69 * Resources:: Getting resource values from the server.
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70 * Display Feature Testing:: Determining the features of a terminal.
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71 @end menu
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73 @xref{Display}, for information about the related topic of
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74 controlling Emacs redisplay.
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76 @node Creating Frames
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77 @section Creating Frames
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78
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79 To create a new frame, call the function @code{make-frame}.
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81 @defun make-frame &optional alist
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82 This function creates a new frame. If you are using a supported window
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83 system, it makes a window frame; otherwise, it makes a terminal frame.
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85 The argument is an alist specifying frame parameters. Any parameters
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88 default from the standard X resources or whatever is used instead on
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89 your system.
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91 The set of possible parameters depends in principle on what kind of
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92 window system Emacs uses to display its frames. @xref{Window Frame
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93 Parameters}, for documentation of individual parameters you can specify.
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94 @end defun
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96 @defvar before-make-frame-hook
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97 A normal hook run by @code{make-frame} before it actually creates the
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98 frame.
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99 @end defvar
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101 @defvar after-make-frame-functions
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102 @tindex after-make-frame-functions
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103 An abnormal hook run by @code{make-frame} after it creates the frame.
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104 Each function in @code{after-make-frame-functions} receives one argument, the
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105 frame just created.
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106 @end defvar
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108 @node Multiple Displays
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109 @section Multiple Displays
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110 @cindex multiple X displays
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111 @cindex displays, multiple
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113 A single Emacs can talk to more than one X display.
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114 Initially, Emacs uses just one display---the one chosen with the
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115 @code{DISPLAY} environment variable or with the @samp{--display} option
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116 (@pxref{Initial Options,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). To connect to
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117 another display, use the command @code{make-frame-on-display} or specify
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118 the @code{display} frame parameter when you create the frame.
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120 Emacs treats each X server as a separate terminal, giving each one its
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122 those frames is ``@emph{the} selected frame'' at any given moment, see
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123 @ref{Input Focus}.
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125 A few Lisp variables are @dfn{terminal-local}; that is, they have a
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126 separate binding for each terminal. The binding in effect at any time
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127 is the one for the terminal that the currently selected frame belongs
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128 to. These variables include @code{default-minibuffer-frame},
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129 @code{defining-kbd-macro}, @code{last-kbd-macro}, and
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130 @code{system-key-alist}. They are always terminal-local, and can never
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131 be buffer-local (@pxref{Buffer-Local Variables}) or frame-local.
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133 A single X server can handle more than one screen. A display name
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134 @samp{@var{host}:@var{server}.@var{screen}} has three parts; the last
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135 part specifies the screen number for a given server. When you use two
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137 names that they share a single keyboard, and it treats them as a single
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138 terminal.
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140 @deffn Command make-frame-on-display display &optional parameters
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141 This creates a new frame on display @var{display}, taking the other
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142 frame parameters from @var{parameters}. Aside from the @var{display}
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143 argument, it is like @code{make-frame} (@pxref{Creating Frames}).
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144 @end deffn
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146 @defun x-display-list
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147 This returns a list that indicates which X displays Emacs has a
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149 a display name.
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150 @end defun
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152 @defun x-open-connection display &optional xrm-string must-succeed
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175 This function closes the connection to display @var{display}. Before
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187 Frame parameters exist mostly for the sake of window systems. A
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188 terminal frame has a few parameters, mostly for compatibility's sake;
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208 @defun frame-parameter frame parameter
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210 This function returns the value of the parameter named @var{parameter}
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221 This function alters the parameters of frame @var{frame} based on the
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224 parameter. If you don't mention a parameter in @var{alist}, its value
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229 @subsection Initial Frame Parameters
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232 by setting @code{initial-frame-alist} in your init file (@pxref{Init File}).
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237 appearance of the initial frame without altering subsequent frames.
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238 Each element has the form:
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240 @example
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241 (@var{parameter} . @var{value})
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242 @end example
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245 file. After reading that file, Emacs checks @code{initial-frame-alist},
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246 and applies the parameter settings in the altered value to the already
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251 ones. If that bothers you, you can specify the same geometry and
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252 appearance with X resources; those do take effect before the frame is
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253 created. @xref{Resources X,, X Resources, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
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255 X resource settings typically apply to all frames. If you want to
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256 specify some X resources solely for the sake of the initial frame, and
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258 this. Specify parameters in @code{default-frame-alist} to override the
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259 X resources for subsequent frames; then, to prevent these from affecting
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260 the initial frame, specify the same parameters in
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261 @code{initial-frame-alist} with values that match the X resources.
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265 @code{(minibuffer . nil)}, and you have not created one, Emacs creates
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266 one for you.
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274 @defvar default-frame-alist
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275 This is an alist specifying default values of frame parameters for all
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276 Emacs frames---the first frame, and subsequent frames. When using the X
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277 Window System, you can get the same results by means of X resources
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278 in many cases.
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283 If you use options that specify window appearance when you invoke Emacs,
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284 they take effect by adding elements to @code{default-frame-alist}. One
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287 The GNU Emacs Manual}.
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289 @node Window Frame Parameters
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290 @subsection Window Frame Parameters
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294 window frame; of these, @code{name}, @code{title}, @code{height},
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295 @code{width}, @code{buffer-list} and @code{buffer-predicate} provide
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301 The display on which to open this frame. It should be a string of the
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306 If a frame has a non-@code{nil} title, it appears in the window system's
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314 The name of the frame. The frame name serves as a default for the frame
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329 A negative number @minus{}@var{pos}, or a list of the form @code{(-
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331 window with respect to the right edge of the screen. A positive value
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332 of @var{pos} counts toward the left. @strong{Reminder:} if the
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333 parameter is a negative integer @minus{}@var{pos}, then @var{pos} is
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334 positive.
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336 Some window managers ignore program-specified positions. If you want to
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337 be sure the position you specify is not ignored, specify a
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338 non-@code{nil} value for the @code{user-position} parameter as well.
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341 The screen position of the top edge, in pixels, with respect to the
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342 top edge of the screen. The value may be a positive number @var{pos},
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350 parameter is a negative integer @minus{}@var{pos}, then @var{pos} is
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354 be sure the position you specify is not ignored, specify a
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355 non-@code{nil} value for the @code{user-position} parameter as well.
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357 @item icon-left
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358 The screen position of the left edge @emph{of the frame's icon}, in
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359 pixels, counting from the left edge of the screen. This takes effect if
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360 and when the frame is iconified.
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361
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362 @item icon-top
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363 The screen position of the top edge @emph{of the frame's icon}, in
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364 pixels, counting from the top edge of the screen. This takes effect if
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365 and when the frame is iconified.
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366
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367 @item user-position
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368 When you create a frame and specify its screen position with the
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369 @code{left} and @code{top} parameters, use this parameter to say whether
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370 the specified position was user-specified (explicitly requested in some
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371 way by a human user) or merely program-specified (chosen by a program).
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372 A non-@code{nil} value says the position was user-specified.
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374 Window managers generally heed user-specified positions, and some heed
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375 program-specified positions too. But many ignore program-specified
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376 positions, placing the window in a default fashion or letting the user
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377 place it with the mouse. Some window managers, including @code{twm},
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378 let the user specify whether to obey program-specified positions or
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379 ignore them.
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381 When you call @code{make-frame}, you should specify a non-@code{nil}
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382 value for this parameter if the values of the @code{left} and @code{top}
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383 parameters represent the user's stated preference; otherwise, use
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384 @code{nil}.
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387 The height of the frame contents, in characters. (To get the height in
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388 pixels, call @code{frame-pixel-height}; see @ref{Size and Position}.)
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391 The width of the frame contents, in characters. (To get the height in
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392 pixels, call @code{frame-pixel-width}; see @ref{Size and Position}.)
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394 @item fullscreen
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395 Specify that width, height or both shall be set to the size of the screen.
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396 The value @code{fullwidth} specifies that width shall be the size of the
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397 screen. The value @code{fullheight} specifies that height shall be the
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398 size of the screen. The value @code{fullboth} specifies that both the
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399 width and the height shall be set to the size of the screen.
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402 The number of the window-system window used by the frame
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405 @item outer-window-id
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406 The number of the outermost window-system window used for the whole frame.
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408 @item minibuffer
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412 the new frame uses that minibuffer.
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415 The buffer-predicate function for this frame. The function
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416 @code{other-buffer} uses this predicate (from the selected frame) to
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417 decide which buffers it should consider, if the predicate is not
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418 @code{nil}. It calls the predicate with one argument, a buffer, once for
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420 considers that buffer.
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423 A list of buffers that have been selected in this frame,
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424 ordered most-recently-selected first.
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428 string, either a valid font name for your system or the name of an Emacs
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431 frame.
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433 @item auto-raise
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436 @item auto-lower
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439 @item vertical-scroll-bars
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440 Whether the frame has scroll bars for vertical scrolling, and which side
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441 of the frame they should be on. The possible values are @code{left},
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442 @code{right}, and @code{nil} for no scroll bars.
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450 The width of the vertical scroll bar, in pixels.
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453 The type of icon to use for this frame when it is iconified. If the
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455 Any other non-@code{nil} value specifies the default bitmap icon (a
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457
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458 @item icon-name
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459 The name to use in the icon for this frame, when and if the icon
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460 appears. If this is @code{nil}, the frame's title is used.
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461
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462 @item foreground-color
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463 The color to use for the image of a character. This is a string; the
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464 window system defines the meaningful color names. Changing this
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465 parameter is equivalent to changing the foreground color of the face
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466 @code{default} on the frame in question.
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467
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468 @item background-color
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469 The color to use for the background of characters. Changing this
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470 parameter is equivalent to changing the foreground color of the face
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471 @code{default} on the frame in question.
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472
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473 @item background-mode
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474 This parameter is either @code{dark} or @code{light}, according
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476
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478 The color for the mouse pointer. Changing this parameter is equivalent
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479 to changing the background color of face @code{mouse}.
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482 The color for the cursor that shows point. Changing this parameter is
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483 equivalent to changing the background color of face @code{cursor}.
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485 @item border-color
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486 The color for the border of the frame. Changing this parameter is
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487 equivalent to changing the background color of face @code{border}.
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488
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489 @item tty-color-mode
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490 @cindex standard colors for character terminals
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491 This parameter overrides the terminal's color support as given by the
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492 system's terminal capabilities database in that this parameter's value
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493 specifies the color mode to use in terminal frames. The value can be
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494 either a symbol or a number. A number specifies the number of colors
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495 to use (and, indirectly, what commands to issue to produce each
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496 color). For example, @code{(tty-color-mode . 8)} forces Emacs to use
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497 the ANSI escape sequences for 8 standard text colors; and a value of
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498 -1 means Emacs should turn off color support. If the parameter's
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499 value is a symbol, that symbol is looked up in the alist
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500 @code{tty-color-mode-alist}, and if found, the associated number is
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501 used as the color support mode.
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502
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503 @item scroll-bar-foreground
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504 If non-@code{nil}, the color for the foreground of scroll bars.
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505 Changing this parameter is equivalent to setting the foreground color of
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506 face @code{scroll-bar}.
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507
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508 @item scroll-bar-background
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509 If non-@code{nil}, the color for the background of scroll bars.
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510 Changing this parameter is equivalent to setting the background color of
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511 face @code{scroll-bar}.
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513 @item display-type
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514 This parameter describes the range of possible colors that can be used
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515 in this frame. Its value is @code{color}, @code{grayscale} or
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516 @code{mono}.
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517
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519 The way to display the cursor. The legitimate values are @code{bar},
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520 @code{box}, and @code{(bar . @var{width})}. The symbol @code{box}
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521 specifies an ordinary black box overlaying the character after point;
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522 that is the default. The symbol @code{bar} specifies a vertical bar
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523 between characters as the cursor. @code{(bar . @var{width})} specifies
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524 a bar @var{width} pixels wide.
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526 @vindex cursor-type
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527 The buffer-local variable @code{cursor-type} overrides the value of
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528 the @code{cursor-type} frame parameter, and can in addition have
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529 values @code{t} (use the cursor specified for the frame) and
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530 @code{nil} (don't display a cursor).
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531
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532 @item border-width
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533 The width in pixels of the window border.
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534
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535 @item internal-border-width
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536 The distance in pixels between text and border.
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537
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538 @item unsplittable
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539 If non-@code{nil}, this frame's window is never split automatically.
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541 @item visibility
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542 The state of visibility of the frame. There are three possibilities:
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543 @code{nil} for invisible, @code{t} for visible, and @code{icon} for
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544 iconified. @xref{Visibility of Frames}.
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545
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546 @item menu-bar-lines
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547 The number of lines to allocate at the top of the frame for a menu bar.
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548 The default is 1. @xref{Menu Bar}. (In Emacs versions that use the X
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549 toolkit, there is only one menu bar line; all that matters about the
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550 number you specify is whether it is greater than zero.)
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551
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552 @item screen-gamma
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553 @cindex gamma correction
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554 If this is a number, Emacs performs ``gamma correction'' which adjusts
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555 the brightness of all colors. The value should be the screen gamma of
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556 your display, a floating point number.
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557
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558 Usual PC monitors have a screen gamma of 2.2, so color values in
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559 Emacs, and in X windows generally, are calibrated to display properly
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560 on a monitor with that gamma value. If you specify 2.2 for
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561 @code{screen-gamma}, that means no correction is needed. Other values
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562 request correction, designed to make the corrected colors appear on
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563 your screen they way they would have appeared without correction on an
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564 ordinary monitor with a gamma value of 2.2.
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565
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566 If your monitor displays colors too light, you should specify a
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567 @code{screen-gamma} value smaller than 2.2. This requests correction
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568 that makes colors darker. A screen gamma value of 1.5 may give good
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569 results for LCD color displays.
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570
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571 @item tool-bar-lines
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572 The number of lines to use for the toolbar. A value of @code{nil} means
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573 don't display a tool bar.
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574
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575 @item line-spacing
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576 Additional space put below text lines in pixels (a positive integer).
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578 @ignore
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581 The X window number of the window that should be the parent of this one.
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582 Specifying this lets you create an Emacs window inside some other
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583 application's window. (It is not certain this will be implemented; try
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585 @end ignore
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586 @end table
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588 @node Size and Position
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589 @subsection Frame Size And Position
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590 @cindex size of frame
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591 @cindex screen size
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592 @cindex frame size
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593 @cindex resize frame
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595 You can read or change the size and position of a frame using the
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596 frame parameters @code{left}, @code{top}, @code{height}, and
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597 @code{width}. Whatever geometry parameters you don't specify are chosen
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598 by the window manager in its usual fashion.
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600 Here are some special features for working with sizes and positions.
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601 (For the precise meaning of ``selected frame'' used by these functions,
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602 see @ref{Input Focus}.)
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604 @defun set-frame-position frame left top
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605 This function sets the position of the top left corner of @var{frame} to
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606 @var{left} and @var{top}. These arguments are measured in pixels, and
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607 normally count from the top left corner of the screen.
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609 Negative parameter values position the bottom edge of the window up from
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610 the bottom edge of the screen, or the right window edge to the left of
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611 the right edge of the screen. It would probably be better if the values
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612 were always counted from the left and top, so that negative arguments
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613 would position the frame partly off the top or left edge of the screen,
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614 but it seems inadvisable to change that now.
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617 @defun frame-height &optional frame
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618 @defunx frame-width &optional frame
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619 These functions return the height and width of @var{frame}, measured in
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620 lines and columns. If you don't supply @var{frame}, they use the
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621 selected frame.
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622 @end defun
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623
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624 @defun screen-height
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625 @defunx screen-width
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626 These functions are old aliases for @code{frame-height} and
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627 @code{frame-width}. When you are using a non-window terminal, the size
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628 of the frame is normally the same as the size of the terminal screen.
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630
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631 @defun frame-pixel-height &optional frame
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632 @defunx frame-pixel-width &optional frame
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633 These functions return the height and width of @var{frame}, measured in
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634 pixels. If you don't supply @var{frame}, they use the selected frame.
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635 @end defun
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636
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637 @defun frame-char-height &optional frame
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638 @defunx frame-char-width &optional frame
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639 These functions return the height and width of a character in
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640 @var{frame}, measured in pixels. The values depend on the choice of
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641 font. If you don't supply @var{frame}, these functions use the selected
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642 frame.
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643 @end defun
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645 @defun set-frame-size frame cols rows
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646 This function sets the size of @var{frame}, measured in characters;
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647 @var{cols} and @var{rows} specify the new width and height.
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648
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649 To set the size based on values measured in pixels, use
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650 @code{frame-char-height} and @code{frame-char-width} to convert
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651 them to units of characters.
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652 @end defun
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653
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654 @defun set-frame-height frame lines &optional pretend
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655 This function resizes @var{frame} to a height of @var{lines} lines. The
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656 sizes of existing windows in @var{frame} are altered proportionally to
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657 fit.
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658
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659 If @var{pretend} is non-@code{nil}, then Emacs displays @var{lines}
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660 lines of output in @var{frame}, but does not change its value for the
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661 actual height of the frame. This is only useful for a terminal frame.
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662 Using a smaller height than the terminal actually implements may be
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663 useful to reproduce behavior observed on a smaller screen, or if the
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664 terminal malfunctions when using its whole screen. Setting the frame
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665 height ``for real'' does not always work, because knowing the correct
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666 actual size may be necessary for correct cursor positioning on a
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667 terminal frame.
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668 @end defun
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669
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670 @defun set-frame-width frame width &optional pretend
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671 This function sets the width of @var{frame}, measured in characters.
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672 The argument @var{pretend} has the same meaning as in
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673 @code{set-frame-height}.
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674 @end defun
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675
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676 @findex set-screen-height
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677 @findex set-screen-width
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678 The older functions @code{set-screen-height} and
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679 @code{set-screen-width} were used to specify the height and width of the
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680 screen, in Emacs versions that did not support multiple frames. They
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681 are semi-obsolete, but still work; they apply to the selected frame.
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683 @defun x-parse-geometry geom
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684 @cindex geometry specification
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685 The function @code{x-parse-geometry} converts a standard X window
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686 geometry string to an alist that you can use as part of the argument to
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687 @code{make-frame}.
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689 The alist describes which parameters were specified in @var{geom}, and
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690 gives the values specified for them. Each element looks like
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691 @code{(@var{parameter} . @var{value})}. The possible @var{parameter}
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692 values are @code{left}, @code{top}, @code{width}, and @code{height}.
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694 For the size parameters, the value must be an integer. The position
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695 parameter names @code{left} and @code{top} are not totally accurate,
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696 because some values indicate the position of the right or bottom edges
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697 instead. These are the @var{value} possibilities for the position
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698 parameters:
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699
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700 @table @asis
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701 @item an integer
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702 A positive integer relates the left edge or top edge of the window to
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703 the left or top edge of the screen. A negative integer relates the
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704 right or bottom edge of the window to the right or bottom edge of the
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705 screen.
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706
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707 @item @code{(+ @var{position})}
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708 This specifies the position of the left or top edge of the window
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709 relative to the left or top edge of the screen. The integer
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710 @var{position} may be positive or negative; a negative value specifies a
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711 position outside the screen.
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712
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713 @item @code{(- @var{position})}
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714 This specifies the position of the right or bottom edge of the window
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715 relative to the right or bottom edge of the screen. The integer
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716 @var{position} may be positive or negative; a negative value specifies a
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717 position outside the screen.
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718 @end table
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719
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720 Here is an example:
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721
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722 @example
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724 @result{} ((height . 70) (width . 35)
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725 (top - 0) (left . 0))
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726 @end example
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729 @node Frame Titles
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730 @section Frame Titles
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732 Every frame has a @code{name} parameter; this serves as the default
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733 for the frame title which window systems typically display at the top of
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734 the frame. You can specify a name explicitly by setting the @code{name}
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735 frame property.
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737 Normally you don't specify the name explicitly, and Emacs computes the
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738 frame name automatically based on a template stored in the variable
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739 @code{frame-title-format}. Emacs recomputes the name each time the
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740 frame is redisplayed.
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741
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742 @defvar frame-title-format
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743 This variable specifies how to compute a name for a frame when you have
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744 not explicitly specified one. The variable's value is actually a mode
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745 line construct, just like @code{mode-line-format}. @xref{Mode Line
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746 Data}.
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747 @end defvar
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748
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749 @defvar icon-title-format
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750 This variable specifies how to compute the name for an iconified frame,
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751 when you have not explicitly specified the frame title. This title
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752 appears in the icon itself.
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753 @end defvar
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754
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755 @defvar multiple-frames
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756 This variable is set automatically by Emacs. Its value is @code{t} when
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757 there are two or more frames (not counting minibuffer-only frames or
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758 invisible frames). The default value of @code{frame-title-format} uses
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759 @code{multiple-frames} so as to put the buffer name in the frame title
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760 only when there is more than one frame.
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761 @end defvar
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762
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764 @section Deleting Frames
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765 @cindex deletion of frames
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766
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767 Frames remain potentially visible until you explicitly @dfn{delete}
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768 them. A deleted frame cannot appear on the screen, but continues to
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769 exist as a Lisp object until there are no references to it. There is no
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770 way to cancel the deletion of a frame aside from restoring a saved frame
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771 configuration (@pxref{Frame Configurations}); this is similar to the
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772 way windows behave.
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773
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774 @deffn Command delete-frame &optional frame force
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775 @vindex delete-frame-hook
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776 This function deletes the frame @var{frame} after running the hook
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777 @code{delete-frame-hook}. By default, @var{frame} is the selected
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778 frame.
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779
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780 A frame cannot be deleted if its minibuffer is used by other frames.
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781 Normally, you cannot delete a frame if all other frames are invisible,
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782 but if the @var{force} is non-@code{nil}, then you are allowed to do so.
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783 @end deffn
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784
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785 @defun frame-live-p frame
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786 The function @code{frame-live-p} returns non-@code{nil} if the frame
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787 @var{frame} has not been deleted.
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788 @end defun
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789
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790 Some window managers provide a command to delete a window. These work
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791 by sending a special message to the program that operates the window.
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792 When Emacs gets one of these commands, it generates a
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793 @code{delete-frame} event, whose normal definition is a command that
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794 calls the function @code{delete-frame}. @xref{Misc Events}.
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795
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796 @node Finding All Frames
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797 @section Finding All Frames
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798
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799 @defun frame-list
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800 The function @code{frame-list} returns a list of all the frames that
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802 buffers, and includes frames on all terminals. The list that you get is
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803 newly created, so modifying the list doesn't have any effect on the
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804 internals of Emacs.
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805 @end defun
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806
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807 @defun visible-frame-list
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808 This function returns a list of just the currently visible frames.
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809 @xref{Visibility of Frames}. (Terminal frames always count as
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810 ``visible'', even though only the selected one is actually displayed.)
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811 @end defun
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812
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813 @defun next-frame &optional frame minibuf
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814 The function @code{next-frame} lets you cycle conveniently through all
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815 the frames on the current display from an arbitrary starting point. It
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816 returns the ``next'' frame after @var{frame} in the cycle. If
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817 @var{frame} is omitted or @code{nil}, it defaults to the selected frame
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818 (@pxref{Input Focus}).
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819
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820 The second argument, @var{minibuf}, says which frames to consider:
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821
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822 @table @asis
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823 @item @code{nil}
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824 Exclude minibuffer-only frames.
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825 @item @code{visible}
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826 Consider all visible frames.
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827 @item 0
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828 Consider all visible or iconified frames.
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829 @item a window
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830 Consider only the frames using that particular window as their
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831 minibuffer.
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832 @item anything else
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833 Consider all frames.
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834 @end table
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835 @end defun
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836
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837 @defun previous-frame &optional frame minibuf
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838 Like @code{next-frame}, but cycles through all frames in the opposite
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839 direction.
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840 @end defun
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841
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842 See also @code{next-window} and @code{previous-window}, in @ref{Cyclic
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843 Window Ordering}.
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844
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845 @node Frames and Windows
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846 @section Frames and Windows
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847
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848 Each window is part of one and only one frame; you can get the frame
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849 with @code{window-frame}.
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850
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851 @defun window-frame window
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852 This function returns the frame that @var{window} is on.
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853 @end defun
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854
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855 All the non-minibuffer windows in a frame are arranged in a cyclic
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856 order. The order runs from the frame's top window, which is at the
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857 upper left corner, down and to the right, until it reaches the window at
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858 the lower right corner (always the minibuffer window, if the frame has
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859 one), and then it moves back to the top. @xref{Cyclic Window Ordering}.
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860
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861 @defun frame-first-window frame
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862 This returns the topmost, leftmost window of frame @var{frame}.
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863 @end defun
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864
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865 At any time, exactly one window on any frame is @dfn{selected within the
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866 frame}. The significance of this designation is that selecting the
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867 frame also selects this window. You can get the frame's current
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868 selected window with @code{frame-selected-window}.
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869
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870 @defun frame-selected-window frame
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871 This function returns the window on @var{frame} that is selected within
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872 @var{frame}.
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873 @end defun
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874
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875 Conversely, selecting a window for Emacs with @code{select-window} also
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876 makes that window selected within its frame. @xref{Selecting Windows}.
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877
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878 Another function that (usually) returns one of the windows in a given
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879 frame is @code{minibuffer-window}. @xref{Minibuffer Misc}.
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880
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881 @node Minibuffers and Frames
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882 @section Minibuffers and Frames
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883
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884 Normally, each frame has its own minibuffer window at the bottom, which
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885 is used whenever that frame is selected. If the frame has a minibuffer,
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886 you can get it with @code{minibuffer-window} (@pxref{Minibuffer Misc}).
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887
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888 However, you can also create a frame with no minibuffer. Such a frame
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889 must use the minibuffer window of some other frame. When you create the
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890 frame, you can specify explicitly the minibuffer window to use (in some
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891 other frame). If you don't, then the minibuffer is found in the frame
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892 which is the value of the variable @code{default-minibuffer-frame}. Its
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893 value should be a frame that does have a minibuffer.
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894
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895 If you use a minibuffer-only frame, you might want that frame to raise
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896 when you enter the minibuffer. If so, set the variable
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897 @code{minibuffer-auto-raise} to @code{t}. @xref{Raising and Lowering}.
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898
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899 @defvar default-minibuffer-frame
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900 This variable specifies the frame to use for the minibuffer window, by
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901 default. It is always local to the current terminal and cannot be
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902 buffer-local. @xref{Multiple Displays}.
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903 @end defvar
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904
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906 @section Input Focus
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907 @cindex input focus
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908 @cindex selected frame
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909
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910 At any time, one frame in Emacs is the @dfn{selected frame}. The selected
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911 window always resides on the selected frame.
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912
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913 When Emacs displays its frames on several terminals (@pxref{Multiple
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914 Displays}), each terminal has its own selected frame. But only one of
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915 these is ``@emph{the} selected frame'': it's the frame that belongs to
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916 the terminal from which the most recent input came. That is, when Emacs
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917 runs a command that came from a certain terminal, the selected frame is
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918 the one of that terminal. Since Emacs runs only a single command at any
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919 given time, it needs to consider only one selected frame at a time; this
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920 frame is what we call @dfn{the selected frame} in this manual. The
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921 display on which the selected frame is displayed is the @dfn{selected
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922 frame's display}.
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923
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924 @defun selected-frame
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925 This function returns the selected frame.
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926 @end defun
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927
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928 Some window systems and window managers direct keyboard input to the
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929 window object that the mouse is in; others require explicit clicks or
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930 commands to @dfn{shift the focus} to various window objects. Either
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931 way, Emacs automatically keeps track of which frame has the focus.
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932
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933 Lisp programs can also switch frames ``temporarily'' by calling the
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934 function @code{select-frame}. This does not alter the window system's
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935 concept of focus; rather, it escapes from the window manager's control
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936 until that control is somehow reasserted.
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937
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938 When using a text-only terminal, only the selected terminal frame is
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939 actually displayed on the terminal. @code{switch-frame} is the only way
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940 to switch frames, and the change lasts until overridden by a subsequent
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941 call to @code{switch-frame}. Each terminal screen except for the
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942 initial one has a number, and the number of the selected frame appears
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943 in the mode line before the buffer name (@pxref{Mode Line Variables}).
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944
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945 @c ??? This is not yet implemented properly.
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946 @defun select-frame frame
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947 This function selects frame @var{frame}, temporarily disregarding the
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948 focus of the X server if any. The selection of @var{frame} lasts until
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949 the next time the user does something to select a different frame, or
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950 until the next time this function is called. The specified @var{frame}
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951 becomes the selected frame, as explained above, and the terminal that
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952 @var{frame} is on becomes the selected terminal.
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954 In general, you should never use @code{select-frame} in a way that could
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955 switch to a different terminal without switching back when you're done.
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956 @end defun
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957
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958 Emacs cooperates with the window system by arranging to select frames as
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959 the server and window manager request. It does so by generating a
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960 special kind of input event, called a @dfn{focus} event, when
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961 appropriate. The command loop handles a focus event by calling
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962 @code{handle-switch-frame}. @xref{Focus Events}.
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964 @deffn Command handle-switch-frame frame
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965 This function handles a focus event by selecting frame @var{frame}.
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966
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967 Focus events normally do their job by invoking this command.
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968 Don't call it for any other reason.
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969 @end deffn
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971 @defun redirect-frame-focus frame focus-frame
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972 This function redirects focus from @var{frame} to @var{focus-frame}.
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973 This means that @var{focus-frame} will receive subsequent keystrokes and
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974 events intended for @var{frame}. After such an event, the value of
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975 @code{last-event-frame} will be @var{focus-frame}. Also, switch-frame
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976 events specifying @var{frame} will instead select @var{focus-frame}.
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977
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978 If @var{focus-frame} is @code{nil}, that cancels any existing
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979 redirection for @var{frame}, which therefore once again receives its own
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980 events.
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981
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982 One use of focus redirection is for frames that don't have minibuffers.
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983 These frames use minibuffers on other frames. Activating a minibuffer
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984 on another frame redirects focus to that frame. This puts the focus on
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985 the minibuffer's frame, where it belongs, even though the mouse remains
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986 in the frame that activated the minibuffer.
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987
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988 Selecting a frame can also change focus redirections. Selecting frame
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989 @code{bar}, when @code{foo} had been selected, changes any redirections
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990 pointing to @code{foo} so that they point to @code{bar} instead. This
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991 allows focus redirection to work properly when the user switches from
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992 one frame to another using @code{select-window}.
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993
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994 This means that a frame whose focus is redirected to itself is treated
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995 differently from a frame whose focus is not redirected.
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996 @code{select-frame} affects the former but not the latter.
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997
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998 The redirection lasts until @code{redirect-frame-focus} is called to
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999 change it.
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1000 @end defun
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1001
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1002 @defopt focus-follows-mouse
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1003 This option is how you inform Emacs whether the window manager transfers
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1004 focus when the user moves the mouse. Non-@code{nil} says that it does.
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1005 When this is so, the command @code{other-frame} moves the mouse to a
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1006 position consistent with the new selected frame.
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1007 @end defopt
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1008
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1009 @node Visibility of Frames
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1010 @section Visibility of Frames
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1011 @cindex visible frame
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1012 @cindex invisible frame
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1013 @cindex iconified frame
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1014 @cindex frame visibility
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1015
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1016 A window frame may be @dfn{visible}, @dfn{invisible}, or
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1017 @dfn{iconified}. If it is visible, you can see its contents. If it is
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1018 iconified, the frame's contents do not appear on the screen, but an icon
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1019 does. If the frame is invisible, it doesn't show on the screen, not
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1020 even as an icon.
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1022 Visibility is meaningless for terminal frames, since only the selected
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1023 one is actually displayed in any case.
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1025 @deffn Command make-frame-visible &optional frame
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1026 This function makes frame @var{frame} visible. If you omit @var{frame},
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1027 it makes the selected frame visible.
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1028 @end deffn
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1030 @deffn Command make-frame-invisible &optional frame
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1031 This function makes frame @var{frame} invisible. If you omit
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1032 @var{frame}, it makes the selected frame invisible.
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1033 @end deffn
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1034
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1035 @deffn Command iconify-frame &optional frame
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1036 This function iconifies frame @var{frame}. If you omit @var{frame}, it
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1037 iconifies the selected frame.
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1038 @end deffn
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1040 @defun frame-visible-p frame
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1041 This returns the visibility status of frame @var{frame}. The value is
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1042 @code{t} if @var{frame} is visible, @code{nil} if it is invisible, and
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1043 @code{icon} if it is iconified.
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1044 @end defun
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1046 The visibility status of a frame is also available as a frame
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1047 parameter. You can read or change it as such. @xref{Window Frame
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1048 Parameters}.
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1049
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1050 The user can iconify and deiconify frames with the window manager.
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1051 This happens below the level at which Emacs can exert any control, but
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1052 Emacs does provide events that you can use to keep track of such
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1053 changes. @xref{Misc Events}.
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1054
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1055 @node Raising and Lowering
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1056 @section Raising and Lowering Frames
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1057
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1058 Most window systems use a desktop metaphor. Part of this metaphor is
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1059 the idea that windows are stacked in a notional third dimension
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1060 perpendicular to the screen surface, and thus ordered from ``highest''
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1061 to ``lowest''. Where two windows overlap, the one higher up covers
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1062 the one underneath. Even a window at the bottom of the stack can be
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1063 seen if no other window overlaps it.
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1065 @cindex raising a frame
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1066 @cindex lowering a frame
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1067 A window's place in this ordering is not fixed; in fact, users tend
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1068 to change the order frequently. @dfn{Raising} a window means moving
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1069 it ``up'', to the top of the stack. @dfn{Lowering} a window means
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1070 moving it to the bottom of the stack. This motion is in the notional
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1071 third dimension only, and does not change the position of the window
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1072 on the screen.
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1073
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1074 You can raise and lower Emacs frame Windows with these functions:
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1076 @deffn Command raise-frame &optional frame
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1077 This function raises frame @var{frame} (default, the selected frame).
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1078 @end deffn
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1080 @deffn Command lower-frame &optional frame
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1081 This function lowers frame @var{frame} (default, the selected frame).
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1082 @end deffn
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1084 @defopt minibuffer-auto-raise
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1085 If this is non-@code{nil}, activation of the minibuffer raises the frame
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1086 that the minibuffer window is in.
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1087 @end defopt
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1088
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1089 You can also enable auto-raise (raising automatically when a frame is
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1090 selected) or auto-lower (lowering automatically when it is deselected)
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1091 for any frame using frame parameters. @xref{Window Frame Parameters}.
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1093 @node Frame Configurations
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1094 @section Frame Configurations
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1095 @cindex frame configuration
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1096
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1097 A @dfn{frame configuration} records the current arrangement of frames,
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1098 all their properties, and the window configuration of each one.
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1099 (@xref{Window Configurations}.)
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1101 @defun current-frame-configuration
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1102 This function returns a frame configuration list that describes
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1103 the current arrangement of frames and their contents.
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1104 @end defun
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1106 @defun set-frame-configuration configuration &optional nodelete
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1107 This function restores the state of frames described in
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1108 @var{configuration}.
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1109
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1110 Ordinarily, this function deletes all existing frames not listed in
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1111 @var{configuration}. But if @var{nodelete} is non-@code{nil}, the
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1112 unwanted frames are iconified instead.
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1113 @end defun
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1114
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1115 @node Mouse Tracking
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1116 @section Mouse Tracking
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1117 @cindex mouse tracking
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1118 @cindex tracking the mouse
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1119
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1120 Sometimes it is useful to @dfn{track} the mouse, which means to display
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1121 something to indicate where the mouse is and move the indicator as the
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1122 mouse moves. For efficient mouse tracking, you need a way to wait until
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1123 the mouse actually moves.
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1124
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1125 The convenient way to track the mouse is to ask for events to represent
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1126 mouse motion. Then you can wait for motion by waiting for an event. In
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1127 addition, you can easily handle any other sorts of events that may
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1128 occur. That is useful, because normally you don't want to track the
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1129 mouse forever---only until some other event, such as the release of a
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1130 button.
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1131
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1132 @defspec track-mouse body@dots{}
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1133 This special form executes @var{body}, with generation of mouse motion
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1134 events enabled. Typically @var{body} would use @code{read-event} to
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1135 read the motion events and modify the display accordingly. @xref{Motion
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1136 Events}, for the format of mouse motion events.
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1138 The value of @code{track-mouse} is that of the last form in @var{body}.
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1139 You should design @var{body} to return when it sees the up-event that
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1140 indicates the release of the button, or whatever kind of event means
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1141 it is time to stop tracking.
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1142 @end defspec
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1143
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1144 The usual purpose of tracking mouse motion is to indicate on the screen
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1145 the consequences of pushing or releasing a button at the current
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1146 position.
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1148 In many cases, you can avoid the need to track the mouse by using
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1149 the @code{mouse-face} text property (@pxref{Special Properties}).
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1150 That works at a much lower level and runs more smoothly than
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1151 Lisp-level mouse tracking.
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1152
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1153 @ignore
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1154 @c These are not implemented yet.
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1155
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1156 These functions change the screen appearance instantaneously. The
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1157 effect is transient, only until the next ordinary Emacs redisplay. That
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1158 is OK for mouse tracking, since it doesn't make sense for mouse tracking
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1159 to change the text, and the body of @code{track-mouse} normally reads
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1160 the events itself and does not do redisplay.
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1161
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1162 @defun x-contour-region window beg end
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1163 This function draws lines to make a box around the text from @var{beg}
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1164 to @var{end}, in window @var{window}.
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1165 @end defun
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1166
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1167 @defun x-uncontour-region window beg end
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1168 This function erases the lines that would make a box around the text
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1169 from @var{beg} to @var{end}, in window @var{window}. Use it to remove
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1170 a contour that you previously made by calling @code{x-contour-region}.
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1171 @end defun
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1172
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1173 @defun x-draw-rectangle frame left top right bottom
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1174 This function draws a hollow rectangle on frame @var{frame} with the
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1175 specified edge coordinates, all measured in pixels from the inside top
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1176 left corner. It uses the cursor color, the one used for indicating the
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1177 location of point.
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1178 @end defun
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1179
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1180 @defun x-erase-rectangle frame left top right bottom
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1181 This function erases a hollow rectangle on frame @var{frame} with the
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1182 specified edge coordinates, all measured in pixels from the inside top
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1183 left corner. Erasure means redrawing the text and background that
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1184 normally belong in the specified rectangle.
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1185 @end defun
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1186 @end ignore
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1188 @node Mouse Position
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1189 @section Mouse Position
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1190 @cindex mouse position
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1191 @cindex position of mouse
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1192
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1193 The functions @code{mouse-position} and @code{set-mouse-position}
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1194 give access to the current position of the mouse.
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1195
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1196 @defun mouse-position
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1197 This function returns a description of the position of the mouse. The
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1198 value looks like @code{(@var{frame} @var{x} . @var{y})}, where @var{x}
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1199 and @var{y} are integers giving the position in characters relative to
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1200 the top left corner of the inside of @var{frame}.
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1201 @end defun
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1202
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1203 @defvar mouse-position-function
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1204 If non-@code{nil}, the value of this variable is a function for
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1205 @code{mouse-position} to call. @code{mouse-position} calls this
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1206 function just before returning, with its normal return value as the
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1207 sole argument, and it returns whatever this function returns to it.
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1208
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1209 This abnormal hook exists for the benefit of packages like
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1210 @file{xt-mouse.el} that need to do mouse handling at the Lisp level.
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1211 @end defvar
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1212
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1213 @defun set-mouse-position frame x y
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1214 This function @dfn{warps the mouse} to position @var{x}, @var{y} in
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1215 frame @var{frame}. The arguments @var{x} and @var{y} are integers,
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1216 giving the position in characters relative to the top left corner of the
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1217 inside of @var{frame}. If @var{frame} is not visible, this function
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1218 does nothing. The return value is not significant.
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1219 @end defun
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1220
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1221 @defun mouse-pixel-position
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1222 This function is like @code{mouse-position} except that it returns
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1223 coordinates in units of pixels rather than units of characters.
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1224 @end defun
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1225
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1226 @defun set-mouse-pixel-position frame x y
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1227 This function warps the mouse like @code{set-mouse-position} except that
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1228 @var{x} and @var{y} are in units of pixels rather than units of
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1229 characters. These coordinates are not required to be within the frame.
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1230
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1231 If @var{frame} is not visible, this function does nothing. The return
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1232 value is not significant.
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1233 @end defun
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1235 @need 3000
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1237 @node Pop-Up Menus
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1238 @section Pop-Up Menus
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1239
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1240 When using a window system, a Lisp program can pop up a menu so that
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1241 the user can choose an alternative with the mouse.
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1242
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1243 @defun x-popup-menu position menu
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1244 This function displays a pop-up menu and returns an indication of
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1245 what selection the user makes.
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1246
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1247 The argument @var{position} specifies where on the screen to put the
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1248 menu. It can be either a mouse button event (which says to put the menu
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1249 where the user actuated the button) or a list of this form:
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1250
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1251 @example
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1252 ((@var{xoffset} @var{yoffset}) @var{window})
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1253 @end example
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1254
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1255 @noindent
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1256 where @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} are coordinates, measured in
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1257 pixels, counting from the top left corner of @var{window}'s frame.
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1259 If @var{position} is @code{t}, it means to use the current mouse
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1260 position. If @var{position} is @code{nil}, it means to precompute the
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1261 key binding equivalents for the keymaps specified in @var{menu},
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1262 without actually displaying or popping up the menu.
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1263
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1264 The argument @var{menu} says what to display in the menu. It can be a
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1267
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1268 @example
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1269 (@var{title} @var{pane1} @var{pane2}...)
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1270 @end example
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1271
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1272 @noindent
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1273 where each pane is a list of form
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1274
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1275 @example
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1276 (@var{title} (@var{line} . @var{item})...)
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1277 @end example
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1278
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1279 Each @var{line} should be a string, and each @var{item} should be the
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1280 value to return if that @var{line} is chosen.
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1281 @end defun
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1282
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1283 @strong{Usage note:} Don't use @code{x-popup-menu} to display a menu
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1284 if you could do the job with a prefix key defined with a menu keymap.
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1285 If you use a menu keymap to implement a menu, @kbd{C-h c} and @kbd{C-h
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1286 a} can see the individual items in that menu and provide help for them.
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1287 If instead you implement the menu by defining a command that calls
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1288 @code{x-popup-menu}, the help facilities cannot know what happens inside
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1289 that command, so they cannot give any help for the menu's items.
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1291 The menu bar mechanism, which lets you switch between submenus by
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1292 moving the mouse, cannot look within the definition of a command to see
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1293 that it calls @code{x-popup-menu}. Therefore, if you try to implement a
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1294 submenu using @code{x-popup-menu}, it cannot work with the menu bar in
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1295 an integrated fashion. This is why all menu bar submenus are
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1296 implemented with menu keymaps within the parent menu, and never with
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1297 @code{x-popup-menu}. @xref{Menu Bar},
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1298
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1299 If you want a menu bar submenu to have contents that vary, you should
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1300 still use a menu keymap to implement it. To make the contents vary, add
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1301 a hook function to @code{menu-bar-update-hook} to update the contents of
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1302 the menu keymap as necessary.
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1303
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1304 @node Dialog Boxes
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1305 @section Dialog Boxes
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1306 @cindex dialog boxes
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1307
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1308 A dialog box is a variant of a pop-up menu---it looks a little
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1309 different, it always appears in the center of a frame, and it has just
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1310 one level and one pane. The main use of dialog boxes is for asking
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1311 questions that the user can answer with ``yes'', ``no'', and a few other
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1312 alternatives. The functions @code{y-or-n-p} and @code{yes-or-no-p} use
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1313 dialog boxes instead of the keyboard, when called from commands invoked
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1314 by mouse clicks.
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1315
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1316 @defun x-popup-dialog position contents
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1317 This function displays a pop-up dialog box and returns an indication of
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1318 what selection the user makes. The argument @var{contents} specifies
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1319 the alternatives to offer; it has this format:
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1320
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1321 @example
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1322 (@var{title} (@var{string} . @var{value})@dots{})
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1323 @end example
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1324
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1325 @noindent
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1326 which looks like the list that specifies a single pane for
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1327 @code{x-popup-menu}.
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1328
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1329 The return value is @var{value} from the chosen alternative.
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1330
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1331 An element of the list may be just a string instead of a cons cell
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1332 @code{(@var{string} . @var{value})}. That makes a box that cannot
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1333 be selected.
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1334
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1335 If @code{nil} appears in the list, it separates the left-hand items from
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1336 the right-hand items; items that precede the @code{nil} appear on the
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1337 left, and items that follow the @code{nil} appear on the right. If you
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1338 don't include a @code{nil} in the list, then approximately half the
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1339 items appear on each side.
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1340
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1341 Dialog boxes always appear in the center of a frame; the argument
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1342 @var{position} specifies which frame. The possible values are as in
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1343 @code{x-popup-menu}, but the precise coordinates don't matter; only the
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1344 frame matters.
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1345
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1346 In some configurations, Emacs cannot display a real dialog box; so
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1347 instead it displays the same items in a pop-up menu in the center of the
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1348 frame.
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1349 @end defun
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1350
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1351 @node Pointer Shapes
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1352 @section Pointer Shapes
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1353 @cindex pointer shape
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1354 @cindex mouse pointer shape
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1355
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1356 These variables specify which shape to use for the mouse pointer in
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1357 various situations, when using the X Window System:
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1359 @table @code
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1360 @item x-pointer-shape
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1361 @vindex x-pointer-shape
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1362 This variable specifies the pointer shape to use ordinarily in the Emacs
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1363 frame.
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1364
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1365 @item x-sensitive-text-pointer-shape
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1366 @vindex x-sensitive-text-pointer-shape
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1367 This variable specifies the pointer shape to use when the mouse
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1368 is over mouse-sensitive text.
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1369 @end table
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1370
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1371 These variables affect newly created frames. They do not normally
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1372 affect existing frames; however, if you set the mouse color of a frame,
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1373 that also updates its pointer shapes based on the current values of
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1374 these variables. @xref{Window Frame Parameters}.
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1375
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1376 The values you can use, to specify either of these pointer shapes, are
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1377 defined in the file @file{lisp/term/x-win.el}. Use @kbd{M-x apropos
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1378 @key{RET} x-pointer @key{RET}} to see a list of them.
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1379
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1380 @node Window System Selections
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1381 @section Window System Selections
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1382 @cindex selection (for window systems)
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1383
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1384 The X server records a set of @dfn{selections} which permit transfer of
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1385 data between application programs. The various selections are
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1386 distinguished by @dfn{selection types}, represented in Emacs by
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1387 symbols. X clients including Emacs can read or set the selection for
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1390 @defun x-set-selection type data
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1391 This function sets a ``selection'' in the X server. It takes two
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1392 arguments: a selection type @var{type}, and the value to assign to it,
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1393 @var{data}. If @var{data} is @code{nil}, it means to clear out the
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1394 selection. Otherwise, @var{data} may be a string, a symbol, an integer
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1395 (or a cons of two integers or list of two integers), an overlay, or a
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1396 cons of two markers pointing to the same buffer. An overlay or a pair
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1398
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1399 The argument @var{data} may also be a vector of valid non-vector
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1400 selection values.
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1401
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1402 Each possible @var{type} has its own selection value, which changes
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1403 independently. The usual values of @var{type} are @code{PRIMARY} and
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1404 @code{SECONDARY}; these are symbols with upper-case names, in accord
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1406 @end defun
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1407
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1408 @defun x-get-selection &optional type data-type
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1409 This function accesses selections set up by Emacs or by other X
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1410 clients. It takes two optional arguments, @var{type} and
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1411 @var{data-type}. The default for @var{type}, the selection type, is
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1412 @code{PRIMARY}.
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1413
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1414 The @var{data-type} argument specifies the form of data conversion to
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1415 use, to convert the raw data obtained from another X client into Lisp
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1416 data. Meaningful values include @code{TEXT}, @code{STRING},
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1417 @code{TARGETS}, @code{LENGTH}, @code{DELETE}, @code{FILE_NAME},
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1418 @code{CHARACTER_POSITION}, @code{LINE_NUMBER}, @code{COLUMN_NUMBER},
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1419 @code{OWNER_OS}, @code{HOST_NAME}, @code{USER}, @code{CLASS},
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1420 @code{NAME}, @code{ATOM}, and @code{INTEGER}. (These are symbols with
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1421 upper-case names in accord with X conventions.) The default for
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1422 @var{data-type} is @code{STRING}.
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1423 @end defun
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1424
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1425 @cindex cut buffer
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1426 The X server also has a set of numbered @dfn{cut buffers} which can
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1427 store text or other data being moved between applications. Cut buffers
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1429 clients that still use them.
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1430
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1431 @defun x-get-cut-buffer n
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1432 This function returns the contents of cut buffer number @var{n}.
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1433 @end defun
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1435 @defun x-set-cut-buffer string &optional push
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1436 This function stores @var{string} into the first cut buffer (cut buffer
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1437 0). If @var{push} is @code{nil}, only the first cut buffer is changed.
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1438 If @var{push} is non-@code{nil}, that says to move the values down
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1439 through the series of cut buffers, much like the way successive kills in
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1440 Emacs move down the kill ring. In other words, the previous value of
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1441 the first cut buffer moves into the second cut buffer, and the second to
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1442 the third, and so on through all eight cut buffers.
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1443 @end defun
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1445 @defvar selection-coding-system
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1446 This variable specifies the coding system to use when reading and
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1447 writing selections, the clipboard, or a cut buffer. @xref{Coding
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1448 Systems}. The default is @code{compound-text-with-extensions}, which
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1449 converts to the text representation that X11 normally uses.
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1450 @end defvar
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1451
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1452 @cindex clipboard support (for MS-Windows)
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1453 When Emacs runs on MS-Windows, it does not implement X selections in
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1454 general, but it does support the clipboard. @code{x-get-selection}
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1455 and @code{x-set-selection} on MS-Windows support the text data type
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1456 only; if the clipboard holds other types of data, Emacs treats the
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1457 clipboard as empty.
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1458
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1459 @defopt x-select-enable-clipboard
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1460 If this is non-@code{nil}, the Emacs yank functions consult the
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1461 clipboard before the primary selection, and the kill functions store in
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1462 the clipboard as well as the primary selection. Otherwise they do not
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1463 access the clipboard at all. The default is @code{nil} on most systems,
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1464 but @code{t} on MS-Windows.
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1465 @end defopt
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1466
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1467 @node Color Names
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1468 @section Color Names
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1470 These functions provide a way to determine which color names are
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1471 valid, and what they look like. In some cases, the value depends on the
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1472 @dfn{selected frame}, as described below; see @ref{Input Focus}, for the
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1473 meaning of the term ``selected frame''.
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1474
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1475 @defun color-defined-p color &optional frame
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1476 @tindex color-defined-p
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1477 This function reports whether a color name is meaningful. It returns
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1478 @code{t} if so; otherwise, @code{nil}. The argument @var{frame} says
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1479 which frame's display to ask about; if @var{frame} is omitted or
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1480 @code{nil}, the selected frame is used.
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1481
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1482 Note that this does not tell you whether the display you are using
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1483 really supports that color. When using X, you can ask for any defined
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1484 color on any kind of display, and you will get some result---typically,
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1485 the closest it can do. To determine whether a frame can really display
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1486 a certain color, use @code{color-supported-p} (see below).
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1487
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1488 @findex x-color-defined-p
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1489 This function used to be called @code{x-color-defined-p},
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1490 and that name is still supported as an alias.
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1491 @end defun
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1492
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1493 @defun defined-colors &optional frame
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1494 @tindex defined-colors
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1495 This function returns a list of the color names that are defined
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1496 and supported on frame @var{frame} (default, the selected frame).
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1497
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1498 @findex x-defined-colors
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1499 This function used to be called @code{x-defined-colors},
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1500 and that name is still supported as an alias.
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1501 @end defun
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1502
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1503 @defun color-supported-p color &optional frame background-p
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1504 @tindex color-supported-p
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1505 This returns @code{t} if @var{frame} can really display the color
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1506 @var{color} (or at least something close to it). If @var{frame} is
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1507 omitted or @code{nil}, the question applies to the selected frame.
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1508
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1509 Some terminals support a different set of colors for foreground and
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1510 background. If @var{background-p} is non-@code{nil}, that means you are
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1511 asking whether @var{color} can be used as a background; otherwise you
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1512 are asking whether it can be used as a foreground.
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1513
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1514 The argument @var{color} must be a valid color name.
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1515 @end defun
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1516
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1517 @defun color-gray-p color &optional frame
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1518 @tindex color-gray-p
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1519 This returns @code{t} if @var{color} is a shade of gray, as defined on
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1520 @var{frame}'s display. If @var{frame} is omitted or @code{nil}, the
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1521 question applies to the selected frame. The argument @var{color} must
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1522 be a valid color name.
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1523 @end defun
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1524
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1525 @defun color-values color &optional frame
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1526 @tindex color-values
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1527 This function returns a value that describes what @var{color} should
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1528 ideally look like. If @var{color} is defined, the value is a list of
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1529 three integers, which give the amount of red, the amount of green, and
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1530 the amount of blue. Each integer ranges in principle from 0 to 65535,
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1531 but in practice no value seems to be above 65280. This kind
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1532 of three-element list is called an @dfn{rgb value}.
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1533
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1534 If @var{color} is not defined, the value is @code{nil}.
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1536 @example
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1537 (color-values "black")
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1538 @result{} (0 0 0)
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1539 (color-values "white")
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1540 @result{} (65280 65280 65280)
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1541 (color-values "red")
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1542 @result{} (65280 0 0)
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1543 (color-values "pink")
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1544 @result{} (65280 49152 51968)
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1545 (color-values "hungry")
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1546 @result{} nil
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1547 @end example
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1548
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1549 The color values are returned for @var{frame}'s display. If @var{frame}
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1550 is omitted or @code{nil}, the information is returned for the selected
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1551 frame's display.
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1552
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1553 @findex x-color-values
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1554 This function used to be called @code{x-color-values},
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1555 and that name is still supported as an alias.
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1556 @end defun
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1557
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1558 @node Text Terminal Colors
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1559 @section Text Terminal Colors
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1560 @cindex colors on text-only terminals
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1561
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1562 Emacs can display color on text-only terminals, starting with version
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1563 21. These terminals usually support only a small number of colors, and
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1564 the computer uses small integers to select colors on the terminal. This
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1565 means that the computer cannot reliably tell what the selected color
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1566 looks like; instead, you have to inform your application which small
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1567 integers correspond to which colors. However, Emacs does know the
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1568 standard set of colors and will try to use them automatically.
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1569
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1570 The functions described in this section control how terminal colors
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1572
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1573 @cindex rgb value
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1574 Several of these functions use or return @dfn{rgb values}. An rgb
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1575 value is a list of three integers, which give the amount of red, the
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1576 amount of green, and the amount of blue. Each integer ranges in
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1577 principle from 0 to 65535, but in practice the largest value used is
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1578 65280.
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1579
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1580 These functions accept a display (either a frame or the name of a
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1582 support more than one text-only terminal at one time; then this argument
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1583 will specify which terminal to operate on (the default being the
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1584 selected frame's terminal; @pxref{Input Focus}). At present, though,
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1585 the @var{display} argument has no effect.
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1586
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1587 @defun tty-color-define name number &optional rgb display
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1588 @tindex tty-color-define
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1589 This function associates the color name @var{name} with
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1590 color number @var{number} on the terminal.
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1591
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1592 The optional argument @var{rgb}, if specified, is an rgb value; it says
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1593 what the color actually looks like. If you do not specify @var{rgb},
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1594 then this color cannot be used by @code{tty-color-approximate} to
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1595 approximate other colors, because Emacs does not know what it looks
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1596 like.
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1597 @end defun
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1598
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1599 @defun tty-color-clear &optional display
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1600 @tindex tty-color-clear
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1601 This function clears the table of defined colors for a text-only terminal.
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1602 @end defun
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1603
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1604 @defun tty-color-alist &optional display
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1605 @tindex tty-color-alist
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1606 This function returns an alist recording the known colors supported by a
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1607 text-only terminal.
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1608
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1609 Each element has the form @code{(@var{name} @var{number} . @var{rgb})}
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1610 or @code{(@var{name} @var{number})}. Here, @var{name} is the color
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1611 name, @var{number} is the number used to specify it to the terminal.
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1612 If present, @var{rgb} is an rgb value that says what the color
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1613 actually looks like.
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1614 @end defun
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1615
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1616 @defun tty-color-approximate rgb &optional display
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1617 @tindex tty-color-approximate
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1618 This function finds the closest color, among the known colors supported
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1619 for @var{display}, to that described by the rgb value @var{rgb}.
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1620 @end defun
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1621
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1622 @defun tty-color-translate color &optional display
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1623 @tindex tty-color-translate
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1624 This function finds the closest color to @var{color} among the known
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1625 colors supported for @var{display}. If the name @var{color} is not
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1626 defined, the value is @code{nil}.
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1627
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1628 @var{color} can be an X-style @code{"#@var{xxxyyyzzz}"} specification
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1629 instead of an actual name. The format
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1630 @code{"RGB:@var{xx}/@var{yy}/@var{zz}"} is also supported.
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1631 @end defun
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1632
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1633 @node Resources
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1634 @section X Resources
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1636 @defun x-get-resource attribute class &optional component subclass
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1637 The function @code{x-get-resource} retrieves a resource value from the X
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1638 Windows defaults database.
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1639
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1640 Resources are indexed by a combination of a @dfn{key} and a @dfn{class}.
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1641 This function searches using a key of the form
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1642 @samp{@var{instance}.@var{attribute}} (where @var{instance} is the name
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1643 under which Emacs was invoked), and using @samp{Emacs.@var{class}} as
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1644 the class.
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1645
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1646 The optional arguments @var{component} and @var{subclass} add to the key
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1647 and the class, respectively. You must specify both of them or neither.
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1648 If you specify them, the key is
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1649 @samp{@var{instance}.@var{component}.@var{attribute}}, and the class is
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1650 @samp{Emacs.@var{class}.@var{subclass}}.
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1651 @end defun
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1652
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1653 @defvar x-resource-class
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1654 This variable specifies the application name that @code{x-get-resource}
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1655 should look up. The default value is @code{"Emacs"}. You can examine X
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1656 resources for application names other than ``Emacs'' by binding this
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1657 variable to some other string, around a call to @code{x-get-resource}.
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1658 @end defvar
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1659
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1660 @xref{Resources X,, X Resources, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
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1661
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1662 @node Display Feature Testing
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1663 @section Display Feature Testing
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1664 @cindex display feature testing
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1665
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1666 The functions in this section describe the basic capabilities of a
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1667 particular display. Lisp programs can use them to adapt their behavior
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1668 to what the display can do. For example, a program that ordinarly uses
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1669 a popup menu could use the minibuffer if popup menus are not supported.
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1670
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1671 The optional argument @var{display} in these functions specifies which
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1672 display to ask the question about. It can be a display name, a frame
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1673 (which designates the display that frame is on), or @code{nil} (which
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1674 refers to the selected frame's display, @pxref{Input Focus}).
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1675
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1676 @xref{Color Names}, @ref{Text Terminal Colors}, for other functions to
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1677 obtain information about displays.
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1678
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1679 @defun display-popup-menus-p &optional display
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1680 @tindex display-popup-menus-p
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parents: 27374
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1681 This function returns @code{t} if popup menus are supported on
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27374
diff changeset
1682 @var{display}, @code{nil} if not. Support for popup menus requires that
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27374
diff changeset
1683 the mouse be available, since the user cannot choose menu items without
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27374
diff changeset
1684 a mouse.
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27374
diff changeset
1685 @end defun
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parents: 27374
diff changeset
1686
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27374
diff changeset
1687 @defun display-graphic-p &optional display
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27374
diff changeset
1688 @tindex display-graphic-p
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27374
diff changeset
1689 @cindex frames, more than one on display
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27374
diff changeset
1690 @cindex fonts, more than one on display
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27374
diff changeset
1691 This function returns @code{t} if @var{display} is a graphic display
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27374
diff changeset
1692 capable of displaying several frames and several different fonts at
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27374
diff changeset
1693 once. This is true for displays that use a window system such as X, and
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27374
diff changeset
1694 false for text-only terminals.
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27374
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1695 @end defun
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parents: 27374
diff changeset
1696
27654
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27532
diff changeset
1697 @defun display-mouse-p &optional display
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27532
diff changeset
1698 @tindex display-mouse-p
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27532
diff changeset
1699 @cindex mouse, availability
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27532
diff changeset
1700 This function returns @code{t} if @var{display} has a mouse available,
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27532
diff changeset
1701 @code{nil} if not.
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27532
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1702 @end defun
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parents: 27532
diff changeset
1703
27532
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
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1704 @defun display-color-p &optional display
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1705 @tindex display-color-p
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1706 @findex x-display-color-p
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1707 This function returns @code{t} if the screen is a color screen.
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1708 It used to be called @code{x-display-color-p}, and that name
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1709 is still supported as an alias.
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parents: 27447
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1710 @end defun
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parents: 27447
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1711
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1712 @defun display-grayscale-p &optional display
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1713 @tindex display-grayscale-p
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1714 This function returns @code{t} if the screen can display shades of gray.
27654
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parents: 27532
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1715 (All color displays can do this.)
27532
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parents: 27447
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1716 @end defun
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parents: 27447
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1717
27447
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parents: 27374
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1718 @defun display-selections-p &optional display
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parents: 27374
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1719 @tindex display-selections-p
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parents: 27374
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1720 This function returns @code{t} if @var{display} supports selections.
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Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27374
diff changeset
1721 Windowed displays normally support selections, but they may also be
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27374
diff changeset
1722 supported in some other cases.
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parents: 27374
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1723 @end defun
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parents: 27374
diff changeset
1724
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36348
diff changeset
1725 @defun display-images-p &optional display
f56fa34012c0 (Mouse Position): Document mouse-position-function.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36348
diff changeset
1726 This function returns @code{t} if @var{display} can display images.
39221
68b26e98aef6 Clarify recent changes.
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parents: 39197
diff changeset
1727 Windowed displays ought in principle to handle images, but some
68b26e98aef6 Clarify recent changes.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 39197
diff changeset
1728 systems lack the support for that. On a display that does not support
68b26e98aef6 Clarify recent changes.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 39197
diff changeset
1729 images, Emacs cannot display a tool bar.
39197
f56fa34012c0 (Mouse Position): Document mouse-position-function.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36348
diff changeset
1730 @end defun
f56fa34012c0 (Mouse Position): Document mouse-position-function.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 36348
diff changeset
1731
27532
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1732 @defun display-screens &optional display
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1733 @tindex display-screens
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1734 This function returns the number of screens associated with the display.
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1735 @end defun
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1736
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1737 @defun display-pixel-height &optional display
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1738 @tindex display-pixel-height
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1739 This function returns the height of the screen in pixels.
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1740 @end defun
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1741
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1742 @defun display-mm-height &optional display
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1743 @tindex display-mm-height
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1744 This function returns the height of the screen in millimeters,
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1745 or @code{nil} if Emacs cannot get that information.
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1746 @end defun
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Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1747
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1748 @defun display-pixel-width &optional display
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1749 @tindex display-pixel-width
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1750 This function returns the width of the screen in pixels.
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1751 @end defun
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1752
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1753 @defun display-mm-width &optional display
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1754 @tindex display-mm-width
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1755 This function returns the width of the screen in millimeters,
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1756 or @code{nil} if Emacs cannot get that information.
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1757 @end defun
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Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1758
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1759 @defun display-backing-store &optional display
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1760 @tindex display-backing-store
27654
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27532
diff changeset
1761 This function returns the backing store capability of the display.
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27532
diff changeset
1762 Backing store means recording the pixels of windows (and parts of
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27532
diff changeset
1763 windows) that are not exposed, so that when exposed they can be
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27532
diff changeset
1764 displayed very quickly.
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27532
diff changeset
1765
27532
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1766 Values can be the symbols @code{always}, @code{when-mapped}, or
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1767 @code{not-useful}. The function can also return @code{nil}
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1768 when the question is inapplicable to a certain kind of display.
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1769 @end defun
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Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1770
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1771 @defun display-save-under &optional display
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1772 @tindex display-save-under
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1773 This function returns non-@code{nil} if the display supports the
27654
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27532
diff changeset
1774 SaveUnder feature. That feature is used by pop-up windows
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27532
diff changeset
1775 to save the pixels they obscure, so that they can pop down
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27532
diff changeset
1776 quickly.
27532
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1777 @end defun
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1778
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1779 @defun display-planes &optional display
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1780 @tindex display-planes
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1781 This function returns the number of planes the display supports.
27654
cabb1b4c4424 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27532
diff changeset
1782 This is typically the number of bits per pixel.
35037
3c5b13084896 display-planes on tty
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 34015
diff changeset
1783 For a tty display, it is log to base two of the number of colours supported.
27532
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1784 @end defun
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1785
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1786 @defun display-visual-class &optional display
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1787 @tindex display-visual-class
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1788 This function returns the visual class for the screen. The value is one
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 27447
diff changeset
1789 of the symbols @code{static-gray}, @code{gray-scale},
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1790 @code{static-color}, @code{pseudo-color}, @code{true-color}, and
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1791 @code{direct-color}.
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1792 @end defun
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1793
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1794 @defun display-color-cells &optional display
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1795 @tindex display-color-cells
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1796 This function returns the number of color cells the screen supports.
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1797 @end defun
ada257a7df9f *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27447
diff changeset
1798
27447
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27374
diff changeset
1799 These functions obtain additional information specifically
ef387684dc33 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 27374
diff changeset
1800 about X displays.
6547
610cde67456a Initial revision
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parents:
diff changeset
1801
12067
73dc8205d259 *** empty log message ***
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 10759
diff changeset
1802 @defun x-server-version &optional display
73dc8205d259 *** empty log message ***
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 10759
diff changeset
1803 This function returns the list of version numbers of the X server
73dc8205d259 *** empty log message ***
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 10759
diff changeset
1804 running the display.
6547
610cde67456a Initial revision
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parents:
diff changeset
1805 @end defun
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parents:
diff changeset
1806
12067
73dc8205d259 *** empty log message ***
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 10759
diff changeset
1807 @defun x-server-vendor &optional display
73dc8205d259 *** empty log message ***
Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
parents: 10759
diff changeset
1808 This function returns the vendor that provided the X server software.
6547
610cde67456a Initial revision
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1809 @end defun
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parents:
diff changeset
1810
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parents:
diff changeset
1811 @ignore
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parents:
diff changeset
1812 @defvar x-no-window-manager
22138
d4ac295a98b3 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 21682
diff changeset
1813 This variable's value is @code{t} if no X window manager is in use.
6547
610cde67456a Initial revision
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parents:
diff changeset
1814 @end defvar
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parents:
diff changeset
1815 @end ignore
610cde67456a Initial revision
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parents:
diff changeset
1816
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parents:
diff changeset
1817 @ignore
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parents:
diff changeset
1818 @item
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parents:
diff changeset
1819 The functions @code{x-pixel-width} and @code{x-pixel-height} return the
610cde67456a Initial revision
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parents:
diff changeset
1820 width and height of an X Window frame, measured in pixels.
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parents:
diff changeset
1821 @end ignore