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diff etc/NEWS @ 27573:32f4457e5501
Document functions which return display capabilities.
author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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date | Wed, 02 Feb 2000 11:54:55 +0000 (2000-02-02) |
parents | 6dfbe5197843 |
children | 1ac28043dbd6 |
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--- a/etc/NEWS Wed Feb 02 11:38:16 2000 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Wed Feb 02 11:54:55 2000 +0000 @@ -1780,6 +1780,18 @@ The primitives `color-gray-p' and `color-supported-p' also work for any frame type. +** Platform-independent functions to describe display capabilities. + +The new functions `display-mouse-p', `display-popup-menus-p', +`display-graphic-p', `display-selections-p', `display-screens', +`display-pixel-width', `display-pixel-height', `display-mm-width', +`display-mm-height', `display-backing-store', `display-save-under', +`display-planes', `display-color-cells', `display-visual-class', and +`display-grayscale-p' describe the basic capabilities of a particular +display. Lisp programs should call these functions instead of testing +the value of the variables `window-system' or `system-type', or calling +platform-specific functions such as `x-display-pixel-width'. + +++ ** The minibuffer prompt is now actually inserted in the minibuffer.