# HG changeset patch # User David Reitter # Date 1244433727 0 # Node ID 8cb707512d0f816a4bd0e83f420dfe2f0a5fb8a3 # Parent c0aa4f3eaba956989843219b2f963ae1bb7d88aa macos.texi (Color panel, Font panel): Remove mention of Save Options, since saving colors and faces set this way is not implemented. (Environment variables): Remove mention of mac-fix-env, which is scheduled to be removed. diff -r c0aa4f3eaba9 -r 8cb707512d0f doc/emacs/macos.texi --- a/doc/emacs/macos.texi Mon Jun 08 04:01:48 2009 +0000 +++ b/doc/emacs/macos.texi Mon Jun 08 04:02:07 2009 +0000 @@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ Bindings}). The standard Mac / GNUstep font and color panels are accessible via Lisp commands. - To use the color panel, drag from it to an Emacs frame -to change the foreground color of the face at that position (if the -@key{shift} key is held down, it changes the background color -instead). To finalize the settings for either color or font, choose -@samp{Save Options} in the @samp{Options} menu. To discard the + To use the color panel, drag from it to an Emacs frame to change the +foreground color of the face at that position (if the @key{shift} key +is held down, it changes the background color instead). To discard the settings, create a new frame and close the altered one. +@c [unclear if the following holds.] +@c To finalize the settings for either color or font, choose @samp{Save Options} in the @samp{Options} menu. @key{S-Mouse-1} (i.e., clicking the left mouse button while holding down the @key{Shift} key) adjusts the region to the @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ @key{S-Mouse-1} normally does (@pxref{Temporary Face Changes}). This change makes Emacs behave more like other Mac / GNUstep applications. - When you open or save files using the menus, or using the standard + When you open or save files using the menus, or using the @key{Cmd-o} and @key{Cmd-S} bindings, Emacs uses graphical file dialogs to read file names. However, if you use the regular Emacs key sequences, such as @key{C-x C-f}, Emacs uses the minibuffer to read @@ -83,23 +83,10 @@ set which often causes the subprocesses it launches to behave differently than they would when launched from the shell. -To solve this problem for Emacs, there are two solutions. First is to -run, from the command line: - -@example -.../Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/mac-fix-env -@end example - -This will pick up your environment settings and save them into a special file -@file{~/.MacOSX/environment.plist}, which the desktop environment will use to -set the environment for all launched applications. The drawback of this -method is it needs to be run again whenever something changes. - -As for the PATH and MANPATH variables, a simpler, system-wide method +As for the PATH and MANPATH variables, a system-wide method of setting PATH is recommended on Mac OS X 10.5 and later, using the @file{/etc/paths} files and the @file{/etc/paths.d} directory. - @node Mac / GNUstep Customization, Mac / GNUstep Events, Mac / GNUstep Basics, Mac OS / GNUstep @section Mac / GNUstep Customization @@ -110,16 +97,21 @@ @subsection Font and Color Panels The Font Panel may be accessed with M-x ns-popup-font-panel. It -will set the default font in the frame most recently used or clicked on. To -make the setting permanent, use @samp{Save Options} in the Options menu, or -run @code{menu-bar-options-save}. +will set the default font in the frame most recently used or clicked +on. + +@c To make the setting permanent, use @samp{Save Options} in the +@c Options menu, or run @code{menu-bar-options-save}. You can bring up a color panel with M-x ns-popup-color-panel. and drag the color you want over the emacs face you want to change. Normal dragging will alter the foreground color. Shift dragging will alter the -background color. To make the changes permanent select the "Save Options" -item in the "Options" menu, or run @code{menu-bar-options-save}. Useful in this -context is the listing of all faces obtained by @key{M-x} +background color. + +@c To make the changes permanent select the "Save Options" +@c item in the "Options" menu, or run @code{menu-bar-options-save}. + +Useful in this context is the listing of all faces obtained by @key{M-x} @code{list-faces-display}. @subsection Open files by dragging to an Emacs window