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changeset 53792:139b571400ce
* frames.texi (Drag and drop): New section.
| author | Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se> |
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| date | Tue, 03 Feb 2004 18:02:45 +0000 |
| parents | ea7da7db6372 |
| children | 6d25c7d53fb4 |
| files | man/ChangeLog man/frames.texi |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/ChangeLog Tue Feb 03 17:09:02 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Tue Feb 03 18:02:45 2004 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2004-02-03 Jan Dj,Ad(Brv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se> + + * frames.texi (Drag and drop): New section. + 2004-01-24 Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> * emacs.texi (Acknowledgments): Renamed from Acknowledgements.
--- a/man/frames.texi Tue Feb 03 17:09:02 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/frames.texi Tue Feb 03 18:02:45 2004 +0000 @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ * Frame Parameters:: Changing the colors and other modes of frames. * Scroll Bars:: How to enable and disable scroll bars; how to use them. * Wheeled Mice:: Using mouse wheels for scrolling. +* Drag and drop:: Using drag and drop to open files and insert text. * Menu Bars:: Enabling and disabling the menu bar. * Tool Bars:: Enabling and disabling the tool bar. * Dialog Boxes:: Controlling use of dialog boxes. @@ -795,6 +796,38 @@ @code{mouse-wheel-scroll-amount} determine where and by how much buffers are scrolled. +@node Drag and drop +@section Drag and drop in Emacs. + +@cindex drag and drop + Emacs supports drag and drop so that dropping of files and text is handeled. +There is no drag support yet. When text is dropped, Emacs will insert the +text where it is dropped. When a file is dragged from a file manager to +Emacs, Emacs will open that file. +As a special case, if a file is dropped on a dired buffer the file will +be copied or moved (depends on exactly how it is dragged and the application +is was dragged from) to the directory the dired buffer is displaying. + + A file is normally opened in the window it is dropped on, but if you +prefer the file to be opened in a new window, you can customize the variable +@code{x-dnd-open-file-other-window}. + +@vindex x-dnd-types-alist + If you want to change the way Emacs handles drop of different types, +or add a new type, you shall customize @code{x-dnd-types-alist}. This +requires detailed knowledge of what types other applications use +for drag and drop. + +@vindex x-dnd-protocol-alist + When an URL is dropped on Emacs, it may be a file, but it may also be +another URL type (ftp, http, etc.). Emacs first checks +@code{x-dnd-protocol-alist} to determine what to do with the URL. If there +is no match there, and if @code{browse-url-browser-function} is an alist, +Emacs looks for a match there. If no match is found, the text for the URL +is inserted. If you want to alter Emacs behaviour you can customize these +variables. + + @node Menu Bars @section Menu Bars @cindex Menu Bar mode