Mercurial > emacs
changeset 37350:401a53e249b5
Mention the tool bar. Clarify what the mode line looks like.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Sat, 14 Apr 2001 14:50:41 +0000 |
parents | 9aada84f08c8 |
children | a903e89be35c |
files | man/screen.texi |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/screen.texi Sat Apr 14 14:49:49 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/screen.texi Sat Apr 14 14:50:41 2001 +0000 @@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ to display your editing. Emacs normally starts out with just one frame, but you can create additional frames if you wish. @xref{Frames}. - When you start Emacs, the entire frame except for the first and last -lines is devoted to the text you are editing. This area is called the -@dfn{window}. The first line is a @dfn{menu bar}, and the last line is -a special @dfn{echo area} or @dfn{minibuffer window} where prompts -appear and where you can enter responses. See below for more + When you start Emacs, the entire frame except for the top and bottom +is devoted to the text you are editing. This area is called the +@dfn{window}. At the top there is normally a @dfn{menu bar} where you +can access a series of menus; then there may be a @dfn{tool bar}, a +row of icons that perform editing commands if you click on them. +Below this, the window begins. The last line is a special @dfn{echo +area} or @dfn{minibuffer window}, where prompts appear and where you +can enter information when Emacs asks for it. See below for more information about these special lines. You can subdivide the large text window horizontally or vertically @@ -34,12 +37,13 @@ If you use multiple frames under the X Window System, then giving the input focus to a particular frame selects a window in that frame. - Each window's last line is a @dfn{mode line}, which describes what is -going on in that window. It appears in inverse video, if the terminal -supports that, and its contents begin with @w{@samp{--:-- @ *scratch*}} -when Emacs starts. The mode line displays status information such as -what buffer is being displayed above it in the window, what major and -minor modes are in use, and whether the buffer contains unsaved changes. + Each window's last line is a @dfn{mode line}, which describes what +is going on in that window. It appears in inverse video, if the +terminal supports that; its contents normally begin with +@w{@samp{--:-- @ *scratch*}} when Emacs starts. The mode line +displays status information such as what buffer is being displayed +above it in the window, what major and minor modes are in use, and +whether the buffer contains unsaved changes. @menu * Point:: The place in the text where editing commands operate. @@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ Each text window's last line is a @dfn{mode line}, which describes what is going on in that window. When there is only one text window, the mode line appears right above the echo area; it is the -next-to-last line on the frame. The mode line starts and ends with +next-to-last line in the frame. The mode line starts and ends with dashes. On a text-mode display, the mode line is in inverse video if the terminal supports that; on a graphics display, the mode line has a 3D box appearence to help it stand out.