changeset 16528:62be63ee468d

Clarify initial-frame-alist and default-frame-alist.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Thu, 07 Nov 1996 00:16:51 +0000
parents 2337ed73b33e
children 5e1ecf96072f
files lispref/frames.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lispref/frames.texi	Wed Nov 06 23:26:02 1996 +0000
+++ b/lispref/frames.texi	Thu Nov 07 00:16:51 1996 +0000
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@
 
 @defvar initial-frame-alist
 This variable's value is an alist of parameter values used when creating
-the initial X window frame.  Each element has the form:
+the initial X window frame.  You can set this variable to specify the
+appearance of the initial frame without altering subsequent frames.
+Each element has the form:
 
 @example
 (@var{parameter} . @var{value})
@@ -231,8 +233,9 @@
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar default-frame-alist
-This is an alist specifying default values of frame parameters for
-subsequent Emacs frames (not the initial ones).
+This is an alist specifying default values of frame parameters for all
+Emacs frames---the first frame, and subsequent frames.  In many cases,
+you can get the same results by means of X resources.
 @end defvar
 
 See also @code{special-display-frame-alist}, in @ref{Choosing Window}.