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changeset 16528:62be63ee468d
Clarify initial-frame-alist and default-frame-alist.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| 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}.