changeset 79641:ccc6bcfd1dba

(Size and Position): Explain meaning of frame pixel width and height.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:50:04 +0000
parents d9fc6586a979
children 01fcad3cc628
files lispref/frames.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lispref/frames.texi	Fri Dec 28 03:19:04 2007 +0000
+++ b/lispref/frames.texi	Fri Dec 28 03:50:04 2007 +0000
@@ -800,8 +800,14 @@
 
 @defun frame-pixel-height &optional frame
 @defunx frame-pixel-width &optional frame
-These functions return the height and width of @var{frame}, measured in
-pixels.  If you don't supply @var{frame}, they use the selected frame.
+These functions return the height and width of the main display area
+of @var{frame}, measured in pixels.  If you don't supply @var{frame},
+they use the selected frame.
+
+These values include the internal borders, and windows' scroll bars
+and fringes (which belong to individual windows, not to the frame
+itself), but do not include menu bars or tool bars (except when using
+X without an X toolkit).
 @end defun
 
 @defun frame-char-height &optional frame