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changeset 101939:d55a24c5ff3f
(Visibility of Frames): Mention the effect multiple
workspaces/desktops can have on visibility.
(as I learnt in bug#2199).
| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:15:18 +0000 |
| parents | 0c901689da73 |
| children | dea4466580a6 |
| files | doc/lispref/ChangeLog doc/lispref/frames.texi |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog Wed Feb 11 04:02:16 2009 +0000 +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog Wed Feb 11 04:15:18 2009 +0000 @@ -1,8 +1,13 @@ +2009-02-11 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> + + * frames.texi (Visibility of Frames): Mention the effect multiple + workspaces/desktops can have on visibility. + 2009-02-07 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> - * text.texi (Commands for Insertion): - * commands.texi (Event Mod): - * keymaps.texi (Searching Keymaps): + * text.texi (Commands for Insertion): + * commands.texi (Event Mod): + * keymaps.texi (Searching Keymaps): * nonascii.texi (Translation of Characters): Reinstate documentation of translation-table-for-input. (Explicit Encoding): Document the `charset' text property produced
--- a/doc/lispref/frames.texi Wed Feb 11 04:02:16 2009 +0000 +++ b/doc/lispref/frames.texi Wed Feb 11 04:15:18 2009 +0000 @@ -1416,8 +1416,11 @@ A window frame may be @dfn{visible}, @dfn{invisible}, or @dfn{iconified}. If it is visible, you can see its contents, unless other windows cover it. If it is iconified, the frame's contents do -not appear on the screen, but an icon does. If the frame is -invisible, it doesn't show on the screen, not even as an icon. +not appear on the screen, but an icon does. (Note: because of the +way in which some window managers implement the concept of multiple +workspaces, or desktops, all frames on other workspaces may appear to +Emacs to be iconified.) If the frame is invisible, it doesn't show on +the screen, not even as an icon. Visibility is meaningless for terminal frames, since only the selected one is actually displayed in any case.