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changeset 107205:e91df3663a07
* frames.texi (Frame Commands): Note that the last ordinary frame can
be deleted in daemon mode (Bug#5616).
| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:35:25 -0500 |
| parents | f49497a70cf6 |
| children | 6d88094b5e63 |
| files | doc/emacs/ChangeLog doc/emacs/frames.texi |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog Sun Feb 21 08:11:07 2010 -0500 +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog Sun Feb 21 08:35:25 2010 -0500 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-02-21 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> + + * frames.texi (Frame Commands): Note that the last ordinary frame can + be deleted in daemon mode (Bug#5616). + 2010-02-18 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> * trouble.texi (Contributing): Repository is no longer CVS.
--- a/doc/emacs/frames.texi Sun Feb 21 08:11:07 2010 -0500 +++ b/doc/emacs/frames.texi Sun Feb 21 08:35:25 2010 -0500 @@ -622,18 +622,24 @@ Delete all frames except the selected one. @end table + The @kbd{C-x 5 0} (@code{delete-frame}) command will never delete +the last frame, to prevent you from losing the ability to interact +with the Emacs process. Note that when Emacs is run as a daemon +(@pxref{Emacs Server}), there is always a ``virtual frame'' that +remains after all the ordinary, interactive frames are deleted. In +this case, @kbd{C-x 5 0} can delete the last interactive frame; you +can use @command{emacsclient} to reconnect to the Emacs session. + @vindex focus-follows-mouse - To make the command @kbd{C-x 5 o} work properly, you should tell -Emacs how the system (or the window manager) handles focus-switching -between windows. There are two possibilities: either simply moving -the mouse onto a window selects it (gives it focus), or you have to -click on it to do so. On X, this focus policy also affects whether -the focus is given to a frame that Emacs raises. Unfortunately there -is no way Emacs can find out automatically which way the system -handles this, so you have to explicitly say, by setting the variable -@code{focus-follows-mouse}. If just moving the mouse onto a window -selects it, that variable should be @code{t}; if a click is necessary, -the variable should be @code{nil}. The default is @code{t}. + On X, you may have to tell Emacs how the system (or the window +manager) handles focus-switching between windows, in order for the +command @kbd{C-x 5 o} (@code{other-frame}) to work properly. +Unfortunately, there is no way for Emacs to detect this automatically, +so you should set the variable @code{focus-follows-mouse}. If simply +moving the mouse onto a window selects it and gives it focus, the +variable should be @code{t}; if you have to click on the window to +select it, the variable should be @code{nil}. The default is +@code{t}. The window manager that is part of MS-Windows always gives focus to a frame that raises, so this variable has no effect in the native