[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/lispref objects.texi

[Eli Zaretskii]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Eli Zaretskii <eliz>    08/12/27 15:44:39

Modified files:
        doc/lispref    : objects.texi 

Log message:
        (Terminal Type): New node.
        (Editing Types): Add it to the menu.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/lispref/objects.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.12&r2=1.13

Patches:
Index: objects.texi
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/doc/lispref/objects.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -b -r1.12 -r1.13
--- objects.texi        29 Nov 2008 12:19:49 -0000      1.12
+++ objects.texi        27 Dec 2008 15:44:38 -0000      1.13
@@ -1348,6 +1348,7 @@
 * Marker Type::         A position in a buffer.
 * Window Type::         Buffers are displayed in windows.
 * Frame Type::         Windows subdivide frames.
+* Terminal Type::       A terminal device displays frames.
 * Window Configuration Type::   Recording the way a frame is subdivided.
 * Frame Configuration Type::    Recording the status of all frames.
 * Process Type::        A subprocess of Emacs running on the underlying OS.
@@ -1492,6 +1493,25 @@
 
   @xref{Frames}, for a description of the functions that work on frames.
 
address@hidden Terminal Type
address@hidden Terminal Type
address@hidden terminal type
+
+  A @dfn{terminal} is a device capable of displaying one or more
+Emacs frames (@pxref{Frame Type}).
+
+  Terminals have no read syntax.  They print in hash notation giving
+the terminal's ordinal number and its TTY device file name.
+
address@hidden
address@hidden
+(get-device-terminal nil)
+     @result{} #<terminal 1 on /dev/tty>
address@hidden group
address@hidden example
+
address@hidden FIXME: add an xref to where terminal-related primitives are 
described.
+
 @node Window Configuration Type
 @subsection Window Configuration Type
 @cindex window layout in a frame