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[Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r107495: Update Frames chapter of Lisp manager. Document clipboard manager. |
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revno: 107495
committer: Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
branch nick: trunk
timestamp: Sun 2012-03-04 14:50:18 +0800
message:
Update Frames chapter of Lisp manager. Document clipboard manager.
* doc/emacs/killing.texi (Clipboard): Document clipboard manager.
* doc/lispref/windows.texi (Basic Windows, Coordinates and Windows)
(Coordinates and Windows):
* display.texi (Refresh Screen, Line Height, Face Attributes)
(Overlay Arrow, Beeping, Glyphless Chars): Likewise.
* doc/lispref/frames.texi (Frames): Remove little-used "terminal frame" and
"window frame" terminology.
(Frame Parameters, Font and Color Parameters, Initial Parameters)
(Size and Position, Visibility of Frames): Callers changed.
(Frames): Clarify which terminals in framep are graphical.
(Initial Parameters): --geometry is not the only option which adds
to initial-frame-alist.
(Position Parameters): Note that icon-left and icon-top are for
old window managers only.
(Size Parameters): Sizes are in characters even on graphical
displays.
(Management Parameters): Note that window-id and outer-window-id
can't really be changed, and that auto-raise isn't always obeyed.
(Cursor Parameters): Document cursor-type explicitly.
(Size and Position): The aliases set-screen-height and
set-screen-width have been deleted.
(Visibility of Frames): Mention "minimization".
* doc/lispref/os.texi (Startup Summary): Minor clarifications.
(Startup Summary, Suspending Emacs): Standardize on "text
terminal" terminology.
modified:
admin/FOR-RELEASE
doc/emacs/ChangeLog
doc/emacs/killing.texi
doc/lispref/ChangeLog
doc/lispref/anti.texi
doc/lispref/display.texi
doc/lispref/elisp.texi
doc/lispref/frames.texi
doc/lispref/os.texi
doc/lispref/vol1.texi
doc/lispref/vol2.texi
doc/lispref/windows.texi
etc/NEWS
=== modified file 'admin/FOR-RELEASE'
--- a/admin/FOR-RELEASE 2012-03-04 02:45:04 +0000
+++ b/admin/FOR-RELEASE 2012-03-04 06:50:18 +0000
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
errors.texi rgm
eval.texi cyd
files.texi cyd
-frames.texi
+frames.texi cyd
functions.texi cyd
hash.texi cyd
help.texi cyd
=== modified file 'doc/emacs/ChangeLog'
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog 2012-02-29 08:31:30 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog 2012-03-04 06:50:18 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-03-04 Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
+
+ * killing.texi (Clipboard): Document clipboard manager.
+
2012-02-29 Glenn Morris <address@hidden>
* ack.texi (Acknowledgments): Use @Tex{} in more places.
=== modified file 'doc/emacs/killing.texi'
--- a/doc/emacs/killing.texi 2012-01-19 07:21:25 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/killing.texi 2012-03-04 06:50:18 +0000
@@ -490,6 +490,17 @@
To prevent kill and yank commands from accessing the clipboard,
change the variable @code{x-select-enable-clipboard} to @code{nil}.
address@hidden clipboard manager
address@hidden x-select-enable-clipboard-manager
+ Many X desktop environments support a feature called the
address@hidden manager}. If you exit Emacs while it is the current
+``owner'' of the clipboard data, and there is a clipboard manager
+running, Emacs transfers the clipboard data to the clipboard manager
+so that it is not lost. In some circumstances, this may cause a delay
+when exiting Emacs; if you wish to prevent Emacs from transferring
+data to the clipboard manager, change the variable
address@hidden to @code{nil}.
+
@vindex x-select-enable-primary
@findex clipboard-kill-region
@findex clipboard-kill-ring-save
=== modified file 'doc/lispref/ChangeLog'
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog 2012-03-04 02:45:04 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog 2012-03-04 06:50:18 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+2012-03-04 Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
+
+ * frames.texi (Frames): Remove little-used "terminal frame" and
+ "window frame" terminology.
+ (Frame Parameters, Font and Color Parameters, Initial Parameters)
+ (Size and Position, Visibility of Frames): Callers changed.
+ (Frames): Clarify which terminals in framep are graphical.
+ (Initial Parameters): --geometry is not the only option which adds
+ to initial-frame-alist.
+ (Position Parameters): Note that icon-left and icon-top are for
+ old window managers only.
+ (Size Parameters): Sizes are in characters even on graphical
+ displays.
+ (Management Parameters): Note that window-id and outer-window-id
+ can't really be changed, and that auto-raise isn't always obeyed.
+ (Cursor Parameters): Document cursor-type explicitly.
+ (Size and Position): The aliases set-screen-height and
+ set-screen-width have been deleted.
+ (Visibility of Frames): Mention "minimization".
+
+ * os.texi (Startup Summary): Minor clarifications.
+ (Startup Summary, Suspending Emacs): Standardize on "text
+ terminal" terminology.
+
+ * windows.texi (Basic Windows, Coordinates and Windows)
+ (Coordinates and Windows):
+ * display.texi (Refresh Screen, Line Height, Face Attributes)
+ (Overlay Arrow, Beeping, Glyphless Chars): Likewise.
+
2012-03-04 Glenn Morris <address@hidden>
* abbrevs.texi: Small copyedits throughout.
=== modified file 'doc/lispref/anti.texi'
--- a/doc/lispref/anti.texi 2012-02-28 08:17:21 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/anti.texi 2012-03-04 06:50:18 +0000
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@
@item
Display terminals are no longer represented using a ``terminal'' data
type; this is not necessary, because we have removed the ability to
-display on graphical and text-only terminals simultaneously. For the
-same reason, the @code{window-system} variable is no longer
-frame-local, and the @code{window-system} function has been removed.
+display on graphical and text terminals simultaneously. For the same
+reason, the @code{window-system} variable is no longer frame-local,
+and the @code{window-system} function has been removed.
@item
The functions @code{list-system-processes} and
=== modified file 'doc/lispref/display.texi'
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi 2012-02-28 08:17:21 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi 2012-03-04 06:50:18 +0000
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
immediately, but the requested redisplay does happen
eventually---after all the input has been processed.
- On text-only terminals, suspending and resuming Emacs normally also
+ On text terminals, suspending and resuming Emacs normally also
refreshes the screen. Some terminal emulators record separate
contents for display-oriented programs such as Emacs and for ordinary
sequential display. If you are using such a terminal, you might want
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@
numeric height value specifies the line spacing, rather than the line
height.
- On text-only terminals, the line spacing cannot be altered.
+ On text terminals, the line spacing cannot be altered.
@node Faces
@section Faces
@@ -2058,7 +2058,7 @@
Font weight---one of the symbols (from densest to faintest)
@code{ultra-bold}, @code{extra-bold}, @code{bold}, @code{semi-bold},
@code{normal}, @code{semi-light}, @code{light}, @code{extra-light}, or
address@hidden On text-only terminals that support
address@hidden On text terminals which support
variable-brightness text, any weight greater than normal is displayed
as extra bright, and any weight less than normal is displayed as
half-bright.
@@ -2066,8 +2066,8 @@
@item :slant
Font slant---one of the symbols @code{italic}, @code{oblique},
@code{normal}, @code{reverse-italic}, or @code{reverse-oblique}. On
-text-only terminals that support variable-brightness text, slanted
-text is displayed as half-bright.
+text terminals that support variable-brightness text, slanted text is
+displayed as half-bright.
@item :foreground
Foreground color, a string. The value can be a system-defined color
@@ -3649,9 +3649,9 @@
Each variable on this list can have properties
@code{overlay-arrow-string} and @code{overlay-arrow-bitmap} that
-specify an overlay arrow string (for text-only terminals) or fringe
-bitmap (for graphical terminals) to display at the corresponding
-overlay arrow position. If either property is not set, the default
+specify an overlay arrow string (for text terminals) or fringe bitmap
+(for graphical terminals) to display at the corresponding overlay
+arrow position. If either property is not set, the default
@code{overlay-arrow-string} or @code{overlay-arrow} fringe indicator
is used.
@@ -6043,8 +6043,8 @@
@defopt visible-bell
This variable determines whether Emacs should flash the screen to
-represent a bell. address@hidden means yes, @code{nil} means no. This
-is effective on graphical displays, and on text-only terminals
+represent a bell. address@hidden means yes, @code{nil} means no.
+This is effective on graphical displays, and on text terminals
provided the terminal's Termcap entry defines the visible bell
capability (@samp{vb}).
@end defopt
@@ -6340,7 +6340,7 @@
they appear in a buffer, but in some special way (e.g. as a box
containing a hexadecimal code). These include characters that cannot
be displayed with any available font (on a graphical display), or that
-cannot be encoded by the terminal's coding system (on a text-only
+cannot be encoded by the terminal's coding system (on a text
terminal). Specific characters can also be defined to be glyphless.
@defvar glyphless-char-display
@@ -6355,7 +6355,7 @@
@item @code{thin-space}
Display a thin space, 1-pixel wide on graphical displays, or
-1-character wide on text-only terminals.
+1-character wide on text terminals.
@item @code{empty-box}
Display an empty box.
@@ -6374,7 +6374,7 @@
An entry can also be a cons cell @code{(@var{graphical}
. @var{text})}, where @var{graphical} and @var{text} are the display
-methods on graphical displays and text-only terminals respectively.
+methods on graphical displays and text terminals respectively.
The char-table has one extra slot, which determines how to display any
character that cannot be displayed with any available font, or cannot
=== modified file 'doc/lispref/elisp.texi'
--- a/doc/lispref/elisp.texi 2012-03-04 02:45:04 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/elisp.texi 2012-03-04 06:50:18 +0000
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@
* Window System Selections::Transferring text to and from other X clients.
* Drag and Drop:: Internals of Drag-and-Drop implementation.
* Color Names:: Getting the definitions of color names.
-* Text Terminal Colors:: Defining colors for text-only terminals.
+* Text Terminal Colors:: Defining colors for text terminals.
* Resources:: Getting resource values from the server.
* Display Feature Testing:: Determining the features of a terminal.
=== modified file 'doc/lispref/frames.texi'
--- a/doc/lispref/frames.texi 2012-02-28 04:01:56 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/frames.texi 2012-03-04 06:50:18 +0000
@@ -23,26 +23,25 @@
more Emacs frames. In Emacs Lisp, a @dfn{terminal object} is a Lisp
object that represents a terminal. @xref{Terminal Type}.
address@hidden terminal frame
address@hidden window frame
- There are two classes of terminals: text-only terminals and
-graphical terminals. Text-only terminals are non-graphics-capable
-display devices, including ``terminal emulators'' such as xterm. On
-text-only terminals, each frame occupies the entire terminal screen;
-although you can create additional frames and switch between them,
-only one frame can be shown at any given time. We refer to frames on
-text-only terminals as @dfn{terminal frames}. Graphical terminals, on
-the other hand, are graphics-capable windowing systems, such as the X
-Window System. On a graphical terminal, Emacs can display multiple
-frames simultaneously. We refer to such frames as @dfn{window
-frames}.
address@hidden text terminal
address@hidden graphical terminal
address@hidden graphical display
+ There are two classes of terminals: @dfn{text terminals} and
address@hidden terminals}. Text terminals are non-graphics-capable
+displays, including @command{xterm} and other terminal emulators. On
+a text terminal, each Emacs frame occupies the terminal's entire
+screen; although you can create additional frames and switch between
+them, the terminal only shows one frame at a time. Graphical
+terminals, on the other hand, are managed by graphical display systems
+such as the X Window System, which allow Emacs to show multiple frames
+simultaneously on the same display.
On GNU and Unix systems, you can create additional frames on any
available terminal, within a single Emacs session, regardless of
-whether Emacs was started on a text-only or graphical terminal. Emacs
-can display on both graphical and text-only terminals simultaneously.
-This comes in handy, for instance, when you connect to the same
-session from several remote locations. @xref{Multiple Terminals}.
+whether Emacs was started on a text or graphical terminal. Emacs can
+display on both graphical and text terminals simultaneously. This
+comes in handy, for instance, when you connect to the same session
+from several remote locations. @xref{Multiple Terminals}.
@defun framep object
This predicate returns a address@hidden value if @var{object} is a
@@ -50,14 +49,15 @@
kind of display the frame uses:
@table @code
address@hidden t
+The frame is displayed on a text terminal.
@item x
-The frame is displayed in an X window.
address@hidden t
-A terminal frame on a character display.
+The frame is displayed on an X graphical terminal.
@item w32
-The frame is displayed on MS-Windows 9X/NT.
+The frame is displayed on a MS-Windows graphical terminal.
@item ns
-The frame is displayed on a GNUstep or Macintosh Cocoa display.
+The frame is displayed on a GNUstep or Macintosh Cocoa graphical
+terminal.
@item pc
The frame is displayed on an MS-DOS terminal.
@end table
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@
@defun terminal-live-p object
This predicate returns a address@hidden value if @var{object} is a
-terminal that is alive (i.e.@: was not deleted), and @code{nil}
-otherwise. For live terminals, the return value indicates what kind
-of frames are displayed on that terminal; the list of possible values
-is the same as for @code{framep} above.
+terminal that is live (i.e.@: not deleted), and @code{nil} otherwise.
+For live terminals, the return value indicates what kind of frames are
+displayed on that terminal; the list of possible values is the same as
+for @code{framep} above.
@end defun
@menu
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
* Window System Selections:: Transferring text to and from other X clients.
* Drag and Drop:: Internals of Drag-and-Drop implementation.
* Color Names:: Getting the definitions of color names.
-* Text Terminal Colors:: Defining colors for text-only terminals.
+* Text Terminal Colors:: Defining colors for text terminals.
* Resources:: Getting resource values from the server.
* Display Feature Testing:: Determining the features of a terminal.
@end menu
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
@code{terminal} parameter in @var{alist}, the new frame is created on
that terminal. Otherwise, if you specify the @code{window-system}
frame parameter in @var{alist}, that determines whether the frame
-should be displayed on a text-only or graphical terminal.
+should be displayed on a text terminal or a graphical terminal.
@xref{Window Systems}. If neither is specified, the new frame is
created in the same terminal as the selected frame.
@@ -163,15 +163,15 @@
@cindex multiple X displays
@cindex displays, multiple
- Emacs represents each terminal, whether graphical or text-only, as a
address@hidden object} data type (@pxref{Terminal Type}). On GNU and
-Unix systems, Emacs can use multiple terminals simultaneously in each
-session. On other systems, it can only use a single terminal. Each
-terminal object has the following attributes:
+ Emacs represents each terminal as a @dfn{terminal object} data type
+(@pxref{Terminal Type}). On GNU and Unix systems, Emacs can use
+multiple terminals simultaneously in each session. On other systems,
+it can only use a single terminal. Each terminal object has the
+following attributes:
@itemize @bullet
@item
-The name of the device used by the terminal (e.g., @samp{:0.0} or
+The name of the device used by the terminal (e.g.@: @samp{:0.0} or
@file{/dev/tty}).
@item
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
@item
The kind of display associated with the terminal. This is the symbol
-returned by the function @code{terminal-live-p} (i.e., @code{x},
+returned by the function @code{terminal-live-p} (i.e.@: @code{x},
@code{t}, @code{w32}, @code{ns}, or @code{pc}). @xref{Frames}.
@item
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
There is no primitive for creating terminal objects. Emacs creates
them as needed, such as when you call @code{make-frame-on-display}
-(which is described below).
+(described below).
@defun terminal-name &optional terminal
This function returns the file name of the device used by
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
@end defun
@defun terminal-list
-This function returns a list of all terminal objects currently in use.
+This function returns a list of all live terminal objects.
@end defun
@defun get-device-terminal device
@@ -248,15 +248,15 @@
On GNU and Unix systems, each X display is a separate graphical
terminal. When Emacs is started from within the X window system, it
-uses the X display chosen with the @code{DISPLAY} environment
-variable, or with the @samp{--display} option. @xref{Initial
-Options,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. Emacs can connect to other X
-displays via the command @code{make-frame-on-display}. Each X display
-has its own selected frame and its own minibuffer windows; however,
-only one of those frames is address@hidden selected frame'' at any given
-moment (@pxref{Input Focus}). Emacs can even connect to other
-text-only terminals, by interacting with the @command{emacsclient}
-program. @xref{Emacs Server,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
+uses the X display specified by the @env{DISPLAY} environment
+variable, or by the @samp{--display} option (@pxref{Initial Options,,,
+emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). Emacs can connect to other X displays
+via the command @code{make-frame-on-display}. Each X display has its
+own selected frame and its own minibuffer windows; however, only one
+of those frames is address@hidden selected frame'' at any given moment
+(@pxref{Input Focus}). Emacs can even connect to other text
+terminals, by interacting with the @command{emacsclient} program.
address@hidden Server,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
A single X server can handle more than one display. Each X display
has a three-part name, @address@hidden:@address@hidden
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@
single keyboard.
On some ``multi-monitor'' setups, a single X display outputs to more
-than one monitor. Currently, there is no way for Emacs to distinguish
-between the different physical monitors.
+than one physical monitor. Currently, there is no way for Emacs to
+distinguish between the different physical monitors.
@deffn Command make-frame-on-display display &optional parameters
This function creates and returns a new frame on @var{display}, taking
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@
Before creating the frame, this function ensures that Emacs is ``set
up'' to display graphics. For instance, if Emacs has not processed X
-resources (e.g., if it was started on a text-only terminal), it does
-so at this time. In all other respects, this function behaves like
+resources (e.g.@: if it was started on a text terminal), it does so at
+this time. In all other respects, this function behaves like
@code{make-frame} (@pxref{Creating Frames}).
@end deffn
@@ -324,15 +324,15 @@
Just what parameters a frame has depends on what display mechanism it
uses.
- Frame parameters exist mostly for the sake of window systems. A
-terminal frame has a few parameters, mostly for compatibility's sake;
-only the @code{height}, @code{width}, @code{name}, @code{title},
address@hidden, @code{buffer-list} and @code{buffer-predicate}
-parameters do something special. If the terminal supports colors, the
-parameters @code{foreground-color}, @code{background-color},
address@hidden and @code{display-type} are also meaningful.
-If the terminal supports frame transparency, the parameter
address@hidden is also meaningful.
+ Frame parameters exist mostly for the sake of graphical displays.
+Most frame parameters have no effect when applied to a frame on a text
+terminal; only the @code{height}, @code{width}, @code{name},
address@hidden, @code{menu-bar-lines}, @code{buffer-list} and
address@hidden parameters do something special. If the
+terminal supports colors, the parameters @code{foreground-color},
address@hidden, @code{background-mode} and
address@hidden are also meaningful. If the terminal supports
+frame transparency, the parameter @code{alpha} is also meaningful.
@menu
* Parameter Access:: How to change a frame's parameters.
@@ -386,12 +386,13 @@
@node Initial Parameters
@subsection Initial Frame Parameters
-You can specify the parameters for the initial startup frame
-by setting @code{initial-frame-alist} in your init file (@pxref{Init File}).
+You can specify the parameters for the initial startup frame by
+setting @code{initial-frame-alist} in your init file (@pxref{Init
+File}).
@defopt initial-frame-alist
-This variable's value is an alist of parameter values used when creating
-the initial window frame. You can set this variable to specify the
+This variable's value is an alist of parameter values used when
+creating the initial frame. You can set this variable to specify the
appearance of the initial frame without altering subsequent frames.
Each element has the form:
@@ -443,11 +444,13 @@
default parameters by supplying their own parameters. @xref{Definition
of special-display-frame-alist}.
-If you use options that specify window appearance when you invoke Emacs,
-they take effect by adding elements to @code{default-frame-alist}. One
-exception is @samp{-geometry}, which adds the specified position to
address@hidden instead. @xref{Emacs Invocation,, Command
-Line Arguments for Emacs Invocation, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
+If you invoke Emacs with command-line options that specify frame
+appearance, those options take effect by adding elements to either
address@hidden or @code{default-frame-alist}. Options
+which affect just the initial frame, such as @samp{-geometry} and
address@hidden, add to @code{initial-frame-alist}; the others add
+to @code{default-frame-alist}. @pxref{Emacs Invocation,, Command Line
+Arguments for Emacs Invocation, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@node Window Frame Parameters
@subsection Window Frame Parameters
@@ -458,8 +461,8 @@
meanings on some or all kinds of terminals. Of these, @code{name},
@code{title}, @code{height}, @code{width}, @code{buffer-list} and
@code{buffer-predicate} provide meaningful information in terminal
-frames, and @code{tty-color-mode} is meaningful @emph{only} in
-terminal frames.
+frames, and @code{tty-color-mode} is meaningful only for frames on
+text terminals.
@menu
* Basic Parameters:: Parameters that are fundamental.
@@ -523,7 +526,7 @@
@cindex window position on display
Position parameters' values are normally measured in pixels, but on
-text-only terminals they count characters or lines instead.
+text terminals they count characters or lines instead.
@table @code
@vindex left, a frame parameter
@@ -560,19 +563,17 @@
@vindex icon-left, a frame parameter
@item icon-left
-The screen position of the left edge @emph{of the frame's icon}, in
-pixels, counting from the left edge of the screen. This takes effect if
-and when the frame is iconified.
-
-If you specify a value for this parameter, then you must also specify
-a value for @code{icon-top} and vice versa. The window manager may
-ignore these two parameters.
+The screen position of the left edge of the frame's icon, in pixels,
+counting from the left edge of the screen. This takes effect when the
+frame is iconified, if the window manager supports this feature. If
+you specify a value for this parameter, then you must also specify a
+value for @code{icon-top} and vice versa.
@vindex icon-top, a frame parameter
@item icon-top
-The screen position of the top edge @emph{of the frame's icon}, in
-pixels, counting from the top edge of the screen. This takes effect if
-and when the frame is iconified.
+The screen position of the top edge of the frame's icon, in pixels,
+counting from the top edge of the screen. This takes effect when the
+frame is iconified, if the window manager supports this feature.
@vindex user-position, a frame parameter
@item user-position
@@ -600,8 +601,9 @@
@subsubsection Size Parameters
@cindex window size on display
- Size parameters' values are normally measured in pixels, but on
-text-only terminals they count characters or lines instead.
+ Frame parameters specify frame sizes in character units. On
+graphical displays, the @code{default} face determines the actual
+pixel sizes of these character units (@pxref{Face Attributes}).
@table @code
@vindex height, a frame parameter
@@ -756,8 +758,9 @@
@subsubsection Window Management Parameters
@cindex window manager interaction, and frame parameters
- These frame parameters, meaningful only on window system displays,
-interact with the window manager.
+ The following frame parameters control various aspects of the
+frame's interaction with the window manager. They have no effect on
+text terminals.
@table @code
@vindex visibility, a frame parameter
@@ -768,11 +771,13 @@
@vindex auto-raise, a frame parameter
@item auto-raise
-Whether selecting the frame raises it (address@hidden means yes).
+If address@hidden, Emacs automatically raises the frame when it is
+selected. Some window managers do not allow this.
@vindex auto-lower, a frame parameter
@item auto-lower
-Whether deselecting the frame lowers it (address@hidden means yes).
+If address@hidden, Emacs automatically lowers the frame when it is
+deselected. Some window managers do not allow this.
@vindex icon-type, a frame parameter
@item icon-type
@@ -788,12 +793,15 @@
@vindex window-id, a frame parameter
@item window-id
-The number of the window-system window used by the frame
-to contain the actual Emacs windows.
+The ID number which the graphical display uses for this frame. Emacs
+assigns this parameter when the frame is created; changing the
+parameter has no effect on the actual ID number.
@vindex outer-window-id, a frame parameter
@item outer-window-id
-The number of the outermost window-system window used for the whole frame.
+The ID number of the outermost window-system window in which the frame
+exists. As with @code{window-id}, changing this parameter has no
+actual effect.
@vindex wait-for-wm, a frame parameter
@item wait-for-wm
@@ -848,9 +856,26 @@
@end table
@vindex cursor-type
-The buffer-local variable @code{cursor-type} overrides the value of
-the @code{cursor-type} frame parameter, but if it is @code{t}, that
-means to use the cursor specified for the frame.
+The @code{cursor-type} frame parameter may be overridden by the
+variables @code{cursor-type} and
address@hidden:
+
address@hidden cursor-type
+This buffer-local variable controls how the cursor looks in a selected
+window showing the buffer. If its value is @code{t}, that means to
+use the cursor specified by the @code{cursor-type} frame parameter.
+Otherwise, the value should be one of the cursor types listed above,
+and it overrides the @code{cursor-type} frame parameter.
address@hidden defvar
+
address@hidden cursor-in-non-selected-windows
+This buffer-local variable controls how the cursor looks in a window
+that is not selected. It supports the same values as the
address@hidden frame parameter; also, @code{nil} means don't
+display a cursor in nonselected windows, and @code{t} (the default)
+means use a standard modification of the usual cursor type (solid box
+becomes hollow box, and bar becomes a narrower bar).
address@hidden defopt
@defopt blink-cursor-alist
This variable specifies how to blink the cursor. Each element has the
@@ -866,15 +891,6 @@
@code{cursor-type} frame parameter.
@end defopt
address@hidden cursor-in-non-selected-windows
-This variable controls how the cursor looks in a window that is not
-selected. It supports the same values as the @code{cursor-type} frame
-parameter; also, @code{nil} means don't display a cursor in
-nonselected windows, and @code{t} (the default) means use a standard
-modification of the usual cursor type (solid box becomes hollow box,
-and bar becomes a narrower bar).
address@hidden defopt
-
@node Font and Color Parameters
@subsubsection Font and Color Parameters
@cindex font and color, frame parameters
@@ -903,7 +919,7 @@
@cindex standard colors for character terminals
This parameter overrides the terminal's color support as given by the
system's terminal capabilities database in that this parameter's value
-specifies the color mode to use in terminal frames. The value can be
+specifies the color mode to use on a text terminal. The value can be
either a symbol or a number. A number specifies the number of colors
to use (and, indirectly, what commands to issue to produce each
color). For example, @code{(tty-color-mode . 8)} specifies use of the
@@ -1047,17 +1063,17 @@
@defunx frame-pixel-width &optional 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. For a text-only terminal, the results are
-in characters rather than pixels.
+they use the selected frame. For a text terminal, the results are in
+characters rather than pixels.
-These values include the internal borders, and windows' scroll bars and
-fringes (which belong to individual windows, not to the frame itself).
-The exact value of the heights depends on the window-system and toolkit
-in use. With Gtk+, the height does not include any tool bar or menu
-bar. With the Motif or Lucid toolkits, it includes the tool bar but
-not the menu bar. In a graphical version with no toolkit, it includes
-both the tool bar and menu bar. For a text-only terminal, the result
-includes the menu bar.
+These values include the internal borders, and windows' scroll bars
+and fringes (which belong to individual windows, not to the frame
+itself). The exact value of the heights depends on the window-system
+and toolkit in use. With Gtk+, the height does not include any tool
+bar or menu bar. With the Motif or Lucid toolkits, it includes the
+tool bar but not the menu bar. In a graphical version with no
+toolkit, it includes both the tool bar and menu bar. For a text
+terminal, the result includes the menu bar.
@end defun
@defun frame-char-height &optional frame
@@ -1084,13 +1100,13 @@
If @var{pretend} is address@hidden, then Emacs displays @var{lines}
lines of output in @var{frame}, but does not change its value for the
-actual height of the frame. This is only useful for a terminal frame.
+actual height of the frame. This is only useful on text terminals.
Using a smaller height than the terminal actually implements may be
useful to reproduce behavior observed on a smaller screen, or if the
terminal malfunctions when using its whole screen. Setting the frame
height ``for real'' does not always work, because knowing the correct
-actual size may be necessary for correct cursor positioning on a
-terminal frame.
+actual size may be necessary for correct cursor positioning on
+text terminals.
@end defun
@defun set-frame-width frame width &optional pretend
@@ -1099,13 +1115,6 @@
@code{set-frame-height}.
@end defun
address@hidden set-screen-height
address@hidden set-screen-width
- The older functions @code{set-screen-height} and
address@hidden were used to specify the height and width of the
-screen, in Emacs versions that did not support multiple frames. They
-are semi-obsolete, but still work; they apply to the selected frame.
-
@node Geometry
@subsection Geometry
@@ -1230,9 +1239,10 @@
@section Deleting Frames
@cindex deleting frames
-Frames remain potentially visible until you explicitly @dfn{delete}
-them. A deleted frame cannot appear on the screen, but continues to
-exist as a Lisp object until there are no references to it.
+ A @dfn{live frame} is one that has not been deleted. When a frame
+is deleted, it is removed from its terminal display, although it may
+continue to exist as a Lisp object until there are no more references
+to it.
@deffn Command delete-frame &optional frame force
@vindex delete-frame-functions
@@ -1263,25 +1273,25 @@
@cindex frames, scanning all
@defun frame-list
-The function @code{frame-list} returns a list of all the live frames,
-i.e.@: those that have not been deleted. It is analogous to
address@hidden for buffers, and includes frames on all terminals.
-The list that you get is newly created, so modifying the list doesn't
-have any effect on the internals of Emacs.
+This function returns a list of all the live frames, i.e.@: those that
+have not been deleted. It is analogous to @code{buffer-list} for
+buffers, and includes frames on all terminals. The list that you get
+is newly created, so modifying the list doesn't have any effect on the
+internals of Emacs.
@end defun
@defun visible-frame-list
This function returns a list of just the currently visible frames.
address@hidden of Frames}. (Terminal frames always count as
-``visible,'' even though only the selected one is actually displayed.)
address@hidden of Frames}. Frames on text terminals always count as
+``visible'', even though only the selected one is actually displayed.
@end defun
@defun next-frame &optional frame minibuf
-The function @code{next-frame} lets you cycle conveniently through all
-the frames on the current display from an arbitrary starting point. It
-returns the ``next'' frame after @var{frame} in the cycle. If
address@hidden is omitted or @code{nil}, it defaults to the selected frame
-(@pxref{Input Focus}).
+This function lets you cycle conveniently through all the frames on
+the current display from an arbitrary starting point. It returns the
+``next'' frame after @var{frame} in the cycle. If @var{frame} is
+omitted or @code{nil}, it defaults to the selected frame (@pxref{Input
+Focus}).
The second argument, @var{minibuf}, says which frames to consider:
@@ -1369,20 +1379,20 @@
concept of focus; rather, it escapes from the window manager's control
until that control is somehow reasserted.
-When using a text-only terminal, only one frame can be displayed at a
-time on the terminal, so after a call to @code{select-frame}, the next
+When using a text terminal, only one frame can be displayed at a time
+on the terminal, so after a call to @code{select-frame}, the next
redisplay actually displays the newly selected frame. This frame
remains selected until a subsequent call to @code{select-frame}. Each
-terminal frame has a number which appears in the mode line before the
-buffer name (@pxref{Mode Line Variables}).
+frame on a text terminal has a number which appears in the mode line
+before the buffer name (@pxref{Mode Line Variables}).
@defun select-frame-set-input-focus frame &optional norecord
This function selects @var{frame}, raises it (should it happen to be
obscured by other frames) and tries to give it the X server's focus.
-On a text-only terminal, the next redisplay displays the new frame on
-the entire terminal screen. The optional argument @var{norecord} has
-the same meaning as for @code{select-frame} (see below). The return
-value of this function is not significant.
+On a text terminal, the next redisplay displays the new frame on the
+entire terminal screen. The optional argument @var{norecord} has the
+same meaning as for @code{select-frame} (see below). The return value
+of this function is not significant.
@end defun
@defun select-frame frame &optional norecord
@@ -1466,20 +1476,34 @@
@cindex visible frame
@cindex invisible frame
@cindex iconified frame
address@hidden minimized frame
@cindex frame visibility
-A window frame may be @dfn{visible}, @dfn{invisible}, or
address@hidden 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. (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.
+A frame on a graphical display may be @dfn{visible}, @dfn{invisible},
+or @dfn{iconified}. If it is visible, its contents are displayed in
+the usual manner. If it is iconified, its contents are not displayed,
+but there is a little icon somewhere to bring the frame back into view
+(some window managers refer to this state as @dfn{minimized} rather
+than @dfn{iconified}, but from Emacs' point of view they are the same
+thing). If a frame is invisible, it is not displayed at all.
-Visibility is meaningless for terminal frames, since only the selected
+ Visibility is meaningless on text terminals, since only the selected
one is actually displayed in any case.
address@hidden frame-visible-p frame
+This function returns the visibility status of frame @var{frame}. The
+value is @code{t} if @var{frame} is visible, @code{nil} if it is
+invisible, and @code{icon} if it is iconified.
+
+On a text terminal, all frames are considered visible, whether they
+are currently being displayed or not.
address@hidden defun
+
address@hidden Command iconify-frame &optional frame
+This function iconifies frame @var{frame}. If you omit @var{frame}, it
+iconifies the selected frame.
address@hidden deffn
+
@deffn Command make-frame-visible &optional frame
This function makes frame @var{frame} visible. If you omit
@var{frame}, it makes the selected frame visible. This does not raise
@@ -1495,29 +1519,12 @@
@var{frame} invisible if all other frames are invisible..
@end deffn
address@hidden Command iconify-frame &optional frame
-This function iconifies frame @var{frame}. If you omit @var{frame}, it
-iconifies the selected frame.
address@hidden deffn
-
address@hidden frame-visible-p frame
-This returns the visibility status of frame @var{frame}. The value is
address@hidden if @var{frame} is visible, @code{nil} if it is invisible, and
address@hidden if it is iconified.
-
-On a text-only terminal, all frames are considered visible, whether
-they are currently being displayed or not, and this function returns
address@hidden for all frames.
address@hidden defun
-
The visibility status of a frame is also available as a frame
parameter. You can read or change it as such. @xref{Management
-Parameters}.
-
- The user can iconify and deiconify frames with the window manager.
-This happens below the level at which Emacs can exert any control, but
-Emacs does provide events that you can use to keep track of such
-changes. @xref{Misc Events}.
+Parameters}. The user can also iconify and deiconify frames with the
+window manager. This happens below the level at which Emacs can exert
+any control, but Emacs does provide events that you can use to keep
+track of such changes. @xref{Misc Events}.
@node Raising and Lowering
@section Raising and Lowering Frames
@@ -2110,10 +2117,10 @@
@node Text Terminal Colors
@section Text Terminal Colors
address@hidden colors on text-only terminals
address@hidden colors on text terminals
- Text-only terminals usually support only a small number of colors,
-and the computer uses small integers to select colors on the terminal.
+ Text terminals usually support only a small number of colors, and
+the computer uses small integers to select colors on the terminal.
This means that the computer cannot reliably tell what the selected
color looks like; instead, you have to inform your application which
small integers correspond to which colors. However, Emacs does know
@@ -2127,10 +2134,10 @@
These functions accept a display (either a frame or the name of a
terminal) as an optional argument. We hope in the future to make
-Emacs support different colors on different text-only terminals; then
-this argument will specify which terminal to operate on (the default
-being the selected frame's terminal; @pxref{Input Focus}). At
-present, though, the @var{frame} argument has no effect.
+Emacs support different colors on different text terminals; then this
+argument will specify which terminal to operate on (the default being
+the selected frame's terminal; @pxref{Input Focus}). At present,
+though, the @var{frame} argument has no effect.
@defun tty-color-define name number &optional rgb frame
This function associates the color name @var{name} with
@@ -2144,12 +2151,12 @@
@end defun
@defun tty-color-clear &optional frame
-This function clears the table of defined colors for a text-only terminal.
+This function clears the table of defined colors for a text terminal.
@end defun
@defun tty-color-alist &optional frame
-This function returns an alist recording the known colors supported by a
-text-only terminal.
+This function returns an alist recording the known colors supported by
+a text terminal.
Each element has the form @code{(@var{name} @var{number} . @var{rgb})}
or @code{(@var{name} @var{number})}. Here, @var{name} is the color
@@ -2265,8 +2272,8 @@
@defun display-graphic-p &optional display
This function returns @code{t} if @var{display} is a graphic display
capable of displaying several frames and several different fonts at
-once. This is true for displays that use a window system such as X, and
-false for text-only terminals.
+once. This is true for displays that use a window system such as X,
+and false for text terminals.
@end defun
@defun display-mouse-p &optional display
=== modified file 'doc/lispref/os.texi'
--- a/doc/lispref/os.texi 2012-01-19 07:21:25 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi 2012-03-04 06:50:18 +0000
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@
It runs the normal hook @code{before-init-hook}.
@item
-It initializes the window frame and faces, if appropriate, and turns
-on the menu bar and tool bar, if the initial frame needs them.
+It initializes the initial frame's faces, and turns on the menu bar
+and tool bar if needed.
@item
It loads the library @file{site-start}, if it exists. This is not
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
@code{initial-major-mode}.
@item
-If started on a text-only terminal, it loads the terminal-specific
+If started on a text terminal, it loads the terminal-specific
Lisp library, which is specified by the variable
@code{term-file-prefix} (@pxref{Terminal-Specific}). This is not done
in @code{--batch} mode, nor if @code{term-file-prefix} is @code{nil}.
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
@subsection Suspending Emacs
@cindex suspending Emacs
- On text-only terminals, it is possible to @dfn{suspend Emacs}, which
+ On text terminals, it is possible to @dfn{suspend Emacs}, which
means stopping Emacs temporarily and returning control to its superior
process, which is usually the shell. This allows you to resume
editing later in the same Emacs process, with the same buffers, the
@@ -740,10 +740,10 @@
@deffn Command suspend-frame
This command @dfn{suspends} a frame. For GUI frames, it calls
address@hidden (@pxref{Visibility of Frames}); for text-only
-frames, it calls either @code{suspend-emacs} or @code{suspend-tty},
-depending on whether the frame is displayed on the controlling
-terminal device or not.
address@hidden (@pxref{Visibility of Frames}); for frames on
+text terminals, it calls either @code{suspend-emacs} or
address@hidden, depending on whether the frame is displayed on the
+controlling terminal device or not.
@end deffn
@node System Environment
=== modified file 'doc/lispref/vol1.texi'
--- a/doc/lispref/vol1.texi 2012-03-04 02:45:04 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/vol1.texi 2012-03-04 06:50:18 +0000
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@
* Window System Selections::Transferring text to and from other X clients.
* Drag and Drop:: Internals of Drag-and-Drop implementation.
* Color Names:: Getting the definitions of color names.
-* Text Terminal Colors:: Defining colors for text-only terminals.
+* Text Terminal Colors:: Defining colors for text terminals.
* Resources:: Getting resource values from the server.
* Display Feature Testing:: Determining the features of a terminal.
=== modified file 'doc/lispref/vol2.texi'
--- a/doc/lispref/vol2.texi 2012-03-04 02:45:04 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/vol2.texi 2012-03-04 06:50:18 +0000
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@
* Window System Selections::Transferring text to and from other X clients.
* Drag and Drop:: Internals of Drag-and-Drop implementation.
* Color Names:: Getting the definitions of color names.
-* Text Terminal Colors:: Defining colors for text-only terminals.
+* Text Terminal Colors:: Defining colors for text terminals.
* Resources:: Getting resource values from the server.
* Display Feature Testing:: Determining the features of a terminal.
=== modified file 'doc/lispref/windows.texi'
--- a/doc/lispref/windows.texi 2012-01-29 01:50:40 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/windows.texi 2012-03-04 06:50:18 +0000
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
graphical desktop environments and window systems, such as the X
Window System. When Emacs is run on X, each of its graphical X
windows is an Emacs frame (containing one or more Emacs windows).
-When Emacs is run on a text-only terminal, the frame fills the entire
+When Emacs is run on a text terminal, the frame fills the entire
terminal screen.
@cindex tiled windows
@@ -2964,8 +2964,8 @@
Note that these are the actual outer edges of the window, including
any header line, mode line, scroll bar, fringes, and display margins.
-On a text-only terminal, if the window has a neighbor on its right,
-its right edge includes the separator line between the window and its
+On a text terminal, if the window has a neighbor on its right, its
+right edge includes the separator line between the window and its
neighbor.
@end defun
@@ -3046,8 +3046,8 @@
The following functions return window positions in pixels, rather
than character units. Though mostly useful on graphical displays,
-they can also be called on text-only terminals, where the screen area
-of each text character is taken to be ``one pixel''.
+they can also be called on text terminals, where the screen area of
+each text character is taken to be ``one pixel''.
@defun window-pixel-edges &optional window
This function returns a list of pixel coordinates for the edges of
=== modified file 'etc/NEWS'
--- a/etc/NEWS 2012-03-03 02:45:21 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS 2012-03-04 06:50:18 +0000
@@ -542,7 +542,6 @@
*** mouse-2 is now bound to `mouse-yank-primary'.
This pastes from the primary selection, ignoring the kill-ring.
Previously, mouse-2 was bound to `mouse-yank-at-click'.
-
+++
*** `x-select-enable-clipboard' now defaults to t on all platforms.
+++
@@ -569,7 +568,7 @@
+++
*** Support for X cut buffers has been removed.
-
++++
*** X clipboard managers are now supported.
To inhibit this, change `x-select-enable-clipboard-manager' to nil.
@@ -1118,7 +1117,9 @@
mldrag-drag-mode-line (mouse-drag-mode-line),
mldrag-drag-vertical-line (mouse-drag-vertical-line),
iswitchb-default-keybindings (iswitchb-mode), char-bytes (== 1),
-isearch-return-char (isearch-printing-char), make-local-hook (not needed)
+isearch-return-char (isearch-printing-char), make-local-hook (not needed),
+set-screen-height (set-frame-height), set-screen-width (set-frame-width)
+
+++
** The following obsolete (mostly since at least 21.1) variables and varaliases
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