Re: How to configure the emacs tool-bar and other misc questions

[rustom]

On Dec 7, 5:12 am, Stefano Sabatini <stefa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> most default buttons on the toolbar are quite useless to me since all
> the corresponding functions correspond to key-bindings I already know
> by heart.
>
> So I'd like to customize them to make it dependant on the major mode
> I'm in, e.g. in C-programming mode it would be useful to have some
> button for hiding/showing functions. I also wonder if I necessarily
> need to have an icon for each button, or if it is possible to assign a
> text label instead (or any combination of them).
To shut off the toolbar
(tool-bar-mode 0)

Some other noise reducers
(scroll-bar-mode 0)
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)
(setq initial-scratch-message nil)
(fringe-mode 1)

Greater customization -- I dont know
>
> Another unrelated question: when I run describe-mode a new buffer is
> shown. If there is just one buffer it is split and the *Help* buffer
> is shown on the right side of the active buffer. If there are more
> than one active buffers the *Help* buffer is opened on one of the
> existing buffer, which is quite annoying since it may cover some
> buffer on which I'm working (and which I want to stay visible). So I
> wonder how I am supposed to customize the logic for showing the *Help*
> buffer given the current layout (e.g. a possibility would be to open a
> new frame, or always creating a new buffer without to steal visibility
> to an active buffer).
>
> My emacs (today BZR version):
> GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1) of 2010-12-06 on 
> arborea
>
> Best regards, emacs forever.
> --
> The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.