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Re: Missing frame parameters on tty's
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: Missing frame parameters on tty's |
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Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:55:19 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) |
Hello, Eli.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 07:07:46PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:03:32 +0000
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > From: Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden>
> > > I'd suggest something like
> > > (Note that none of these parameters exist on text-mode frames.)
> > OK, but I'm not too keen on "text-mode" frames - there's a danger of
> > confusion with the major mode of that name. How about:
> > (Note that none of these parameters exist on text terminal frames.}
> > , using the original term "text terminal", but keeping the sentence in
> > parenteses? After all, the main purpose is to alert Emacs Lisp hackers
> > to the possibility of these frame parameters being nil; exactly when
> > they are going to be nil is of secondary importance.
> The official terminology is "TTY frames" or "text-mode frames". But I
> won't insist.
OK. It's probably less important than other things, but I think the
following will be satisfactory to both of us:
diff --git a/doc/lispref/frames.texi b/doc/lispref/frames.texi
index 5d873ac..614b7db 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/frames.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/frames.texi
@@ -1188,8 +1188,8 @@ Position Parameters
@cindex window position on display
@cindex frame position
- Position parameters' values are normally measured in pixels, but on
-text terminals they count characters or lines instead.
+ Position parameters' values are measured in pixels. (Note that none
+of these parameters exist on TTY frames.)
@table @code
@vindex left, a frame parameter
I'll commit it soon if (as expected) I don't hear back from you.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).