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authorEli Zaretskii <[email protected]>2010-08-28 11:10:13 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii <[email protected]>2010-08-28 11:10:13 +0300
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tree8f6012f2a3fe169e20019b0a9c6dc382bd3ee83f /doc/lispref/frames.texi
parent26446e2c7e5c26f44f25f8eeef3aead3d1865cc3 (diff)
Improve ELisp manual to fix bug #6929.
display.texi (Fringe Size/Pos): Add a cross-reference to "Layout Parameters", where the default fringe width is described. frames.texi (Window Frame Parameters, Basic Parameters) (Position Parameters, Layout Parameters, Management Parameters) (Cursor Parameters, Font and Color Parameters): Add indexing for frame parameters. (Bug#6929)
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/frames.texi b/doc/lispref/frames.texi
index a54a65b074..78b4178bb2 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/frames.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/frames.texi
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ Line Arguments for Emacs Invocation, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@node Window Frame Parameters
@subsection Window Frame Parameters
+@cindex frame parameters for windowed displays
Just what parameters a frame has depends on what display mechanism
it uses. This section describes the parameters that have special
@@ -489,16 +490,19 @@ terminal frames.
frame. @code{title} and @code{name} are meaningful on all terminals.
@table @code
+@vindex display, a frame parameter
@item display
The display on which to open this frame. It should be a string of the
form @code{"@var{host}:@var{dpy}.@var{screen}"}, just like the
@code{DISPLAY} environment variable.
+@vindex display-type, a frame parameter
@item display-type
This parameter describes the range of possible colors that can be used
in this frame. Its value is @code{color}, @code{grayscale} or
@code{mono}.
+@vindex title, a frame parameter
@item title
If a frame has a non-@code{nil} title, it appears in the window
system's title bar at the top of the frame, and also in the mode line
@@ -507,6 +511,7 @@ of windows in that frame if @code{mode-line-frame-identification} uses
Emacs is not using a window system, and can only display one frame at
a time. @xref{Frame Titles}.
+@vindex name, a frame parameter
@item name
The name of the frame. The frame name serves as a default for the frame
title, if the @code{title} parameter is unspecified or @code{nil}. If
@@ -520,11 +525,13 @@ looking up X resources for the frame.
@node Position Parameters
@subsubsection Position Parameters
+@cindex window position on display
Position parameters' values are normally measured in pixels, but on
text-only terminals they count characters or lines instead.
@table @code
+@vindex left, a frame parameter
@item left
The position, in pixels, of the left (or right) edge of the frame with
respect to the left (or right) edge of the screen. The value may be:
@@ -550,11 +557,13 @@ Some window managers ignore program-specified positions. If you want to
be sure the position you specify is not ignored, specify a
non-@code{nil} value for the @code{user-position} parameter as well.
+@vindex top, a frame parameter
@item top
The screen position of the top (or bottom) edge, in pixels, with respect
to the top (or bottom) edge of the screen. It works just like
@code{left}, except vertically instead of horizontally.
+@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
@@ -564,11 +573,13 @@ 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.
+@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.
+@vindex user-position, a frame parameter
@item user-position
When you create a frame and specify its screen position with the
@code{left} and @code{top} parameters, use this parameter to say whether
@@ -576,6 +587,7 @@ the specified position was user-specified (explicitly requested in some
way by a human user) or merely program-specified (chosen by a program).
A non-@code{nil} value says the position was user-specified.
+@cindex window positions and window managers
Window managers generally heed user-specified positions, and some heed
program-specified positions too. But many ignore program-specified
positions, placing the window in a default fashion or letting the user
@@ -591,24 +603,31 @@ parameters represent the user's stated preference; otherwise, use
@node Size Parameters
@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.
@table @code
+@vindex height, a frame parameter
@item height
The height of the frame contents, in characters. (To get the height in
pixels, call @code{frame-pixel-height}; see @ref{Size and Position}.)
+@vindex width, a frame parameter
@item width
The width of the frame contents, in characters. (To get the width in
pixels, call @code{frame-pixel-width}; see @ref{Size and Position}.)
+@vindex user-size, a frame parameter
@item user-size
This does for the size parameters @code{height} and @code{width} what
-the @code{user-position} parameter (see above) does for the position
-parameters @code{top} and @code{left}.
+the @code{user-position} parameter (@pxref{Position Parameters,
+user-position}) does for the position parameters @code{top} and
+@code{left}.
+@cindex full-screen frames
+@vindex fullscreen, a frame parameter
@item fullscreen
Specify that width, height or both shall be maximized. The value
@code{fullwidth} specifies that width shall be as wide as possible.
@@ -623,33 +642,42 @@ covers the whole screen.
@node Layout Parameters
@subsubsection Layout Parameters
+@cindex layout parameters of frames
+@cindex frame layout parameters
These frame parameters enable or disable various parts of the
frame, or control their sizes.
@table @code
+@vindex border-width, a frame parameter
@item border-width
The width in pixels of the frame's border.
+@vindex internal-border-width, a frame parameter
@item internal-border-width
The distance in pixels between text (or fringe) and the frame's border.
+@vindex vertical-scroll-bars, a frame parameter
@item vertical-scroll-bars
Whether the frame has scroll bars for vertical scrolling, and which side
of the frame they should be on. The possible values are @code{left},
@code{right}, and @code{nil} for no scroll bars.
@ignore
+@vindex horizontal-scroll-bars, a frame parameter
@item horizontal-scroll-bars
Whether the frame has scroll bars for horizontal scrolling
(non-@code{nil} means yes). Horizontal scroll bars are not currently
implemented.
@end ignore
+@vindex scroll-bar-width, a frame parameter
@item scroll-bar-width
The width of vertical scroll bars, in pixels, or @code{nil} meaning to
use the default width.
+@vindex left-fringe, a frame parameter
+@vindex right-fringe, a frame parameter
@item left-fringe
@itemx right-fringe
The default width of the left and right fringes of windows in this
@@ -666,22 +694,26 @@ fringe. However, you can force one fringe or the other to a precise
width by specifying that width as a negative integer. If both widths are
negative, only the left fringe gets the specified width.
+@vindex menu-bar-lines, a frame parameter
@item menu-bar-lines
The number of lines to allocate at the top of the frame for a menu
bar. The default is 1. A value of @code{nil} means don't display a
menu bar. @xref{Menu Bar}. (The X toolkit and GTK allow at most one
menu bar line; they treat larger values as 1.)
+@vindex tool-bar-lines, a frame parameter
@item tool-bar-lines
The number of lines to use for the tool bar. A value of @code{nil}
means don't display a tool bar. (GTK and Nextstep allow at most one
tool bar line; they treat larger values as 1.)
+@vindex tool-bar-position, a frame parameter
@item tool-bar-position
The position of the tool bar. Currently only for the GTK tool bar.
Value can be one of @code{top}, @code{bottom} @code{left}, @code{right}.
The default is @code{top}.
+@vindex line-spacing, a frame parameter
@item line-spacing
Additional space to leave below each text line, in pixels (a positive
integer). @xref{Line Height}, for more information.
@@ -694,6 +726,7 @@ integer). @xref{Line Height}, for more information.
with which buffers have been, or should, be displayed in the frame.
@table @code
+@vindex minibuffer, a frame parameter
@item minibuffer
Whether this frame has its own minibuffer. The value @code{t} means
yes, @code{nil} means no, @code{only} means this frame is just a
@@ -703,6 +736,7 @@ frame), the frame uses that minibuffer.
This frame parameter takes effect when the frame is created, and can
not be changed afterwards.
+@vindex buffer-predicate, a frame parameter
@item buffer-predicate
The buffer-predicate function for this frame. The function
@code{other-buffer} uses this predicate (from the selected frame) to
@@ -711,61 +745,73 @@ decide which buffers it should consider, if the predicate is not
each buffer; if the predicate returns a non-@code{nil} value, it
considers that buffer.
+@vindex buffer-list, a frame parameter
@item buffer-list
-A list of buffers that have been selected in this frame,
-ordered most-recently-selected first.
+A list of buffers that have been selected in this frame, ordered
+most-recently-selected first.
+@vindex unsplittable, a frame parameter
@item unsplittable
If non-@code{nil}, this frame's window is never split automatically.
@end table
@node Management Parameters
@subsubsection Window Management Parameters
-@cindex window manager, and frame parameters
+@cindex window manager interaction, and frame parameters
These frame parameters, meaningful only on window system displays,
interact with the window manager.
@table @code
+@vindex visibility, a frame parameter
@item visibility
The state of visibility of the frame. There are three possibilities:
@code{nil} for invisible, @code{t} for visible, and @code{icon} for
iconified. @xref{Visibility of Frames}.
+@vindex auto-raise, a frame parameter
@item auto-raise
Whether selecting the frame raises it (non-@code{nil} means yes).
+@vindex auto-lower, a frame parameter
@item auto-lower
Whether deselecting the frame lowers it (non-@code{nil} means yes).
+@vindex icon-type, a frame parameter
@item icon-type
The type of icon to use for this frame when it is iconified. If the
value is a string, that specifies a file containing a bitmap to use.
Any other non-@code{nil} value specifies the default bitmap icon (a
picture of a gnu); @code{nil} specifies a text icon.
+@vindex icon-name, a frame parameter
@item icon-name
The name to use in the icon for this frame, when and if the icon
appears. If this is @code{nil}, the frame's title is used.
+@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.
+@vindex outer-window-id, a frame parameter
@item outer-window-id
The number of the outermost window-system window used for the whole frame.
+@vindex wait-for-wm, a frame parameter
@item wait-for-wm
If non-@code{nil}, tell Xt to wait for the window manager to confirm
geometry changes. Some window managers, including versions of Fvwm2
and KDE, fail to confirm, so Xt hangs. Set this to @code{nil} to
prevent hanging with those window managers.
+@vindex sticky, a frame parameter
@item sticky
If non-@code{nil}, the frame is visible on all virtual desktops on systems
with virtual desktops.
@ignore
+@vindex parent-id, a frame parameter
@item parent-id
@c ??? Not yet working.
The X window number of the window that should be the parent of this one.
@@ -777,10 +823,12 @@ it and see if it works.)
@node Cursor Parameters
@subsubsection Cursor Parameters
+@cindex cursor, and frame parameters
This frame parameter controls the way the cursor looks.
@table @code
+@vindex cursor-type, a frame parameter
@item cursor-type
How to display the cursor. Legitimate values are:
@@ -832,10 +880,12 @@ and bar becomes a narrower bar).
@node Font and Color Parameters
@subsubsection Font and Color Parameters
+@cindex font and color, frame parameters
These frame parameters control the use of fonts and colors.
@table @code
+@vindex font-backend, a frame parameter
@item font-backend
A list of symbols, specifying the @dfn{font backends} to use for
drawing fonts in the frame, in order of priority. On X, there are
@@ -844,10 +894,12 @@ driver) and @code{xft} (the Xft font driver). On other systems, there
is only one available font backend, so it does not make sense to
modify this frame parameter.
+@vindex background-mode, a frame parameter
@item background-mode
This parameter is either @code{dark} or @code{light}, according
to whether the background color is a light one or a dark one.
+@vindex tty-color-mode, a frame parameter
@item tty-color-mode
@cindex standard colors for character terminals
This parameter overrides the terminal's color support as given by the
@@ -863,6 +915,7 @@ If the parameter's value is a symbol, it specifies a number through
the value of @code{tty-color-mode-alist}, and the associated number is
used instead.
+@vindex screen-gamma, a frame parameter
@item screen-gamma
@cindex gamma correction
If this is a number, Emacs performs ``gamma correction'' which adjusts
@@ -882,6 +935,7 @@ If your monitor displays colors too light, you should specify a
that makes colors darker. A screen gamma value of 1.5 may give good
results for LCD color displays.
+@vindex alpha, a frame parameter
@item alpha
@cindex opacity, frame
@cindex transparency, frame
@@ -909,37 +963,45 @@ automatically equivalent to particular face attributes of particular
faces (@pxref{Standard Faces,,, emacs, The Emacs Manual}):
@table @code
+@vindex font, a frame parameter
@item font
The name of the font for displaying text in the frame. This is a
string, either a valid font name for your system or the name of an Emacs
fontset (@pxref{Fontsets}). It is equivalent to the @code{font}
attribute of the @code{default} face.
+@vindex foreground-color, a frame parameter
@item foreground-color
The color to use for the image of a character. It is equivalent to
the @code{:foreground} attribute of the @code{default} face.
+@vindex background-color, a frame parameter
@item background-color
The color to use for the background of characters. It is equivalent to
the @code{:background} attribute of the @code{default} face.
+@vindex mouse-color, a frame parameter
@item mouse-color
The color for the mouse pointer. It is equivalent to the @code{:background}
attribute of the @code{mouse} face.
+@vindex cursor-color, a frame parameter
@item cursor-color
The color for the cursor that shows point. It is equivalent to the
@code{:background} attribute of the @code{cursor} face.
+@vindex border-color, a frame parameter
@item border-color
The color for the border of the frame. It is equivalent to the
@code{:background} attribute of the @code{border} face.
+@vindex scroll-bar-foreground, a frame parameter
@item scroll-bar-foreground
If non-@code{nil}, the color for the foreground of scroll bars. It is
equivalent to the @code{:foreground} attribute of the
@code{scroll-bar} face.
+@vindex scroll-bar-background, a frame parameter
@item scroll-bar-background
If non-@code{nil}, the color for the background of scroll bars. It is
equivalent to the @code{:background} attribute of the