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authorDan Nicolaescu <[email protected]>2005-07-27 18:02:08 +0000
committerDan Nicolaescu <[email protected]>2005-07-27 18:02:08 +0000
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* term/apollo.el (terminal-init-apollo): New function containing
all former top level forms in the file. * term/bobcat.el (terminal-init-bobcat): * term/cygwin.el (terminal-init-cygwin): * term/iris-ansi.el (terminal-init-iris-ansi): * term/linux.el (terminal-init-linux): * term/news.el (terminal-init-news): * term/rxvt.el (terminal-init-rxvt): * term/sun.el (terminal-init-sun): * term/tvi970.el (terminal-init-tvi970): * term/vt100.el (terminal-init-vt100): * term/vt102.el (terminal-init-vt102): * term/vt125.el (terminal-init-vt125): * term/vt200.el (terminal-init-vt200): * term/vt201.el (terminal-init-vt201): * term/vt220.el (terminal-init-vt220): * term/vt240.el (terminal-init-vt240): * term/vt300.el (terminal-init-vt300): * term/vt320.el (terminal-init-vt320): * term/vt400.el (terminal-init-vt400): * term/vt420.el (terminal-init-vt420): * term/wyse50.el (terminal-init-wyse50): * term/xterm.el (terminal-init-xterm): Likewise. * term/README: Describe the terminal-init-* functionality. * startup.el (command-line): After loading the terminal initialization file call the corresponding terminal initialization function.
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@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ that exists, the last hyphen and what follows it is stripped. If that doesn't
yield a file that exists, the previous hyphen is stripped, and so on until all
hyphens are gone. For example, if the terminal type is `aaa-48-foo', Emacs
will try first `term/aaa-48-foo.el', then `term/aaa-48.el' and finally
-`term/aaa.el'.
+`term/aaa.el'. Each terminal specific file should contain a function
+named terminal-init-TERMINALNAME (eg terminal-init-aaa-48 for
+term/aaa-48.el) that Emacs will call in order to initialize the
+terminal. The terminal files should not contain any top level forms
+that are executed when the file is loaded, all the initialization
+actions are performed by the terminal-init-TERMINALNAME functions.
When writing terminal packages, there are some things it is good to keep in
mind.