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2009-03-14 David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com>
* macos.texi (Mac / GNUstep Basics): remove references to Prefs panel
and NS resources following recent changes.
2009-03-10 Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
* msdog.texi (Windows Misc): Remove doc for obsolete variable. Modify

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@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ invoking @code{ns-extended-platform-support-mode}.
same as @key{Super}, and Emacs provides a set of keybindings using
this modifier key that mimic other Mac / GNUstep applications (@pxref{Mac /
GNUstep Events}). You can change these bindings in the usual way (@pxref{Key
Bindings}), or by using the Preferences panel (@pxref{Mac / GNUstep
Customization}).
Bindings}).
The standard Mac / GNUstep font and color panels are accessible via the
@samp{Windows} menu, or via the standard @key{Cmd-t} and @key{Cmd-C}
@ -133,313 +132,21 @@ In addition, redundancy in the menus can be reduced and more shortcuts
shown by invoking @code{ns-extended-platform-support-mode}.
@subsection Preferences Panel
The Preferences panel, much like the Options menu, is designed to allow quick
and convenient setting of commonly used options.
The Preferences panel is available for setting commonly used GUI-related
options for Emacs. Access it under the Emacs menu (Mac) or Info menu
(GNUstep), or using @kbd{Cmd-,}.
Settings made here are saved when @samp{OK} is hit, or @samp{Save Options} is
selected from the Options menu. These settings are stored into the NeXTstep
``defaults'' system under keys described below.
@itemize @bullet
@item
To set the default font used by Emacs click the @samp{Default Font...} button
to being up the Font Panel, then click on a frame. The font of this frame
will then be changed when you make a selection in the Font Panel, and this
will be used as the default for future frames. If you do not select a frame
first, the frame selected when you activated Preferences will be changed.
@item
The Color panel, brought up by the @samp{Colors...} button, allows setting of
foreground or background of any face. Drag from the color bar to over the
emacs face you want to change. This will change the foreground of that face,
or holding shift when dragging will change the background.
@item
@samp{Smooth Fonts} and @samp{Use Quickdraw} control text antialiasing.
Quickdraw is an older Mac technology still supported under OS X.
@item
The @samp{Expand Line Spacing} slider controls vertical spacing of text. The
0.0 setting corresponds to the same height as other applications. Settings
less than 0 compress the spacing, and greater than 0 expand it. Emacs must be
restarted for the new setting to take effect.
@item
The @samp{Cursor Type} radio buttons select the cursor shape:
cursor:
@itemize
@item
Filled Box - the cursor is displayed as a box (default)
@item
Vertical Bar - the cursor is displayed as a vertical line
@item
Underscore - the cursor is displayed as a horizontal line
@item
Hollow - the cursor is displayed as a box with an outline but no fill
@end itemize
@item
The @samp{Cursor Blink Rate} slider to sets the frequency at which the cursor
blinks (CURRENTLY INOPERATIVE -- use @samp{customize group cursor} instead.)
@item
The @samp{Use System Highlight Color} option controls whether selected text is
highlighted with the system default or the local emacs setting.
@end itemize
The behavior of Modifier keys inside emacs can be controlled by the drop-down
menus in the @samp{Modifiers} section. By default the Alt or Opt key is bound
to the Emacs 'Meta' key, and the Command key is bound to 'super' which allows
the Command key to function in a way similar to other NeXTstep/OS X
applications.
@subsection Font and Color Panels
The Font Panel may be accessed from the Windows menu or by @kbd{Cmd-t}. It
will set the default font in the frame most recently used or clicked on. To
make the setting permanent, use @samp{Save Options} in the Options menu, or
run @code{ns-save-preferences}.
run @code{menu-bar-options-save}.
You can bring up a color panel (with @key{Cmd-C} or from the Windows menu) and
drag the color you want over the emacs face you want to change. Normal
dragging will alter the foreground color. Shift dragging will alter the
background color. To make the changes permanent select the "Save Options"
item in the "Options" menu, or run @code{ns-save-preferences}. Useful in this
item in the "Options" menu, or run @code{menu-bar-options-save}. Useful in this
context is the listing of all faces obtained by @key{M-x}
@code{list-faces-display}.
@subsection Defaults
Under X, resources are used to customize the behavior of Emacs to the
needs of the user. Nextstep defaults fulfill a similar function. From
the command line, the command @samp{defaults read org.gnu.Emacs} shows
these resources as of the last Emacs exited, and individual resources
can be read or written by commands like @samp{defaults read Emacs Foo}
and @samp{defaults write Emacs Foo barvalue}.
Calling the function @code{ns-save-preferences} in lisp, or
selecting the @samp{Option / Save Options} menu item, automatically
writes out the defaults corresponding to the selected window.
In addition, you can set many of the following customizations by
setting @code{default-frame-alist} in your initialization file.
Many of the preferences relating specifically to the Nextstep windowing
system (such as font rendering and the cursor type) can be set using the
Preferences panel. It is important to note that when you hit @samp{OK} on
this panel, @emph{all} Nextstep settings are saved (including font and
colors).
This is a listing of some of the more useful defaults (and their
default values). Several of these defaults accept the names of colors
as values. For a list of all available colors pull up the color panel
and look at the color list called @samp{Emacs}. Emacs also accepts
color specifications of the form @samp{ARGBaarrggbb} where @var{aa},
@var{rr}, @var{gg}, and @var{bb} are two hexadecimal digits describing
the alpha, red, green, and blue content of the color respectively.
@samp{HSBhhssbb}, @samp{CMYKccmmyykk} and @samp{GRAYgg} are the
equivalents in @samp{HSB}, @samp{CMYK} and gray scales. (For HSB,
@samp{AHSBaahhssbb} is also accepted.)
@table @samp
@item InternalBorderWidth
Width in pixels of the internal border of the Nextstep frame. This
acts to separate the text area of the window from the fringes,
scrollbars, and/or edges.
@example
defaults write Emacs InternalBorderWidth 2
@end example
@item VerticalScrollBars
@samp{YES} or @samp{NO} to enable or disable scroll bars, @samp{left} or
@samp{right} to explicitly set the side.
@example
defaults write Emacs VerticalScrollBars YES
@end example
@item Font
Name of the default font to be used for new frames (which can be
overridden by various faces). If this font is not set, Emacs will use
the system wide fixed pitch font. For most users the system fixed
pitch font will be @samp{Monaco} which doesn't have any bold or italic
versions. (Italic will be synthesized.)
@item FontSize
Size of the font to be used for new frames. If not set, Emacs will
use the default size of the system wide fixed pitch font.
@item Foreground
The default foreground (text) color for new frames.
@example
defaults write Emacs Foreground "Black"
@end example
@item Background
The default background color for new frames.
@example
defaults write Emacs Background "White"
@end example
@item Height
Height in rows of the default window.
@example
defaults write Emacs Height 48
@end example
@item Width
Width in columns of the default window.
@example
defaults write Emacs Width 80
@end example
@item CursorType
Name of the default cursor type for Emacs. Allowed values are
@samp{box}, @samp{hollow}, @samp{underscore}, @samp{bar}, @samp{line} and @samp{no}.
@example
defaults write Emacs CursorType box
@end example
@item CursorColor
Name of the default cursor color for Emacs. Of a particular use for
this setting is the @samp{Highlight} color. When it is the cursor
color, Emacs will draw the cursor using the standard Nextstep
highlighting operator.
@example
defaults write Emacs CursorColor blue
@end example
@item Top
Distance in pixels from the top of the screen of the upper left corner
of the default window.
@example
defaults write Emacs Top 100
@end example
@item Left
Distance in pixels from the left edge of the screen to the upper left
corner of the default window.
@example
defaults write Emacs Left 100
@end example
@item HideOnAutoLaunch
@samp{YES} or @samp{NO} to determine whether Emacs will hide itself when
autolaunched from the dock.
@example
defaults write Emacs HideOnAutoLaunch NO
@end example
@item ExpandSpace
This lets you expand or shrink the line height used for displaying
text. When this is set to 0.0, display should look like other
Nextstep applications. If you set it higher than 0, Emacs will spread
the text lines apart, less than 0, compress them together. (With
settings below zero parts of characters may be chopped off in certain
fonts.) When using the Preferences panel, this is controlled by a
slider. You must OK the panel and then restart Emacs for this default
to take effect.
When setting this using @code{"defaults write"}, you can either set a floating
point value, or @samp{YES}, which is equivalent 0.5, or @samp{NO}, which is
equivalent to 0.0.
@example
defaults write Emacs ExpandSpace -0.125
@end example
@item GSFontAntiAlias
This turns antialiasing on and off on. Note that, on OS X, even if
antialiasing is on, Emacs will not antialias text of a size below the system
preference setting.
@example
defaults write Emacs GSFontAntiAlias NO
@end example
@item UseQuickdrawSmoothing
On OS X 10.3 and higher, this will render fonts using Quickdraw antialiasing,
which is less heavy than the Quartz antialiasing used by default. Whether
this is on or off, the system font size threshold for antialiasing (see above)
is respected.
@example
defaults write Emacs UseQuickdrawSmoothing YES
@end example
@item AlternateModifier
This allows you to set the effect of the Alt or Opt key. The default is
@samp{meta}, meaning to use as the Emacs 'meta' key. You can also set this to
@samp{command}, @samp{hyper}, @samp{alt}, or @samp{none}. The last is useful
for Continental users who normally use this key to enter accented and other
special characters.
@example
defaults write Emacs AlternateModifier "none"
@end example
@item CommandModifier
This allows you to set the effect of the Command key. The default is
@samp{super}, which is used in a set of keybindings such as @code{s-o} for
``open file'' and @code{s-z} for ``undo'' that are similar to other NeXTstep
applications. On the other hand, some people who use the Alt/Opt key for
accent entry like to set this to @samp{meta} so they still have easy access to
Emacs functionality bound to meta keys. You can also set this, like Alt/Opt,
to @samp{hyper} or @samp{alt}, though there are no bindings to combinations
using these keys by default. The @samp{none} option is not available for the
Command key.
@example
defaults write Emacs CommandModifier "meta"
@end example
@item fooFrame
Position and size to use for the frame named @var{foo} when it is
created. The position and size have to be specified as a space
separated list: @samp{top}, @samp{left}, @samp{height} and
@samp{width}. @samp{top} and @samp{left} are expressed in pixels,
@samp{height} is given in rows and @samp{width} is given in columns.
Named frames can be created by e.g. @code{(make-frame '((name
. "FOO")))}.
@example
defaults write Emacs TestFrame "100 200 30 70"
@end example
Another default previouly used by many Emacs users is this.
@example
defaults write Workspace DefaultOpenApp Emacs
@end example
It caused the NeXTstep Workspace to open files without a registered extension
in Emacs instead of as usual Edit. For this default to work, Emacs needed to
be in the application search path of the Workspace (which usually includes
@file{~/Applications} and @file{~/Applications}). If anyone knows the current
way to do this under OS X please contact the authors.
@end table
@subsection Open files by dragging to an Emacs window
The default behaviour when a user drags files from another application
@ -518,9 +225,9 @@ font are stored in the variables @code{ns-input-font} and
@code{ns-input-fontsize} respectively.
@item ns-power-off
This event occurs when the user logs out and Emacs is still running.
The default behavior is to save all file-visiting buffers without
confirmation, and exit.
This event occurs when the user logs out and Emacs is still running, or when
`Quit Emacs' is chosen from the application menu.
The default behavior is to save all file-visiting buffers.
@end table
Emacs also allows users to make use of Nextstep services, via a set