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@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 99, 2000
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@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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@node Frames, International, Windows, Top
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@chapter Frames and X Windows
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@cindex frames
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When using the X Window System, you can create multiple windows at the
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X level in a single Emacs session. Each X window that belongs to Emacs
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displays a @dfn{frame} which can contain one or several Emacs windows.
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A frame initially contains a single general-purpose Emacs window which
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you can subdivide vertically or horizontally into smaller windows. A
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frame normally contains its own echo area and minibuffer, but you can
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make frames that don't have these---they use the echo area and
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minibuffer of another frame.
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Editing you do in one frame also affects the other frames. For
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instance, if you put text in the kill ring in one frame, you can yank it
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in another frame. If you exit Emacs through @kbd{C-x C-c} in one frame,
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it terminates all the frames. To delete just one frame, use @kbd{C-x 5
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0}.
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To avoid confusion, we reserve the word ``window'' for the
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subdivisions that Emacs implements, and never use it to refer to a
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frame.
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Emacs compiled for MS-DOS emulates some aspects of the window system
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so that you can use many of the features described in this chapter.
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@xref{MS-DOS Input}, for more information.
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@cindex MS Windows
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Emacs compiled for MS Windows mostly supports the same features as
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under X.
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Features which rely on text in multiple faces (such as Font Lock mode)
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will also work on non-windowed terminals that can display more than one
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face, whether by colors or underlining and emboldening, such as the
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Linux console. Emacs determines automatically whether the terminal has
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such support.
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@menu
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* Mouse Commands:: Moving, cutting, and pasting, with the mouse.
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* Secondary Selection:: Cutting without altering point and mark.
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* Mouse References:: Using the mouse to select an item from a list.
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* Menu Mouse Clicks:: Mouse clicks that bring up menus.
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* Mode Line Mouse:: Mouse clicks on the mode line.
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* Speedbar:: How to make and use a speedbar frame.
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* Creating Frames:: Creating additional Emacs frames with various contents.
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* Multiple Displays:: How one Emacs job can talk to several displays.
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* Special Buffer Frames:: You can make certain buffers have their own frames.
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* Frame Parameters:: Changing the colors and other modes of frames.
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* Scroll Bars:: How to enable and disable scroll bars; how to use them.
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* Wheeled Mice:: Using mouse wheels for scrolling.
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* Menu Bars:: Enabling and disabling the menu bar.
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@c * Tool Bars:: Enabling and disabling the tool bar.
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* Dialog Boxes:: Controlling use of dialog boxes.
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* Faces:: How to change the display style using faces.
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* Font Lock:: Minor mode for syntactic highlighting using faces.
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* Support Modes:: Font Lock support modes make Font Lock faster.
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* Highlight Changes:: Using colors to show where you changed the buffer.
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* Highlight Interactively:: Tell Emacs what text to highlight.
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* Trailing Whitespace:: Showing possibly-spurious trailing whitespace.
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* Tooltips:: Showing `tooltips', AKA `ballon help' for active text.
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* Mouse Avoidance:: Moving the mouse pointer out of the way.
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* Misc X:: Iconifying and deleting frames.
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* Non-Window Terminals:: Multiple frames on terminals that show only one.
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* XTerm Mouse:: Using the mouse in an XTerm terminal emulator.
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@end menu
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@node Mouse Commands
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@section Mouse Commands for Editing
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@cindex mouse buttons (what they do)
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The mouse commands for selecting and copying a region are mostly
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compatible with the @code{xterm} program. You can use the same mouse
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commands for copying between Emacs and other X client programs.
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@kindex DELETE
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If you select a region with any of these mouse commands, and then
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immediately afterward type the @key{DELETE} function key, it deletes the
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region that you selected. The @key{BACKSPACE} function key and the
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ASCII character @key{DEL} do not do this; if you type any other key
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in between the mouse command and @key{DELETE}, it does not do this.
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@findex mouse-set-region
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@findex mouse-set-point
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@findex mouse-yank-at-click
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@findex mouse-save-then-click
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@kindex Mouse-1
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@kindex Mouse-2
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@kindex Mouse-3
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@table @kbd
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@item Mouse-1
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Move point to where you click (@code{mouse-set-point}).
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This is normally the left button.
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@item Drag-Mouse-1
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Set the region to the text you select by dragging, and copy it to the
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kill ring (@code{mouse-set-region}). You can specify both ends of the
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region with this single command.
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@vindex mouse-scroll-min-lines
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If you move the mouse off the top or bottom of the window while
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dragging, the window scrolls at a steady rate until you move the mouse
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back into the window. This way, you can select regions that don't fit
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entirely on the screen. The number of lines scrolled per step depends
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on how far away from the window edge the mouse has gone; the variable
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@code{mouse-scroll-min-lines} specifies a minimum step size.
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@item Mouse-2
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Yank the last killed text, where you click (@code{mouse-yank-at-click}).
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This is normally the middle button.
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@item Mouse-3
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This command, @code{mouse-save-then-kill}, has several functions
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depending on where you click and the status of the region.
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The most basic case is when you click @kbd{Mouse-1} in one place and
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then @kbd{Mouse-3} in another. This selects the text between those two
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positions as the region. It also copies the new region to the kill
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ring, so that you can copy it to someplace else.
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If you click @kbd{Mouse-1} in the text, scroll with the scroll bar, and
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then click @kbd{Mouse-3}, it remembers where point was before scrolling
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(where you put it with @kbd{Mouse-1}), and uses that position as the
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other end of the region. This is so that you can select a region that
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doesn't fit entirely on the screen.
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More generally, if you do not have a highlighted region, @kbd{Mouse-3}
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selects the text between point and the click position as the region. It
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does this by setting the mark where point was, and moving point to where
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you click.
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If you have a highlighted region, or if the region was set just before
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by dragging button 1, @kbd{Mouse-3} adjusts the nearer end of the region
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by moving it to where you click. The adjusted region's text also
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replaces the old region's text in the kill ring.
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If you originally specified the region using a double or triple
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@kbd{Mouse-1}, so that the region is defined to consist of entire words
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or lines, then adjusting the region with @kbd{Mouse-3} also proceeds by
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entire words or lines.
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If you use @kbd{Mouse-3} a second time consecutively, at the same place,
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that kills the region already selected.
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@item Double-Mouse-1
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This key sets the region around the word which you click on. If you
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click on a character with ``symbol'' syntax (such as underscore, in C
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mode), it sets the region around the symbol surrounding that character.
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If you click on a character with open-parenthesis or close-parenthesis
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syntax, it sets the region around the parenthetical grouping (sexp)
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which that character starts or ends. If you click on a character with
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string-delimiter syntax (such as a singlequote or doublequote in C), it
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sets the region around the string constant (using heuristics to figure
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out whether that character is the beginning or the end of it).
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@item Double-Drag-Mouse-1
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This key selects a region made up of the words you drag across.
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@item Triple-Mouse-1
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This key sets the region around the line you click on.
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@item Triple-Drag-Mouse-1
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This key selects a region made up of the lines you drag across.
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@end table
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The simplest way to kill text with the mouse is to press @kbd{Mouse-1}
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at one end, then press @kbd{Mouse-3} twice at the other end.
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@xref{Killing}. To copy the text into the kill ring without deleting it
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from the buffer, press @kbd{Mouse-3} just once---or just drag across the
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text with @kbd{Mouse-1}. Then you can copy it elsewhere by yanking it.
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@vindex mouse-yank-at-point
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To yank the killed or copied text somewhere else, move the mouse there
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and press @kbd{Mouse-2}. @xref{Yanking}. However, if
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@code{mouse-yank-at-point} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{Mouse-2} yanks at
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point. Then it does not matter where you click, or even which of the
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frame's windows you click on. The default value is @code{nil}. This
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variable also affects yanking the secondary selection.
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@cindex cutting and X
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@cindex pasting and X
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@cindex X cutting and pasting
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To copy text to another X window, kill it or save it in the kill ring.
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Under X, this also sets the @dfn{primary selection}. Then use the
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``paste'' or ``yank'' command of the program operating the other window
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to insert the text from the selection.
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To copy text from another X window, use the ``cut'' or ``copy'' command
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of the program operating the other window, to select the text you want.
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Then yank it in Emacs with @kbd{C-y} or @kbd{Mouse-2}.
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These cutting and pasting commands also work on MS-Windows.
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@cindex primary selection
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@cindex cut buffer
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@cindex selection, primary
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@vindex x-cut-buffer-max
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When Emacs puts text into the kill ring, or rotates text to the front
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of the kill ring, it sets the @dfn{primary selection} in the X server.
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This is how other X clients can access the text. Emacs also stores the
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text in the cut buffer, but only if the text is short enough
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(@code{x-cut-buffer-max} specifies the maximum number of characters);
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putting long strings in the cut buffer can be slow.
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The commands to yank the first entry in the kill ring actually check
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first for a primary selection in another program; after that, they check
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for text in the cut buffer. If neither of those sources provides text
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to yank, the kill ring contents are used.
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@node Secondary Selection
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@section Secondary Selection
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@cindex secondary selection
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The @dfn{secondary selection} is another way of selecting text using
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X. It does not use point or the mark, so you can use it to kill text
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without setting point or the mark.
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@table @kbd
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@findex mouse-set-secondary
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@kindex M-Drag-Mouse-1
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@item M-Drag-Mouse-1
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Set the secondary selection, with one end at the place where you press
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down the button, and the other end at the place where you release it
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(@code{mouse-set-secondary}). The highlighting appears and changes as
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you drag.
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If you move the mouse off the top or bottom of the window while
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dragging, the window scrolls at a steady rate until you move the mouse
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back into the window. This way, you can mark regions that don't fit
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entirely on the screen.
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@findex mouse-start-secondary
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@kindex M-Mouse-1
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@item M-Mouse-1
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Set one endpoint for the @dfn{secondary selection}
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(@code{mouse-start-secondary}).
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@findex mouse-secondary-save-then-kill
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@kindex M-Mouse-3
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@item M-Mouse-3
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Make a secondary selection, using the place specified with @kbd{M-Mouse-1}
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as the other end (@code{mouse-secondary-save-then-kill}). A second click
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at the same place kills the secondary selection just made.
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@findex mouse-yank-secondary
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@kindex M-Mouse-2
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@item M-Mouse-2
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Insert the secondary selection where you click
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(@code{mouse-yank-secondary}). This places point at the end of the
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yanked text.
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@end table
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Double or triple clicking of @kbd{M-Mouse-1} operates on words and
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lines, much like @kbd{Mouse-1}.
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If @code{mouse-yank-at-point} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{M-Mouse-2}
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yanks at point. Then it does not matter precisely where you click; all
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that matters is which window you click on. @xref{Mouse Commands}.
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@node Mouse References
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@section Following References with the Mouse
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@kindex Mouse-2 @r{(selection)}
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Some Emacs buffers display lists of various sorts. These include
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lists of files, of buffers, of possible completions, of matches for
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a pattern, and so on.
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Since yanking text into these buffers is not very useful, most of them
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define @kbd{Mouse-2} specially, as a command to use or view the item you
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click on.
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For example, if you click @kbd{Mouse-2} on a file name in a Dired
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buffer, you visit that file. If you click @kbd{Mouse-2} on an error
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message in the @samp{*Compilation*} buffer, you go to the source code
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for that error message. If you click @kbd{Mouse-2} on a completion in
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the @samp{*Completions*} buffer, you choose that completion.
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You can usually tell when @kbd{Mouse-2} has this special sort of
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meaning because the sensitive text highlights when you move the mouse
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over it.
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@node Menu Mouse Clicks
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@section Mouse Clicks for Menus
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Mouse clicks modified with the @key{CTRL} and @key{SHIFT} keys
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bring up menus.
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@table @kbd
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@item C-Mouse-1
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@kindex C-Mouse-1
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@findex msb-mode
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@cindex MSB minor mode
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@cindex mode, MSB
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This menu is for selecting a buffer.
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The MSB (`mouse select buffer') global minor mode alters this menu to a
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form some people prefer and which is customizable. See the Custom group
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@code{msb}.
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@item C-Mouse-2
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@kindex C-Mouse-2
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This menu is for specifying faces and other text properties
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for editing formatted text. @xref{Formatted Text}.
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@item C-Mouse-3
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@kindex C-Mouse-3
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This menu is mode-specific. For most modes if Menu-bar mode is on, this
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menu has the same items as all the mode-specific menu-bar menus put
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together. Some modes may specify a different menu for this
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button.@footnote{Some systems use @kbd{Mouse-3} for a mode-specific
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menu. We took a survey of users, and found they preferred to keep
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@kbd{Mouse-3} for selecting and killing regions. Hence the decision to
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use @kbd{C-Mouse-3} for this menu.} If Menu-bar mode is off, this menu
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contains all the items which would be present in the menu bar---not just
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the mode-specific ones---so that you can access them without having to
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display the menu bar.
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@item S-mouse-1
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This menu is for specifying the frame's principal font.
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@end table
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@node Mode Line Mouse
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@section Mode Line Mouse Commands
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@cindex mode line, mouse
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@cindex mouse on mode line
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You can use mouse clicks on window mode lines to select and manipulate
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windows.
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@table @kbd
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@item Mouse-1
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@kindex mode-line mouse-1
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@kbd{Mouse-1} on a mode line selects the window above. By dragging
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@kbd{Mouse-1} on the mode line, you can move it, thus changing the
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height of the windows above and below.
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@item Mouse-2
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@kindex mode-line mouse-2
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@kbd{Mouse-2} on a mode line expands that window to fill its frame.
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@item Mouse-3
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@kindex mode-line mouse-3
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@kbd{Mouse-3} on a mode line deletes the window above.
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@item C-Mouse-2
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@kindex mode-line C-mouse-2
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@kbd{C-Mouse-2} on a mode line splits the window above
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horizontally, above the place in the mode line where you click.
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@end table
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@kindex vertical-scroll-bar mouse-1
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@kbd{C-Mouse-2} on a scroll bar splits the corresponding window
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vertically. @xref{Split Window}.
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The commands above apply to areas of the mode line which do not have
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mouse bindings of their own. Normally some areas, such as those
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displaying the buffer name and the major mode name, have their own mouse
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bindings. Help on these bindings is echoed when the mouse is positioned
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over them.
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@node Creating Frames
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@section Creating Frames
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@cindex creating frames
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@kindex C-x 5
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The prefix key @kbd{C-x 5} is analogous to @kbd{C-x 4}, with parallel
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subcommands. The difference is that @kbd{C-x 5} commands create a new
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frame rather than just a new window in the selected frame (@pxref{Pop
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Up Window}). If an existing visible or iconified frame already displays
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the requested material, these commands use the existing frame, after
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raising or deiconifying as necessary.
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The various @kbd{C-x 5} commands differ in how they find or create the
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buffer to select:
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@table @kbd
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@item C-x 5 1
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@kindex C-x 5 1
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@findex delete-other-frames
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Delete all frames except the selected one (@code{delete-other-frames}).
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@item C-x 5 2
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@kindex C-x 5 2
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@findex make-frame-command
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Create a new frame (@code{make-frame-command}).
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@item C-x 5 b @var{bufname} @key{RET}
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Select buffer @var{bufname} in another frame. This runs
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@code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame}.
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@item C-x 5 f @var{filename} @key{RET}
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Visit file @var{filename} and select its buffer in another frame. This
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runs @code{find-file-other-frame}. @xref{Visiting}.
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@item C-x 5 d @var{directory} @key{RET}
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Select a Dired buffer for directory @var{directory} in another frame.
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This runs @code{dired-other-frame}. @xref{Dired}.
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@item C-x 5 m
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Start composing a mail message in another frame. This runs
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@code{mail-other-frame}. It is the other-frame variant of @kbd{C-x m}.
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@xref{Sending Mail}.
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@item C-x 5 .
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Find a tag in the current tag table in another frame. This runs
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@code{find-tag-other-frame}, the multiple-frame variant of @kbd{M-.}.
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@xref{Tags}.
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@item C-x 5 r @var{filename} @key{RET}
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@kindex C-x 5 r
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@findex find-file-read-only-other-frame
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Visit file @var{filename} read-only, and select its buffer in another
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frame. This runs @code{find-file-read-only-other-frame}.
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@xref{Visiting}.
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@end table
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@cindex default-frame-alist
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@cindex initial-frame-alist
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You can control the appearance of new frames you create by setting the
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frame parameters in @code{default-frame-alist}. You can use the
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variable @code{initial-frame-alist} to specify parameters that affect
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only the initial frame. @xref{Initial Parameters,,, elisp, The Emacs
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Lisp Reference Manual}, for more information.
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@cindex font (default)
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The easiest way to specify the principal font for all your Emacs
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frames is with an X resource (@pxref{Font X}), but you can also do it by
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modifying @code{default-frame-alist} to specify the @code{font}
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parameter, as shown here:
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@example
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(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(font . "10x20"))
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@end example
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@node Speedbar
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@section Making and Using a Speedbar Frame
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@cindex speedbar
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An Emacs frame can have a @dfn{speedbar}, which is a vertical window
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that serves as a scrollable menu of files you could visit and tags
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within those files. To create a speedbar, type @kbd{M-x speedbar}; this
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creates a speedbar window for the selected frame. From then on, you can
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click on a file name in the speedbar to visit that file in the
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corresponding Emacs frame, or click on a tag name to jump to that tag in
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the Emacs frame.
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Initially the speedbar lists the immediate contents of the current
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directory, one file per line. Each line also has a box, @samp{[+]} or
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@samp{<+>}, that you can click on with @kbd{Mouse-2} to ``open up'' the
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contents of that item. If the line names a directory, opening it adds
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the contents of that directory to the speedbar display, underneath the
|
|
directory's own line. If the line lists an ordinary file, opening it up
|
|
adds a list of the tags in that file to the speedbar display. When a
|
|
file is opened up, the @samp{[+]} changes to @samp{[-]}; you can click
|
|
on that box to ``close up'' that file (hide its contents).
|
|
|
|
Some major modes, including Rmail mode, Info, and GUD, have
|
|
specialized ways of putting useful items into the speedbar for you to
|
|
select. For example, in Rmail mode, the speedbar shows a list of Rmail
|
|
files, and lets you move the current message to another Rmail file by
|
|
clicking on its @samp{<M>} box.
|
|
|
|
A speedbar belongs to one Emacs frame, and always operates on that
|
|
frame. If you use multiple frames, you can make a speedbar for some or
|
|
all of the frames; type @kbd{M-x speedbar} in any given frame to make a
|
|
speedbar for it.
|
|
|
|
@node Multiple Displays
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|
@section Multiple Displays
|
|
@cindex multiple displays
|
|
|
|
A single Emacs can talk to more than one X Windows display.
|
|
Initially, Emacs uses just one display---the one specified with the
|
|
@env{DISPLAY} environment variable or with the @samp{--display} option
|
|
(@pxref{Initial Options}). To connect to another display, use the
|
|
command @code{make-frame-on-display}:
|
|
|
|
@findex make-frame-on-display
|
|
@table @kbd
|
|
@item M-x make-frame-on-display @key{RET} @var{display} @key{RET}
|
|
Create a new frame on display @var{display}.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
A single X server can handle more than one screen. When you open
|
|
frames on two screens belonging to one server, Emacs knows they share a
|
|
single keyboard, and it treats all the commands arriving from these
|
|
screens as a single stream of input.
|
|
|
|
When you open frames on different X servers, Emacs makes a separate
|
|
input stream for each server. This way, two users can type
|
|
simultaneously on the two displays, and Emacs will not garble their
|
|
input. Each server also has its own selected frame. The commands you
|
|
enter with a particular X server apply to that server's selected frame.
|
|
|
|
Despite these features, people using the same Emacs job from different
|
|
displays can still interfere with each other if they are not careful.
|
|
For example, if any one types @kbd{C-x C-c}, that exits the Emacs job
|
|
for all of them!
|
|
|
|
@node Special Buffer Frames
|
|
@section Special Buffer Frames
|
|
|
|
@vindex special-display-buffer-names
|
|
You can make certain chosen buffers, for which Emacs normally creates
|
|
a second window when you have just one window, appear in special frames
|
|
of their own. To do this, set the variable
|
|
@code{special-display-buffer-names} to a list of buffer names; any
|
|
buffer whose name is in that list automatically gets a special frame,
|
|
when an Emacs command wants to display it ``in another window.''
|
|
|
|
For example, if you set the variable this way,
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(setq special-display-buffer-names
|
|
'("*Completions*" "*grep*" "*tex-shell*"))
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
then completion lists, @code{grep} output and the @TeX{} mode shell
|
|
buffer get individual frames of their own. These frames, and the
|
|
windows in them, are never automatically split or reused for any other
|
|
buffers. They continue to show the buffers they were created for,
|
|
unless you alter them by hand. Killing the special buffer deletes its
|
|
frame automatically.
|
|
|
|
@vindex special-display-regexps
|
|
More generally, you can set @code{special-display-regexps} to a list
|
|
of regular expressions; then a buffer gets its own frame if its name
|
|
matches any of those regular expressions. (Once again, this applies only
|
|
to buffers that normally get displayed for you in a separate window.)
|
|
|
|
@vindex special-display-frame-alist
|
|
The variable @code{special-display-frame-alist} specifies the frame
|
|
parameters for these frames. It has a default value, so you don't need
|
|
to set it.
|
|
|
|
For those who know Lisp, an element of
|
|
@code{special-display-buffer-names} or @code{special-display-regexps}
|
|
can also be a list. Then the first element is the buffer name or
|
|
regular expression; the rest of the list specifies how to create the
|
|
frame. It can be an association list specifying frame parameter values;
|
|
these values take precedence over parameter values specified in
|
|
@code{special-display-frame-alist}. Alternatively, it can have this
|
|
form:
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(@var{function} @var{args}...)
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
where @var{function} is a symbol. Then the frame is constructed by
|
|
calling @var{function}; its first argument is the buffer, and its
|
|
remaining arguments are @var{args}.
|
|
|
|
An analogous feature lets you specify buffers which should be
|
|
displayed in the selected window. @xref{Force Same Window}. The
|
|
same-window feature takes precedence over the special-frame feature;
|
|
therefore, if you add a buffer name to
|
|
@code{special-display-buffer-names} and it has no effect, check to see
|
|
whether that feature is also in use for the same buffer name.
|
|
|
|
@node Frame Parameters
|
|
@section Setting Frame Parameters
|
|
@cindex colors
|
|
@cindex Auto-Raise mode
|
|
@cindex Auto-Lower mode
|
|
|
|
This section describes commands for altering the display style and
|
|
window management behavior of the selected frame.
|
|
|
|
@findex set-foreground-color
|
|
@findex set-background-color
|
|
@findex set-cursor-color
|
|
@findex set-mouse-color
|
|
@findex set-border-color
|
|
@findex auto-raise-mode
|
|
@findex auto-lower-mode
|
|
@table @kbd
|
|
@item M-x set-foreground-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET}
|
|
Specify color @var{color} for the foreground of the selected frame.
|
|
(This also changes the foreground color of the default face.)
|
|
|
|
@item M-x set-background-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET}
|
|
Specify color @var{color} for the background of the selected frame.
|
|
(This also changes the background color of the default face.)
|
|
|
|
@item M-x set-cursor-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET}
|
|
Specify color @var{color} for the cursor of the selected frame.
|
|
|
|
@item M-x set-mouse-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET}
|
|
Specify color @var{color} for the mouse cursor when it is over the
|
|
selected frame.
|
|
|
|
@item M-x set-border-color @key{RET} @var{color} @key{RET}
|
|
Specify color @var{color} for the border of the selected frame.
|
|
|
|
@item M-x list-colors-display
|
|
Display the defined color names and show what the colors look like.
|
|
This command is somewhat slow.
|
|
|
|
@item M-x auto-raise-mode
|
|
Toggle whether or not the selected frame should auto-raise. Auto-raise
|
|
means that every time you move the mouse onto the frame, it raises the
|
|
frame.
|
|
|
|
Note that this auto-raise feature is implemented by Emacs itself. Some
|
|
window managers also implement auto-raise. If you enable auto-raise for
|
|
Emacs frames in your X window manager, it should work, but it is beyond
|
|
Emacs's control and therefore @code{auto-raise-mode} has no effect on
|
|
it.
|
|
|
|
@item M-x auto-lower-mode
|
|
Toggle whether or not the selected frame should auto-lower.
|
|
Auto-lower means that every time you move the mouse off the frame,
|
|
the frame moves to the bottom of the stack of X windows.
|
|
|
|
The command @code{auto-lower-mode} has no effect on auto-lower
|
|
implemented by the X window manager. To control that, you must use
|
|
the appropriate window manager features.
|
|
|
|
@findex set-frame-font
|
|
@item M-x set-frame-font @key{RET} @var{font} @key{RET}
|
|
@cindex font (principal)
|
|
Specify font @var{font} as the principal font for the selected frame.
|
|
The principal font controls several face attributes of the
|
|
@code{default} face (@pxref{Faces}). For example, if the principal font
|
|
has a height of 12 pt, all text will be drawn in 12 pt fonts, unless you
|
|
use another face that specifies a different height. @xref{Font X}, for
|
|
ways to list the available fonts on your system.
|
|
|
|
@kindex S-Mouse-1
|
|
You can also set a frame's principal font through a pop-up menu.
|
|
Press @kbd{S-Mouse-1} to activate this menu.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
In Emacs versions that use an X toolkit, the color-setting and
|
|
font-setting functions don't affect menus and the menu bar, since they
|
|
are displayed by their own widget classes. To change the appearance of
|
|
the menus and menu bar, you must use X resources (@pxref{Resources X}).
|
|
@xref{Colors X}, regarding colors. @xref{Font X}, regarding choice of
|
|
font.
|
|
|
|
For information on frame parameters and customization, see @ref{Frame
|
|
Parameters,,, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}.
|
|
|
|
@node Scroll Bars
|
|
@section Scroll Bars
|
|
@cindex Scroll Bar mode
|
|
@cindex mode, Scroll Bar
|
|
|
|
When using X, Emacs normally makes a @dfn{scroll bar} at the left of
|
|
each Emacs window.@footnote{Placing it at the left is usually more
|
|
useful with overlapping frames with text starting at the left margin.}
|
|
The scroll bar runs the height of the window, and shows a moving
|
|
rectangular inner box which represents the portion of the buffer
|
|
currently displayed. The entire height of the scroll bar represents the
|
|
entire length of the buffer.
|
|
|
|
You can use @kbd{Mouse-2} (normally, the middle button) in the scroll
|
|
bar to move or drag the inner box up and down. If you move it to the
|
|
top of the scroll bar, you see the top of the buffer. If you move it to
|
|
the bottom of the scroll bar, you see the bottom of the buffer.
|
|
|
|
The left and right buttons in the scroll bar scroll by controlled
|
|
increments. @kbd{Mouse-1} (normally, the left button) moves the line at
|
|
the level where you click up to the top of the window. @kbd{Mouse-3}
|
|
(normally, the right button) moves the line at the top of the window
|
|
down to the level where you click. By clicking repeatedly in the same
|
|
place, you can scroll by the same distance over and over.
|
|
|
|
Aside from scrolling, you can also click @kbd{C-Mouse-2} in the scroll
|
|
bar to split a window vertically. The split occurs on the line where
|
|
you click.
|
|
|
|
@findex scroll-bar-mode
|
|
@vindex scroll-bar-mode
|
|
You can enable or disable Scroll Bar mode with the command @kbd{M-x
|
|
scroll-bar-mode}. With no argument, it toggles the use of scroll bars.
|
|
With an argument, it turns use of scroll bars on if and only if the
|
|
argument is positive. This command applies to all frames, including
|
|
frames yet to be created. Customize the option @code{scroll-bar-mode}
|
|
to control the use of scroll bars at startup. You can use it to specify
|
|
that they are placed at the right of windows if you prefer that. You
|
|
can use the X resource @samp{verticalScrollBars} to control the initial
|
|
setting of Scroll Bar mode similarly. @xref{Resources X}.
|
|
|
|
@findex toggle-scroll-bar
|
|
To enable or disable scroll bars for just the selected frame, use the
|
|
@kbd{M-x toggle-scroll-bar} command.
|
|
|
|
@node Wheeled Mice
|
|
@section Scrolling With `Wheeled' Mice
|
|
|
|
@cindex mouse wheel
|
|
@findex mwheel-install
|
|
Some mice have a `wheel' instead of a third button. You can usually
|
|
click the wheel to act as @kbd{mouse-3}. You can also use the wheel to
|
|
scroll windows instead of using the scroll bar or keyboard commands.
|
|
Use @kbd{M-x mwheel-install} to set up the wheel for scrolling or put
|
|
@samp{(require 'mwheel)} in your @file{.emacs}. (Support for the wheel
|
|
depends on the system generating appropriate events for Emacs.)
|
|
|
|
@vindex mwheel-follow-mouse
|
|
@vindex mwheel-scroll-amount
|
|
The variables @code{mwheel-follow-mouse} and @code{mwheel-scroll-amount}
|
|
determine where and by how much buffers are scrolled.
|
|
|
|
@node Menu Bars
|
|
@section Menu Bars
|
|
@cindex Menu Bar mode
|
|
@cindex mode, Menu Bar
|
|
|
|
You can turn display of menu bars on or off with @kbd{M-x
|
|
menu-bar-mode}. With no argument, this command toggles Menu Bar mode, a
|
|
minor mode. With an argument, the command turns Menu Bar mode on if the
|
|
argument is positive, off if the argument is not positive. You can use
|
|
the X resource @samp{menuBarLines} to control the initial setting of
|
|
Menu Bar mode. @xref{Resources X}. Expert users often turn off the
|
|
menu bar, especially on text-only terminals, where this makes one
|
|
additional line available for text.
|
|
|
|
@xref{Menu Bar}, for information on how to invoke commands with the
|
|
menu bar.
|
|
|
|
@c Presumably not useful until we make toolbar items.
|
|
@c @node Tool Bars
|
|
@c @section Tool Bars
|
|
@c @cindex Tool Bar mode
|
|
@c @cindex mode, Tool Bar
|
|
|
|
@c You can turn display of tool bars on or off with @kbd{M-x
|
|
@c tool-bar-mode}. With no argument, this command toggles Tool Bar mode, a
|
|
@c minor mode. With an argument, the command turns Tool Bar mode on if the
|
|
@c argument is positive, off if the argument is not positive.
|
|
|
|
@node Dialog Boxes
|
|
@section Using Dialog Boxes
|
|
@cindex dialog boxes
|
|
|
|
@vindex use-dialog-box
|
|
Certain operations invoked from menus will use a window system dialog
|
|
box to get information via the mouse if such dialog boxes are supported.
|
|
This includes yes/no questions and file selection under Motif/LessTif
|
|
and MS Windows. Customize the option @code{use-dialog-box} to suppress
|
|
the use of dialog boxes.
|
|
|
|
@node Faces
|
|
@section Using Multiple Typefaces
|
|
@cindex faces
|
|
|
|
When using Emacs with X, you can set up multiple styles of displaying
|
|
characters. The aspects of style that you can control are the type
|
|
font, the foreground color, the background color, and whether to
|
|
underline. Emacs on MS-DOS supports faces partially by letting you
|
|
control the foreground and background colors of each face
|
|
(@pxref{MS-DOS}). On non-windowed terminals faces are supported to the
|
|
extent the terminal can display them.
|
|
|
|
The way you control display style is by defining named @dfn{faces}.
|
|
Each face can specify a type font, a foreground color, a background
|
|
color, and an underline flag; but it does not have to specify all of
|
|
them. Then by specifying the face or faces to use for a given part
|
|
of the text in the buffer, you control how that text appears.
|
|
|
|
The style of display used for a given character in the text is
|
|
determined by combining several faces. Any aspect of the display style
|
|
that isn't specified by overlays or text properties comes from the frame
|
|
itself.
|
|
|
|
Enriched mode, the mode for editing formatted text, includes several
|
|
commands and menus for specifying faces. @xref{Format Faces}, for how
|
|
to specify the font for text in the buffer. @xref{Format Colors}, for
|
|
how to specify the foreground and background color.
|
|
|
|
To alter the appearance of a face, use the customization buffer.
|
|
@xref{Face Customization}. You can also use X resources to specify
|
|
attributes of particular faces (@pxref{Resources X}).
|
|
|
|
@findex list-faces-display
|
|
To see what faces are currently defined, and what they look like, type
|
|
@kbd{M-x list-faces-display}. It's possible for a given face to look
|
|
different in different frames; this command shows the appearance in the
|
|
frame in which you type it. Here's a list of the standardly defined
|
|
faces:
|
|
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@item default
|
|
This face is used for ordinary text that doesn't specify any other face.
|
|
@item modeline
|
|
This face is used for mode lines. By default, it's drawn with shadows
|
|
for a `raised' effect under X and set up as the inverse of the default
|
|
face on non-windowed terminals. @xref{Display Vars}.
|
|
@item header-line
|
|
Similar to @code{modeline} for a window's header line.
|
|
@item highlight
|
|
This face is used for highlighting portions of text, in various modes.
|
|
@item region
|
|
This face is used for displaying a selected region (when Transient Mark
|
|
mode is enabled---see below).
|
|
@item secondary-selection
|
|
This face is used for displaying a secondary selection (@pxref{Secondary
|
|
Selection}).
|
|
@item bold
|
|
This face uses a bold variant of the default font, if it has one.
|
|
@item italic
|
|
This face uses an italic variant of the default font, if it has one.
|
|
@item bold-italic
|
|
This face uses a bold italic variant of the default font, if it has one.
|
|
@item underline
|
|
This face underlines text.
|
|
@item fixed-pitch
|
|
The basic fixed-pitch face.
|
|
@item fringe
|
|
The face for the fringes to the left and right of windows under X.
|
|
@item scroll-bar
|
|
This face determines the colors of the scroll bar.
|
|
@item border
|
|
This face determines the color of the frame border.
|
|
@item cursor
|
|
This face determines the color of the cursor.
|
|
@item mouse
|
|
This face determines the color of the mouse pointer.
|
|
@item tool-bar
|
|
The basic tool-bar face.
|
|
@item menu
|
|
This face determines the colors and font of Emacs's menus. Setting the
|
|
font of LessTif/Motif menus is currently not supported; attempts to set
|
|
the font are ignored in this case.
|
|
@item trailing-whitespace
|
|
The face for highlighting trailing whitespace when
|
|
@code{show-trailing-whitespace} is non-nil.
|
|
@item variable-pitch
|
|
The basic variable-pitch face.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{region} face
|
|
When Transient Mark mode is enabled, the text of the region is
|
|
highlighted when the mark is active. This uses the face named
|
|
@code{region}; you can control the style of highlighting by changing the
|
|
style of this face (@pxref{Face Customization}). @xref{Transient Mark},
|
|
for more information about Transient Mark mode and activation and
|
|
deactivation of the mark.
|
|
|
|
One easy way to use faces is to turn on Font Lock mode. This minor
|
|
mode, which is always local to a particular buffer, arranges to
|
|
choose faces according to the syntax of the text you are editing. It
|
|
can recognize comments and strings in most languages; in several
|
|
languages, it can also recognize and properly highlight various other
|
|
important constructs. @xref{Font Lock}, for more information about
|
|
Font Lock mode and syntactic highlighting.
|
|
|
|
You can print out the buffer with the highlighting that appears
|
|
on your screen using the command @code{ps-print-buffer-with-faces}.
|
|
@xref{PostScript}.
|
|
|
|
@node Font Lock
|
|
@section Font Lock mode
|
|
@cindex Font Lock mode
|
|
@cindex mode, Font Lock
|
|
@cindex syntax highlighting
|
|
@cindex syntax coloring
|
|
|
|
Font Lock mode is a minor mode, always local to a particular
|
|
buffer, which highlights (or ``fontifies'') using various faces
|
|
according to the syntax of the text you are editing. It can
|
|
recognize comments and strings in most languages; in several
|
|
languages, it can also recognize and properly highlight various other
|
|
important constructs---for example, names of functions being defined
|
|
or reserved keywords.
|
|
|
|
@findex font-lock-mode
|
|
@findex turn-on-font-lock
|
|
The command @kbd{M-x font-lock-mode} turns Font Lock mode on or off
|
|
according to the argument, and toggles the mode when it has no argument.
|
|
The function @code{turn-on-font-lock} unconditionally enables Font Lock
|
|
mode. This is useful in mode-hook functions. For example, to enable
|
|
Font Lock mode whenever you edit a C file, you can do this:
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(add-hook 'c-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@findex global-font-lock-mode
|
|
@vindex global-font-lock-mode
|
|
To turn on Font Lock mode automatically in all modes which support it,
|
|
customize the user option @code{global-font-lock-mode} or use the
|
|
function @code{global-font-lock-mode}, like this:
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(global-font-lock-mode 1)
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@kindex M-g M-g
|
|
@findex font-lock-fontify-block
|
|
In Font Lock mode, when you edit the text, the highlighting updates
|
|
automatically in the line that you changed. Most changes don't affect
|
|
the highlighting of subsequent lines, but occasionally they do. To
|
|
rehighlight a range of lines, use the command @kbd{M-g M-g}
|
|
(@code{font-lock-fontify-block}).
|
|
|
|
@vindex font-lock-mark-block-function
|
|
In certain major modes, @kbd{M-g M-g} refontifies the entire current
|
|
function. (The variable @code{font-lock-mark-block-function} controls
|
|
how to find the current function.) In other major modes, @kbd{M-g M-g}
|
|
refontifies 16 lines above and below point.
|
|
|
|
With a prefix argument @var{n}, @kbd{M-g M-g} refontifies @var{n}
|
|
lines above and below point, regardless of the mode.
|
|
|
|
To get the full benefit of Font Lock mode, you need to choose a
|
|
default font which has bold, italic, and bold-italic variants; or else
|
|
you need to have a color or gray-scale screen.
|
|
|
|
@vindex font-lock-maximum-decoration
|
|
The variable @code{font-lock-maximum-decoration} specifies the
|
|
preferred level of fontification, for modes that provide multiple
|
|
levels. Level 1 is the least amount of fontification; some modes
|
|
support levels as high as 3. The normal default is ``as high as
|
|
possible.'' You can specify an integer, which applies to all modes, or
|
|
you can specify different numbers for particular major modes; for
|
|
example, to use level 1 for C/C++ modes, and the default level
|
|
otherwise, use this:
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|
|
|
@example
|
|
(setq font-lock-maximum-decoration
|
|
'((c-mode . 1) (c++-mode . 1)))
|
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@end example
|
|
|
|
@vindex font-lock-maximum-size
|
|
Fontification can be too slow for large buffers, so you can suppress
|
|
it. The variable @code{font-lock-maximum-size} specifies a buffer size,
|
|
beyond which buffer fontification is suppressed.
|
|
|
|
@c @w is used below to prevent a bad page-break.
|
|
@vindex font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function
|
|
Comment and string fontification (or ``syntactic'' fontification)
|
|
relies on analysis of the syntactic structure of the buffer text. For
|
|
the purposes of speed, some modes including C mode and Lisp mode rely on
|
|
a special convention: an open-parenthesis in the leftmost column always
|
|
defines the @w{beginning} of a defun, and is thus always outside any string
|
|
or comment. (@xref{Defuns}.) If you don't follow this convention,
|
|
then Font Lock mode can misfontify the text after an open-parenthesis in
|
|
the leftmost column that is inside a string or comment.
|
|
|
|
The variable @code{font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function} (always
|
|
buffer-local) specifies how Font Lock mode can find a position
|
|
guaranteed to be outside any comment or string. In modes which use the
|
|
leftmost column parenthesis convention, the default value of the variable
|
|
is @code{beginning-of-defun}---that tells Font Lock mode to use the
|
|
convention. If you set this variable to @code{nil}, Font Lock no longer
|
|
relies on the convention. This avoids incorrect results, but the price
|
|
is that, in some cases, fontification for a changed text must rescan
|
|
buffer text from the beginning of the buffer.
|
|
|
|
@findex font-lock-add-keywords
|
|
Font Lock highlighting patterns already exist for many modes, but you
|
|
may want to fontify additional patterns. You can use the function
|
|
@code{font-lock-add-keywords}, to add your own highlighting patterns for
|
|
a particular mode. For example, to highlight @samp{FIXME:} words in C
|
|
comments, use this:
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(font-lock-add-keywords
|
|
'c-mode
|
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'(("\\<\\(FIXME\\):" 1 font-lock-warning-face t)))
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@end example
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|
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@node Support Modes
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@section Font Lock Support Modes
|
|
|
|
Font Lock support modes make Font Lock mode faster for large buffers.
|
|
There are two support modes: Fast Lock mode and Lazy Lock mode. They
|
|
use two different methods of speeding up Font Lock mode.
|
|
|
|
@menu
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* Fast Lock Mode:: Saving font information in files.
|
|
* Lazy Lock Mode:: Fontifying only text that is actually displayed.
|
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* JIT Lock Mode:: Like Lazy Lock, but generally faster.
|
|
* Fast or Lazy:: Which support mode is best for you?
|
|
@end menu
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|
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@node Fast Lock Mode
|
|
@subsection Fast Lock Mode
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|
|
|
@cindex Fast Lock mode
|
|
@cindex mode, Fast Lock
|
|
To make Font Lock mode faster for buffers visiting large files, you
|
|
can use Fast Lock mode. Fast Lock mode saves the font information for
|
|
each file in a separate cache file; each time you visit the file, it
|
|
rereads the font information from the cache file instead of refontifying
|
|
the text from scratch.
|
|
|
|
@findex fast-lock-mode
|
|
The command @kbd{M-x fast-lock-mode} turns Fast Lock mode on or off,
|
|
according to the argument (with no argument, it toggles). You can also
|
|
arrange to enable Fast Lock mode whenever you use Font Lock mode, like
|
|
this:
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(setq font-lock-support-mode 'fast-lock-mode)
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@vindex fast-lock-minimum-size
|
|
It is not worth writing a cache file for small buffers. Therefore,
|
|
the variable @code{fast-lock-minimum-size} specifies a minimum file size
|
|
for caching font information.
|
|
|
|
@vindex fast-lock-cache-directories
|
|
The variable @code{fast-lock-cache-directories} specifies where to put
|
|
the cache files. Its value is a list of directories to try; @code{"."}
|
|
means the same directory as the file being edited. The default value is
|
|
@w{@code{("." "~/.emacs-flc")}}, which means to use the same directory if
|
|
possible, and otherwise the directory @file{~/.emacs-flc}.
|
|
|
|
@vindex fast-lock-save-others
|
|
The variable @code{fast-lock-save-others} specifies whether Fast Lock
|
|
mode should save cache files for files that you do not own. A
|
|
non-@code{nil} value means yes (and that is the default).
|
|
|
|
@node Lazy Lock Mode
|
|
@subsection Lazy Lock Mode
|
|
@cindex Lazy Lock mode
|
|
@cindex mode, Lazy Lock
|
|
|
|
To make Font Lock mode faster for large buffers, you can use Lazy Lock
|
|
mode to reduce the amount of text that is fontified. In Lazy Lock mode,
|
|
buffer fontification is demand-driven; it happens to portions of the
|
|
buffer that are about to be displayed. And fontification of your
|
|
changes is deferred; it happens only when Emacs has been idle for a
|
|
certain short period of time.
|
|
|
|
@findex lazy-lock-mode
|
|
The command @kbd{M-x lazy-lock-mode} turns Lazy Lock mode on or off,
|
|
according to the argument (with no argument, it toggles). You can also
|
|
arrange to enable Lazy Lock mode whenever you use Font Lock mode, like
|
|
this:
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(setq font-lock-support-mode 'lazy-lock-mode)
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@vindex lazy-lock-minimum-size
|
|
It is not worth avoiding buffer fontification for small buffers.
|
|
Therefore, the variable @code{lazy-lock-minimum-size} specifies a
|
|
minimum buffer size for demand-driven buffer fontification. Buffers
|
|
smaller than that are fontified all at once, as in plain Font Lock mode.
|
|
|
|
@vindex lazy-lock-defer-time
|
|
When you alter the buffer, Lazy Lock mode defers fontification of the
|
|
text you changed. The variable @code{lazy-lock-defer-time} specifies
|
|
how many seconds Emacs must be idle before it starts fontifying your
|
|
changes. If the value is 0, then changes are fontified immediately, as
|
|
in plain Font Lock mode.
|
|
|
|
@vindex lazy-lock-defer-on-scrolling
|
|
Lazy Lock mode normally fontifies newly visible portions of the buffer
|
|
before they are first displayed. However, if the value of
|
|
@code{lazy-lock-defer-on-scrolling} is non-@code{nil}, newly visible
|
|
text is fontified only when Emacs is idle for
|
|
@code{lazy-lock-defer-time} seconds.
|
|
|
|
@vindex lazy-lock-defer-contextually
|
|
In some modes, including C mode and Emacs Lisp mode, changes in one
|
|
line's contents can alter the context for subsequent lines, and thus
|
|
change how they ought to be fontified. Ordinarily, you must type
|
|
@kbd{M-g M-g} to refontify the subsequent lines. However, if you set
|
|
the variable @code{lazy-lock-defer-contextually} to non-@code{nil}, Lazy
|
|
Lock mode does this automatically, after @code{lazy-lock-defer-time}
|
|
seconds.
|
|
|
|
@cindex stealth fontification
|
|
When Emacs is idle for a long time, Lazy Lock fontifies additional
|
|
portions of the buffer, not yet displayed, in case you will display them
|
|
later. This is called @dfn{stealth fontification}.
|
|
|
|
@vindex lazy-lock-stealth-time
|
|
@vindex lazy-lock-stealth-lines
|
|
@vindex lazy-lock-stealth-verbose
|
|
The variable @code{lazy-lock-stealth-time} specifies how many seconds
|
|
Emacs has to be idle before stealth fontification starts. A value of
|
|
@code{nil} means no stealth fontification. The variables
|
|
@code{lazy-lock-stealth-lines} and @code{lazy-lock-stealth-verbose}
|
|
specify the granularity and verbosity of stealth fontification.
|
|
|
|
@node JIT Lock Mode
|
|
@subsection JIT Lock Mode
|
|
|
|
@findex jit-lock-mode
|
|
This Just-In-time support mode is roughly equivalent to Lazy Lock but is
|
|
generally faster and more robust. It supports stealth and deferred
|
|
contextual fontification.
|
|
|
|
Font-lock uses @code{jit-lock-mode} as default support mode, so you
|
|
don't have to do anything to activate it.
|
|
|
|
@node Fast or Lazy
|
|
@subsection Fast Lock or Lazy Lock?
|
|
|
|
Here is a simple guide to help you choose one of the Font Lock support
|
|
modes.
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
Fast Lock mode intervenes only during file visiting and buffer
|
|
killing (and related events); therefore buffer editing and window
|
|
scrolling are no faster or slower than in plain Font Lock mode.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
Fast Lock mode is slower at reading a cache file than Lazy Lock
|
|
mode is at fontifying a window; therefore Fast Lock mode is slower at
|
|
visiting a file than Lazy Lock mode.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
Lazy Lock mode intervenes during window scrolling to fontify text that
|
|
scrolls onto the screen; therefore, scrolling is slower than in plain
|
|
Font Lock mode.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
Lazy Lock mode doesn't fontify during buffer editing (it defers
|
|
fontification of changes); therefore, editing is faster than in plain
|
|
Font Lock mode.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
Fast Lock mode can be fooled by a file that is kept under version
|
|
control software; therefore buffer fontification may occur even when
|
|
a cache file exists for the file.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
Fast Lock mode only works with a buffer visiting a file; Lazy Lock
|
|
mode works with any buffer.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
Fast Lock mode generates cache files; Lazy Lock mode does not.
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
@vindex font-lock-support-mode
|
|
The variable @code{font-lock-support-mode} specifies which of these
|
|
support modes to use; for example, to specify that Fast Lock mode is
|
|
used for C/C++ modes, and Lazy Lock mode otherwise, set the variable
|
|
like this:
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(setq font-lock-support-mode
|
|
'((c-mode . fast-lock-mode) (c++-mode . fast-lock-mode)
|
|
(t . lazy-lock-mode)))
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@node Highlight Changes
|
|
@section Highlight Changes Mode
|
|
|
|
@findex highlight-changes-mode
|
|
Use @kbd{M-x highlight-changes-mode} to enable a minor mode
|
|
that uses faces (colors, typically) to indicate which parts of
|
|
the buffer were changed most recently.
|
|
|
|
@node Highlight Interactively
|
|
@section Interactive Highlighting of Arbitrary Text
|
|
|
|
@cindex highlighting, arbitrary text
|
|
@cindex interactive highlighting
|
|
Sometimes, you could need to highlight arbitrary strings in the
|
|
buffer. For example, you might wish to see all the references to a
|
|
certain variable in a program source file or highlight certain parts in
|
|
a voluminous output of some program, or make certain cliches stand out.
|
|
|
|
@findex hi-lock-mode
|
|
Use the @kbd{M-x hi-lock-mode} command to turn on a minor mode that
|
|
allows you to specify regular expressions of the text to be highlighted.
|
|
@code{hi-lock-mode} works like Font Lock (@pxref{Font Lock}), except
|
|
that it lets you control what parts of text are highlighted.
|
|
@code{hi-lock-mode} provides several functions:
|
|
|
|
@table @kbd
|
|
@item C-x w h
|
|
@kindex C-x w i
|
|
@findex highlight-regexp
|
|
Specify the regular expression (@pxref{Regexps}) for the parts of buffer
|
|
text that are to be highlighted (@code{highlight-regexp}). It prompts
|
|
for the regular expression, then for the name of the face with which to
|
|
highlight the text that matches.
|
|
|
|
@item C-x w r
|
|
@kindex C-x w r
|
|
@findex unhighlight-regexp
|
|
Unhighlight @var{regexp} (@code{unhighlight-regexp}). Prompts for the
|
|
regular expression, and will accept only one of the regexps inserted by
|
|
other @code{hi-lock} commands.
|
|
|
|
@item C-x w l
|
|
@kindex C-x w l
|
|
@findex highlight-lines-matching-regexp
|
|
@cindex lines, highlighting
|
|
@cindex highlighting lines of text
|
|
Specify the regular expression (@pxref{Regexps}) for the lines of buffer
|
|
text that are to be highlighted
|
|
(@code{highlight-lines-matching-regexp}). It prompts for the regular
|
|
expression, then for the name of the face with which to highlight the
|
|
matching lines.
|
|
|
|
@item C-x w b
|
|
@kindex C-x w b
|
|
@findex hi-lock-write-interactive-patterns
|
|
This runs the @code{hi-lock-write-interactive-patterns} command which
|
|
inserts the patterns added by @kbd{M-x highlight-regexp} and @kbd{M-x
|
|
highlight-lines-matching-regexp} into the current buffer at point, as
|
|
comments. These patterns will be read the next time the file is
|
|
visited, or when the @kbd{M-x hi-lock-find-patterns} command is issued.
|
|
|
|
@item C-x w i
|
|
@kindex C-x w i
|
|
@findex hi-lock-find-patterns
|
|
@vindex hi-lock-exclude-modes
|
|
Re-read patterns stored in a buffer in the format produced by @kbd{M-x
|
|
hi-lock-write-interactive-patterns}
|
|
(@code{hi-lock-write-interactive-patterns}. If you invoke this command
|
|
in a buffer whose major mode is a member of the list that is the value
|
|
of the variable @code{hi-lock-exclude-modes}, this command has no
|
|
effect.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
|
|
@node Trailing Whitespace
|
|
@section Trailing Whitespace
|
|
|
|
@cindex trailing whitespace
|
|
@cindex whitespace, trailing
|
|
@vindex show-trailing-whitespace
|
|
The option @code{show-trailing-whitespace} can be customized so that
|
|
Emacs displays trailing whitespace in the face
|
|
@code{trailing-whitespace}. Trailing whitespace is defined as spaces or
|
|
tabs at the end of a line. To avoid busy highlighting when entering new
|
|
text, trailing whitespace is not displayed if point is at the end of the
|
|
line containing the whitespace.
|
|
|
|
@node Tooltips
|
|
@section Tooltips (or `Balloon Help')
|
|
|
|
@cindex balloon help
|
|
@findex tooltip-mode
|
|
Tooltips are small X windows displaying a help string at the current
|
|
mouse position, typically over text---including the mode line---which
|
|
can be activated with the mouse or other keys. (This facility is
|
|
sometimes known as `balloon help'.) Tooltips may be available for menu
|
|
items too.
|
|
|
|
To use tooltips, customize the user option @code{tooltip-mode}. The
|
|
customization group @code{tooltip} controls various aspects of their
|
|
display. If Tooltip mode is not activated, the help text is displayed
|
|
in the echo area instead.
|
|
|
|
@node Mouse Avoidance
|
|
@section Mouse Avoidance
|
|
|
|
Mouse Avoidance mode keeps the window system mouse pointer away from
|
|
point to avoid obscuring text. Whenever the mouse is moved, the frame
|
|
is also raised. To use it, customize the option
|
|
@code{mouse-avoidance-mode}. You can set this to various values to move
|
|
the mouse in several ways:
|
|
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@item banish
|
|
Move the mouse to the upper-right corner on any keypress;
|
|
@item exile
|
|
Move the mouse to the corner only if the cursor gets too close,
|
|
and allow it to return once the cursor is out of the way;
|
|
@item jump
|
|
If the cursor gets too close to the mouse, displace the mouse
|
|
a random distance & direction;
|
|
@item animate
|
|
As @code{jump}, but shows steps along the way for illusion of motion;
|
|
@item cat-and-mouse
|
|
The same as @code{animate};
|
|
@item proteus
|
|
As @code{animate}, but changes the shape of the mouse pointer too.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
You can also use the command @kbd{M-x mouse-avoidance-mode} to turn on
|
|
the mode.
|
|
|
|
@node Misc X
|
|
@section Miscellaneous X Window Features
|
|
|
|
The following commands let you create, delete and operate on frames:
|
|
|
|
@table @kbd
|
|
@item C-z
|
|
@kindex C-z @r{(X windows)}
|
|
@findex iconify-or-deiconify-frame
|
|
Iconify the selected Emacs frame (@code{iconify-or-deiconify-frame}).
|
|
The normal meaning of @kbd{C-z}, to suspend Emacs, is not useful under a
|
|
window system, so it has a different binding in that case.
|
|
|
|
If you type this command on an Emacs frame's icon, it deiconifies the frame.
|
|
|
|
@item C-x 5 0
|
|
@kindex C-x 5 0
|
|
@findex delete-frame
|
|
Delete the selected frame (@code{delete-frame}). This is not allowed if
|
|
there is only one frame.
|
|
|
|
@item C-x 5 o
|
|
@kindex C-x 5 o
|
|
@findex other-frame
|
|
Select another frame, raise it, and warp the mouse to it so that it
|
|
stays selected. If you repeat this command, it cycles through all the
|
|
frames on your terminal.
|
|
|
|
@item C-x 5 1
|
|
@kindex C-x 5 1
|
|
@findex delete-other-frames
|
|
Delete all frames except the selected one.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@node Non-Window Terminals
|
|
@section Non-Window Terminals
|
|
@cindex non-window terminals
|
|
@cindex single-frame terminals
|
|
|
|
If your terminal does not have a window system that Emacs supports,
|
|
then it can display only one Emacs frame at a time. However, you can
|
|
still create multiple Emacs frames, and switch between them. Switching
|
|
frames on these terminals is much like switching between different
|
|
window configurations.
|
|
|
|
Use @kbd{C-x 5 2} to create a new frame and switch to it; use @kbd{C-x
|
|
5 o} to cycle through the existing frames; use @kbd{C-x 5 0} to delete
|
|
the current frame.
|
|
|
|
Each frame has a number to distinguish it. If your terminal can
|
|
display only one frame at a time, the selected frame's number @var{n}
|
|
appears near the beginning of the mode line, in the form
|
|
@samp{F@var{n}}.
|
|
|
|
@findex set-frame-name
|
|
@findex select-frame-by-name
|
|
@samp{F@var{n}} is actually the frame's name. You can also specify a
|
|
different name if you wish, and you can select a frame by its name. Use
|
|
the command @kbd{M-x set-frame-name @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET}} to
|
|
specify a new name for the selected frame, and use @kbd{M-x
|
|
select-frame-by-name @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET}} to select a frame
|
|
according to its name. The name you specify appears in the mode line
|
|
when the frame is selected.
|
|
|
|
@node XTerm Mouse
|
|
@section Using a Mouse in Terminal Emulators
|
|
@cindex xterm, mouse support
|
|
@cindex terminal emulators, mouse support
|
|
|
|
Some terminal emulators under X support mouse clicks in the terminal
|
|
window. In a terminal emulator which is compatible with @code{xterm},
|
|
you can use @kbd{M-x xterm-mouse-mode} to enable simple use of the
|
|
mouse---only single clicks are supported. The normal @code{xterm} mouse
|
|
functionality is still available by holding down the @kbd{SHIFT} key
|
|
when you press the mouse button.
|