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author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1994-05-25 22:09:47 +0000 |
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committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1994-05-25 22:09:47 +0000 |
commit | 93c14ff48f3ebf1b7efc42248239b764d1a2628a (patch) | |
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diff --git a/lispref/frames.texi b/lispref/frames.texi index 82c4936c753..2c3cec4b102 100644 --- a/lispref/frames.texi +++ b/lispref/frames.texi @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ This predicate returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a frame, and * Mouse Position:: Asking where the mouse is, or moving it. * Pop-Up Menus:: Displaying a menu for the user to select from. * Dialog Boxes:: Displaying a box to ask yes or no. +* Pointer Shapes:: Specifying the shape of the mouse pointer. * X Selections:: Transferring text to and from other X clients. * X Connections:: Opening and closing the X server connection. * Resources:: Getting resource values from the server. @@ -77,12 +78,26 @@ Each element has the form: @example (@var{parameter} . @var{value}) @end example +@end defvar -If you use options that specify window appearance when you invoke Emacs, -they take effect by adding elements to @code{default-frame-alist}. -@xref{Command Arguments,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. +@defvar initial-frame-alist +This is an alist specifying frame parameters for the initial Emacs frame. + +Emacs creates the initial X frame before it reads the user's init file, +which is the first occasion that the user has to set this variable. So +after reading the init file, Emacs modifies the parameters according to +the value of this variable. In most cases, that is good enough. +However, for window position parameters, it may be inconvenient that the +window initially appears in the wrong place or the wrong size. The way +to overcome this annoyance is to specify the initial frame's geometry +with an X resource. @end defvar +If you use options that specify window appearance when you invoke Emacs, +they take effect by adding elements to @code{default-frame-alist}. One +exception is @samp{-geometry}, which adds to @code{initial-frame-alist} +instead. @xref{Command Arguments,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. + @defvar before-make-frame-hook A normal hook run by @code{make-frame} before it actually creates the frame. @@ -168,10 +183,21 @@ name is also used (instead of the name of the Emacs executable) when looking up X resources for the frame. @item left -The screen position of the left edge, in pixels. +The screen position of the left edge, in pixels. The value may be +@code{-} instead of a number; that represents @samp{-0} in a geometry +specification. @item top -The screen position of the top edge, in pixels. +The screen position of the top edge, in pixels. The value may be +@code{-} instead of a number; that represents @samp{-0} in a geometry +specification. + +@item user-position +Non-@code{nil} if the screen position of the frame was explicitly +requested by the user (for example, with the @samp{-geometry} option). +Nothing automatically makes this parameter non-@code{nil}; it is up to +Lisp programs that call @code{make-frame} to specify this parameter as +well as specifying the @code{left} and @code{top} parameters. @item height The height of the frame contents, in characters. (To get the height in @@ -221,7 +247,7 @@ server defines the meaningful color names. The color to use for the background of text. @item mouse-color -The color for the mouse cursor. +The color for the mouse pointer. @item cursor-color The color for the cursor that shows point. @@ -267,10 +293,8 @@ it and see if it works.) You can read or change the size and position of a frame using the frame parameters @code{left}, @code{top}, @code{height} and -@code{width}. When you create a frame, you must specify either both -size parameters or neither. Likewise, you must specify either both -position parameters or neither. Whatever geometry parameters you don't -specify are chosen by the window manager in its usual fashion. +@code{width}. Whatever geometry parameters you don't specify are chosen +by the window manager in its usual fashion. Here are some special features for working with sizes and positions: @@ -820,6 +844,35 @@ display a real dialog box; so instead it displays the same items in a pop-up menu in the center of the frame. @end defun +@node Pointer Shapes +@section Pointer Shapes +@cindex pointer shape +@cindex mouse pointer shape + + These variables specify which mouse pointer shape to use in various +situations: + +@table @code +@item x-pointer-shape +@vindex x-pointer-shape +This variable specifies the pointer shape to use ordinarily in the Emacs +frame. + +@item x-sensitive-text-pointer-shape +@vindex x-sensitive-text-pointer-shape +This variable specifies the pointer shape to use when the mouse +is over mouse-sensitive text. +@end table + + These variables affect newly created frames. They do not normally +affect existing frames; however, if you set the mouse color of a frame, +that also updates its pointer shapes based on the current values of +these variables. @xref{X Frame Parameters}. + + The values you can use, to specify either of these pointer shapes, are +defined in the file @file{lisp/x-win.el}. Use @kbd{M-x apropos +@key{RET} x-pointer @key{RET}} to see a list of them. + @node X Selections @section X Selections @cindex selection (for X windows) @@ -1036,8 +1089,4 @@ This variable's value is is @code{t} if no X window manager is in use. @item The functions @code{x-pixel-width} and @code{x-pixel-height} return the width and height of an X Window frame, measured in pixels. - -@item -x-pointer-shape, x-nontext-pointer-shape, x-mode-pointer-shape. -x-cross-pointer-shape. @end ignore |