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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/frames.texi | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/NEWS | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/frame.el | 5 |
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/frames.texi b/doc/emacs/frames.texi index ad860fd62ca..8d24fc5806a 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/frames.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/frames.texi @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ for doing so on MS-DOS). Menus are supported on all text terminals. * Multiple Displays:: How one Emacs instance can talk to several displays. * Frame Parameters:: Changing the colors and other modes of frames. * Scroll Bars:: How to enable and disable scroll bars; how to use them. +* Window Dividers:: Window separators that can be dragged with the mouse. * Drag and Drop:: Using drag and drop to open files and insert text. * Menu Bars:: Enabling and disabling the menu bar. * Tool Bars:: Enabling and disabling the tool bar. @@ -1001,6 +1002,32 @@ or disable horizontal scroll bars (@pxref{Resources}). To control the scroll bar height, change the @code{scroll-bar-height} frame parameter (@pxref{Frame Parameters,,, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}). +@node Window Dividers +@section Window Dividers +@cindex Window Divider mode +@cindex mode, Window Divider + + On graphical displays, you can use @dfn{window dividers} in order to +separate windows visually. Window dividers are bars that can be dragged +with the mouse, thus allowing to easily resize adjacent windows. + +@vindex window-divider-mode + To control the display of window dividers, customize the variable +@code{window-divider-mode}. Its value should be either +@code{bottom-only} (to show dividers only on the bottom of windows), +@code{right-only} (to show dividers only on the right of windows), +@code{t} (to show them on the bottom and on the right) or @code{nil} (to +disable window dividers). + +@vindex window-divider-default-bottom-width +@vindex window-divider-default-right-width + To adjust the width of window dividers displayed by this mode +customize the options @code{window-divider-default-bottom-width} and +@code{window-divider-default-right-width}. + + For more details about window dividers see @ref{Window Dividers,, +Window Dividers, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}. + @node Drag and Drop @section Drag and Drop @cindex drag and drop @@ -1090,6 +1090,11 @@ windows without "fixing" it. It's supported by `fit-window-to-buffer', `temp-buffer-resize-mode' and `display-buffer'. +++ +** New minor mode `window-divider-mode' and options +`window-divider-default-bottom-width' and +`window-divider-default-right-width'. + ++++ ** New option `switch-to-buffer-in-dedicated-window' allows to customize how `switch-to-buffer' proceeds interactively when the selected window is strongly dedicated to its buffer. diff --git a/lisp/frame.el b/lisp/frame.el index ffa01b4dcc1..cd6823aadf2 100644 --- a/lisp/frame.el +++ b/lisp/frame.el @@ -1784,8 +1784,9 @@ With a prefix argument ARG, enable Window Divider mode if ARG is positive, and disable it otherwise. If called from Lisp, enable the mode if ARG is omitted or nil. -The option `window-divider-default-width' allows to customize the -width of dividers displayed by this mode." +The options `window-divider-default-bottom-width' and +`window-divider-default-right-width' allow to customize the width +of dividers displayed by this mode." :group 'window-divider :global t :variable (window-divider-mode |