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diff --git a/man/frames.texi b/man/frames.texi index 57798a374d9..7896adc41f6 100644 --- a/man/frames.texi +++ b/man/frames.texi @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ under X. * Frame Parameters:: Changing the colors and other modes of frames. * Scroll Bars:: How to enable and disable scroll bars; how to use them. * Wheeled Mice:: Using mouse wheels for scrolling. +* 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. * Dialog Boxes:: Controlling use of dialog boxes. @@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ commands for copying between Emacs and other X client programs. If you select a region with any of these mouse commands, and then immediately afterward type the @key{DELETE} function key, it deletes the region that you selected. The @key{BACKSPACE} function key and the -ASCII character @key{DEL} do not do this; if you type any other key +@acronym{ASCII} character @key{DEL} do not do this; if you type any other key in between the mouse command and @key{DELETE}, it does not do this. @findex mouse-set-region @@ -795,6 +796,40 @@ generating appropriate events for Emacs. @code{mouse-wheel-scroll-amount} determine where and by how much buffers are scrolled. +@node Drag and drop +@section Drag and drop in Emacs. + +@cindex drag and drop + Emacs supports drag and drop so that dropping of files and text is handeled. +Currently supported drag and drop protocols are XDND, Motif and the old +KDE 1.x protocol. There is no drag support yet. +When text is dropped on Emacs, Emacs inserts the text where it is dropped. +When a file is dragged from a file manager to Emacs, Emacs opens that file. +As a special case, if a file is dropped on a dired buffer the file is +copied or moved (depends on exactly how it is dragged and the application +it was dragged from) to the directory the dired buffer is displaying. + +@vindex x-dnd-open-file-other-window + A file is normally opened in the window it is dropped on, but if you +prefer the file to be opened in a new window you can customize the variable +@code{x-dnd-open-file-other-window}. + +@vindex x-dnd-types-alist + If you want to change the way Emacs handles drop of different types +or add a new type, you shall customize @code{x-dnd-types-alist}. This +requires detailed knowledge of what types other applications use +for drag and drop. + +@vindex x-dnd-protocol-alist + When an URL is dropped on Emacs it may be a file, but it may also be +another URL type (ftp, http, etc.). Emacs first checks +@code{x-dnd-protocol-alist} to determine what to do with the URL. If there +is no match there and if @code{browse-url-browser-function} is an alist, +Emacs looks for a match there. If no match is found the text for the URL +is inserted. If you want to alter Emacs behaviour you can customize these +variables. + + @node Menu Bars @section Menu Bars @cindex Menu Bar mode @@ -855,6 +890,16 @@ invoke the command to begin with. use of dialog boxes. This also controls whether to use file selection windows (but those are not supported on all platforms). +@vindex use-file-dialog + A file selection window is a special kind of dialog box for asking for +file names. + + You can customize the option @code{use-file-dialog} to suppress the +use of file selection windows even if you still want other kinds +of dialogs. This option has no effect if you have supressed all dialog +boxes with the option @code{use-dialog-box}. + + @node Tooltips @section Tooltips (or ``Balloon Help'') @@ -954,3 +999,7 @@ functionality is still available by holding down the @kbd{SHIFT} key when you press the mouse button. The Linux console supports this mode if it has support for the mouse enabled, e.g.@: using the @command{gpm} daemon. + +@ignore + arch-tag: 7dcf3a31-a43b-45d4-a900-445b10d77e49 +@end ignore |