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dc6d9681 1;;; frame.el --- multi-frame management independent of window systems.
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c0f86408 3;;;; Copyright (C) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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fc68affa 5;; Maintainer: FSF
fd7fa35a 6;; Keywords: internal
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8;;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
9;;;
10;;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11;;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
de49a6d3 12;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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13;;; any later version.
14;;;
15;;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16;;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
19;;;
20;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21;;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
22;;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
23
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24;;; Code:
25
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26(defvar frame-creation-function nil
27 "Window-system dependent function to call to create a new frame.
28The window system startup file should set this to its frame creation
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29function, which should take an alist of parameters as its argument.")
30
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31;;; The initial value given here for this must ask for a minibuffer.
32;;; There must always exist a frame with a minibuffer, and after we
33;;; delete the terminal frame, this will be the only frame.
9e2b097b 34(defvar initial-frame-alist '((minibuffer . t))
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35 "Alist of frame parameters for creating the initial X window frame.
36You can set this in your `.emacs' file; for example,
dc6d9681 37 (setq initial-frame-alist '((top . 1) (left . 1) (width . 80) (height . 55)))
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38If the value calls for a frame without a minibuffer, and you do not create a
39minibuffer frame on your own, one is created according to
7eadab74 40`minibuffer-frame-alist'.
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41Parameters specified here supersede the values given in
42`default-frame-alist'.")
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7eadab74 44(defvar minibuffer-frame-alist '((width . 80) (height . 2))
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45 "Alist of frame parameters for initially creating a minibuffer frame.
46You can set this in your `.emacs' file; for example,
dc6d9681 47 (setq minibuffer-frame-alist
7eadab74 48 '((top . 1) (left . 1) (width . 80) (height . 2)))
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49Parameters specified here supersede the values given in
50`default-frame-alist'.")
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dc6d9681 52(defvar pop-up-frame-alist nil
eaa974e1 53 "Alist of frame parameters used when creating pop-up frames.
dc6d9681 54Pop-up frames are used for completions, help, and the like.
64c669bc 55This variable can be set in your init file, like this:
dc6d9681 56 (setq pop-up-frame-alist '((width . 80) (height . 20)))
eaa974e1 57These supercede the values given in `default-frame-alist'.")
64c669bc 58
dc6d9681 59(setq pop-up-frame-function
64c669bc 60 (function (lambda ()
dc6d9681 61 (new-frame pop-up-frame-alist))))
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62
63\f
dc6d9681 64;;;; Arrangement of frames at startup
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65
66;;; 1) Load the window system startup file from the lisp library and read the
67;;; high-priority arguments (-q and the like). The window system startup
dc6d9681 68;;; file should create any frames specified in the window system defaults.
64c669bc 69;;;
dc6d9681 70;;; 2) If no frames have been opened, we open an initial text frame.
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71;;;
72;;; 3) Once the init file is done, we apply any newly set parameters
dc6d9681 73;;; in initial-frame-alist to the frame.
64c669bc 74
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75;; These are now called explicitly at the proper times,
76;; since that is easier to understand.
77;; Actually using hooks within Emacs is bad for future maintenance. --rms.
78;; (add-hook 'before-init-hook 'frame-initialize)
79;; (add-hook 'window-setup-hook 'frame-notice-user-settings)
64c669bc 80
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81;;; If we create the initial frame, this is it.
82(defvar frame-initial-frame nil)
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83
84;;; startup.el calls this function before loading the user's init
dc6d9681 85;;; file - if there is no frame with a minibuffer open now, create
64c669bc 86;;; one to display messages while loading the init file.
dc6d9681 87(defun frame-initialize ()
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88
89 ;; Are we actually running under a window system at all?
90 (if (and window-system (not noninteractive))
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91 (progn
92 ;; If there is no frame with a minibuffer besides the terminal
93 ;; frame, then we need to create the opening frame. Make sure
94 ;; it has a minibuffer, but let initial-frame-alist omit the
95 ;; minibuffer spec.
96 (or (delq terminal-frame (minibuffer-frame-list))
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97 (progn
98 (setq default-minibuffer-frame
99 (setq frame-initial-frame
100 (new-frame initial-frame-alist)))
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101 ;; Delete any specifications for window geometry parameters
102 ;; so that we won't reapply them in frame-notice-user-settings.
103 ;; It would be wrong to reapply them then,
104 ;; because that would override explicit user resizing.
105 (setq initial-frame-alist
106 (delq (assq 'height initial-frame-alist)
107 (delq (assq 'width initial-frame-alist)
108 (delq (assq 'left initial-frame-alist)
109 (delq (assq 'top initial-frame-alist)
110 initial-frame-alist)))))
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111 ;; Handle `reverse' as a parameter.
112 (if (cdr (or (assq 'reverse initial-frame-alist)
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113 (assq 'reverse default-frame-alist)
114 (cons nil
792a0e1c 115 (x-get-resource "reverseVideo" "ReverseVideo"))))
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116 (let ((params (frame-parameters frame-initial-frame)))
117 (modify-frame-parameters
118 frame-initial-frame
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119 ;; Must set cursor-color after background color.
120 ;; So put it first.
121 (list (cons 'cursor-color (cdr (assq 'background-color params)))
122 (cons 'foreground-color (cdr (assq 'background-color params)))
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123 (cons 'background-color (cdr (assq 'foreground-color params)))
124 (cons 'mouse-color (cdr (assq 'background-color params)))
36fc9c9f 125 (cons 'border-color (cdr (assq 'background-color params)))))))))
7eadab74 126
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127 ;; At this point, we know that we have a frame open, so we
128 ;; can delete the terminal frame.
129 (delete-frame terminal-frame)
130 (setq terminal-frame nil))
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131
132 ;; No, we're not running a window system. Arrange to cause errors.
dc6d9681 133 (setq frame-creation-function
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134 (function
135 (lambda (parameters)
136 (error
8290babd 137 "Can't create multiple frames without a window system"))))))
64c669bc 138
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139;;; startup.el calls this function after loading the user's init
140;;; file. Now default-frame-alist and initial-frame-alist contain
141;;; information to which we must react; do what needs to be done.
dc6d9681 142(defun frame-notice-user-settings ()
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143
144 ;; Creating and deleting frames may shift the selected frame around,
145 ;; and thus the current buffer. Protect against that. We don't
146 ;; want to use save-excursion here, because that may also try to set
147 ;; the buffer of the selected window, which fails when the selected
148 ;; window is the minibuffer.
149 (let ((old-buffer (current-buffer)))
150
151 ;; If the initial frame is still around, apply initial-frame-alist
152 ;; and default-frame-alist to it.
153 (if (frame-live-p frame-initial-frame)
154
155 ;; The initial frame we create above always has a minibuffer.
156 ;; If the user wants to remove it, or make it a minibuffer-only
157 ;; frame, then we'll have to delete the current frame and make a
158 ;; new one; you can't remove or add a root window to/from an
159 ;; existing frame.
160 ;;
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161 ;; NOTE: default-frame-alist was nil when we created the
162 ;; existing frame. We need to explicitly include
163 ;; default-frame-alist in the parameters of the screen we
164 ;; create here, so that its new value, gleaned from the user's
165 ;; .emacs file, will be applied to the existing screen.
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166 (if (not (eq (cdr (or (assq 'minibuffer initial-frame-alist)
167 (assq 'minibuffer default-frame-alist)
168 '(minibuffer . t)))
169 t))
170 ;; Create the new frame.
171 (let ((new
172 (new-frame
173 (append initial-frame-alist
174 default-frame-alist
175 (frame-parameters frame-initial-frame)))))
176
177 ;; The initial frame, which we are about to delete, may be
178 ;; the only frame with a minibuffer. If it is, create a
179 ;; new one.
180 (or (delq frame-initial-frame (minibuffer-frame-list))
181 (new-frame (append minibuffer-frame-alist
182 '((minibuffer . only)))))
183
184 ;; If the initial frame is serving as a surrogate
185 ;; minibuffer frame for any frames, we need to wean them
186 ;; onto a new frame. The default-minibuffer-frame
187 ;; variable must be handled similarly.
188 (let ((users-of-initial
189 (filtered-frame-list
190 (function (lambda (frame)
191 (and (not (eq frame frame-initial-frame))
192 (eq (window-frame
193 (minibuffer-window frame))
194 frame-initial-frame)))))))
195 (if (or users-of-initial
196 (eq default-minibuffer-frame frame-initial-frame))
197
198 ;; Choose an appropriate frame. Prefer frames which
199 ;; are only minibuffers.
200 (let* ((new-surrogate
201 (car
202 (or (filtered-frame-list
203 (function
204 (lambda (frame)
205 (eq (cdr (assq 'minibuffer
206 (frame-parameters frame)))
207 'only))))
208 (minibuffer-frame-list))))
209 (new-minibuffer (minibuffer-window new-surrogate)))
210
211 (if (eq default-minibuffer-frame frame-initial-frame)
212 (setq default-minibuffer-frame new-surrogate))
213
214 ;; Wean the frames using frame-initial-frame as
215 ;; their minibuffer frame.
216 (mapcar
217 (function
218 (lambda (frame)
219 (modify-frame-parameters
220 frame (list (cons 'minibuffer new-minibuffer)))))
221 users-of-initial))))
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222
223 ;; Redirect events enqueued at this frame to the new frame.
224 ;; Is this a good idea?
7eadab74 225 (redirect-frame-focus frame-initial-frame new)
ec558adc 226
7eadab74 227 ;; Finally, get rid of the old frame.
dc6d9681 228 (delete-frame frame-initial-frame))
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229
230 ;; Otherwise, we don't need all that rigamarole; just apply
231 ;; the new parameters.
dc6d9681 232 (modify-frame-parameters frame-initial-frame
ec558adc 233 (append initial-frame-alist
7eadab74 234 default-frame-alist))))
64c669bc 235
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236 ;; Restore the original buffer.
237 (set-buffer old-buffer)
238
239 ;; Make sure the initial frame can be GC'd if it is ever deleted.
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240 ;; Make sure frame-notice-user-settings does nothing if called twice.
241 (setq frame-initial-frame nil)))
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242
243\f
7eadab74 244;;;; Creation of additional frames, and other frame miscellanea
dc6d9681 245
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246;;; Return some frame other than the current frame, creating one if
247;;; neccessary. Note that the minibuffer frame, if separate, is not
248;;; considered (see next-frame).
7253d8e0 249(defun get-other-frame ()
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250 (let ((s (if (equal (next-frame (selected-frame)) (selected-frame))
251 (new-frame)
252 (next-frame (selected-frame)))))
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253 s))
254
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255(defun next-multiframe-window ()
256 "Select the next window, regardless of which frame it is on."
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257 (interactive)
258 (select-window (next-window (selected-window)
259 (> (minibuffer-depth) 0)
260 t)))
261
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262(defun previous-multiframe-window ()
263 "Select the previous window, regardless of which frame it is on."
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264 (interactive)
265 (select-window (previous-window (selected-window)
266 (> (minibuffer-depth) 0)
267 t)))
268
92e443b1 269;; Alias, kept temporarily.
31e1d920 270(defalias 'new-frame 'make-frame)
92e443b1 271(defun make-frame (&optional parameters)
dc6d9681 272 "Create a new frame, displaying the current buffer.
bc93c097 273
43a2e52c 274Optional argument PARAMETERS is an alist of parameters for the new
dc6d9681 275frame. Specifically, PARAMETERS is a list of pairs, each having one
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276of the following forms:
277
eaa974e1 278\(name . STRING) - The frame should be named STRING.
43a2e52c 279
eaa974e1 280\(height . NUMBER) - The frame should be NUMBER text lines high. If
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281 this parameter is present, the width parameter must also be
282 given.
283
eaa974e1 284\(width . NUMBER) - The frame should be NUMBER characters in width.
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285 If this parameter is present, the height parameter must also
286 be given.
287
eaa974e1 288\(minibuffer . t) - the frame should have a minibuffer
0ca90494 289\(minibuffer . nil) - the frame should have no minibuffer
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290\(minibuffer . only) - the frame should contain only a minibuffer
291\(minibuffer . WINDOW) - the frame should use WINDOW as its minibuffer window.
43a2e52c 292
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293The documentation for the function `x-create-frame' describes
294additional frame parameters that Emacs recognizes for X window frames."
64c669bc 295 (interactive)
dc6d9681 296 (funcall frame-creation-function parameters))
64c669bc 297
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298(defun filtered-frame-list (predicate)
299 "Return a list of all live frames which satisfy PREDICATE."
300 (let ((frames (frame-list))
301 good-frames)
302 (while (consp frames)
303 (if (funcall predicate (car frames))
304 (setq good-frames (cons (car frames) good-frames)))
305 (setq frames (cdr frames)))
306 good-frames))
307
308(defun minibuffer-frame-list ()
309 "Return a list of all frames with their own minibuffers."
310 (filtered-frame-list
311 (function (lambda (frame)
312 (eq frame (window-frame (minibuffer-window frame)))))))
313
64c669bc 314\f
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315;;;; Frame configurations
316
317(defun current-frame-configuration ()
318 "Return a list describing the positions and states of all frames.
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319Its car is `frame-configuration'.
320Each element of the cdr is a list of the form (FRAME ALIST WINDOW-CONFIG),
321where
322 FRAME is a frame object,
323 ALIST is an association list specifying some of FRAME's parameters, and
324 WINDOW-CONFIG is a window configuration object for FRAME."
325 (cons 'frame-configuration
326 (mapcar (function
327 (lambda (frame)
328 (list frame
329 (frame-parameters frame)
330 (current-window-configuration frame))))
331 (frame-list))))
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332
333(defun set-frame-configuration (configuration)
334 "Restore the frames to the state described by CONFIGURATION.
335Each frame listed in CONFIGURATION has its position, size, window
06b1a5ef 336configuration, and other parameters set as specified in CONFIGURATION."
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337 (or (frame-configuration-p configuration)
338 (signal 'wrong-type-argument
339 (list 'frame-configuration-p configuration)))
340 (let ((config-alist (cdr configuration))
341 frames-to-delete)
06b1a5ef 342 (mapcar (function
dc6d9681 343 (lambda (frame)
376a7584 344 (let ((parameters (assq frame config-alist)))
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345 (if parameters
346 (progn
dc6d9681 347 (modify-frame-parameters frame (nth 1 parameters))
06b1a5ef 348 (set-window-configuration (nth 2 parameters)))
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349 (setq frames-to-delete (cons frame frames-to-delete))))))
350 (frame-list))
351 (mapcar 'delete-frame frames-to-delete)))
64c669bc 352
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353(defun frame-configuration-p (object)
354 "Return non-nil if OBJECT seems to be a frame configuration.
355Any list whose car is `frame-configuration' is assumed to be a frame
356configuration."
357 (and (consp object)
358 (eq (car object) 'frame-configuration)))
359
64c669bc 360\f
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361;;;; Convenience functions for accessing and interactively changing
362;;;; frame parameters.
64c669bc 363
151bdc83 364(defun frame-height (&optional frame)
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365 "Return number of lines available for display on FRAME.
366If FRAME is omitted, describe the currently selected frame."
151bdc83 367 (cdr (assq 'height (frame-parameters frame))))
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368
369(defun frame-width (&optional frame)
370 "Return number of columns available for display on FRAME.
371If FRAME is omitted, describe the currently selected frame."
151bdc83 372 (cdr (assq 'width (frame-parameters frame))))
dc6d9681 373
64c669bc 374(defun set-default-font (font-name)
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375 "Set the font of the selected frame to FONT.
376When called interactively, prompt for the name of the font to use."
64c669bc 377 (interactive "sFont name: ")
dc6d9681 378 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
7eadab74 379 (list (cons 'font font-name))))
64c669bc 380
8290babd 381(defun set-background-color (color-name)
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382 "Set the background color of the selected frame to COLOR.
383When called interactively, prompt for the name of the color to use."
64c669bc 384 (interactive "sColor: ")
dc6d9681 385 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
7eadab74 386 (list (cons 'background-color color-name))))
64c669bc 387
8290babd 388(defun set-foreground-color (color-name)
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389 "Set the foreground color of the selected frame to COLOR.
390When called interactively, prompt for the name of the color to use."
64c669bc 391 (interactive "sColor: ")
dc6d9681 392 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
7eadab74 393 (list (cons 'foreground-color color-name))))
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394
395(defun set-cursor-color (color-name)
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396 "Set the text cursor color of the selected frame to COLOR.
397When called interactively, prompt for the name of the color to use."
64c669bc 398 (interactive "sColor: ")
dc6d9681 399 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
7eadab74 400 (list (cons 'cursor-color color-name))))
64c669bc 401
eaa974e1 402(defun set-mouse-color (color-name)
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403 "Set the color of the mouse pointer of the selected frame to COLOR.
404When called interactively, prompt for the name of the color to use."
64c669bc 405 (interactive "sColor: ")
dc6d9681 406 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
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407 (list (cons 'mouse-color color-name))))
408
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409(defun set-border-color (color-name)
410 "Set the color of the border of the selected frame to COLOR.
411When called interactively, prompt for the name of the color to use."
412 (interactive "sColor: ")
413 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
414 (list (cons 'border-color color-name))))
415
416(defun auto-raise-mode (arg)
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417 "Toggle whether or not the selected frame should auto-raise.
418With arg, turn auto-raise mode on if and only if arg is positive."
419 (interactive "P")
420 (if (null arg)
421 (setq arg
422 (if (cdr (assq 'auto-raise (frame-parameters (selected-frame))))
423 -1 1)))
dc6d9681 424 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
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425 (list (cons 'auto-raise (> arg 0)))))
426
eaa974e1 427(defun auto-lower-mode (arg)
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428 "Toggle whether or not the selected frame should auto-lower.
429With arg, turn auto-lower mode on if and only if arg is positive."
430 (interactive "P")
431 (if (null arg)
432 (setq arg
433 (if (cdr (assq 'auto-lower (frame-parameters (selected-frame))))
434 -1 1)))
dc6d9681 435 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
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436 (list (cons 'auto-lower (> arg 0)))))
437
7e85c6b5 438(defun toggle-scroll-bar (arg)
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439 "Toggle whether or not the selected frame has vertical scroll bars.
440With arg, turn vertical scroll bars on if and only if arg is positive."
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441 (interactive "P")
442 (if (null arg)
443 (setq arg
0ca90494 444 (if (cdr (assq 'vertical-scroll-bars
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445 (frame-parameters (selected-frame))))
446 -1 1)))
dc6d9681 447 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
0ca90494 448 (list (cons 'vertical-scroll-bars (> arg 0)))))
7eadab74 449
8290babd 450(defun toggle-horizontal-scroll-bar (arg)
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451 "Toggle whether or not the selected frame has horizontal scroll bars.
452With arg, turn horizontal scroll bars on if and only if arg is positive.
453Horizontal scroll bars aren't implemented yet."
7eadab74 454 (interactive "P")
8290babd 455 (error "Horizontal scroll bars aren't implemented yet"))
64c669bc 456
64c669bc 457\f
dc6d9681 458;;;; Aliases for backward compatibility with Emacs 18.
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459(defalias 'screen-height 'frame-height)
460(defalias 'screen-width 'frame-width)
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461
462(defun set-screen-width (cols &optional pretend)
463 "Obsolete function to change the size of the screen to COLS columns.\n\
464Optional second arg non-nil means that redisplay should use COLS columns\n\
465but that the idea of the actual width of the frame should not be changed.\n\
466This function is provided only for compatibility with Emacs 18; new code\n\
fe668515 467should use `set-frame-width instead'."
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468 (set-frame-width (selected-frame) cols pretend))
469
470(defun set-screen-height (lines &optional pretend)
471 "Obsolete function to change the height of the screen to LINES lines.\n\
472Optional second arg non-nil means that redisplay should use LINES lines\n\
473but that the idea of the actual height of the screen should not be changed.\n\
474This function is provided only for compatibility with Emacs 18; new code\n\
fe668515 475should use `set-frame-width' instead."
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476 (set-frame-height (selected-frame) lines pretend))
477
478(make-obsolete 'screen-height 'frame-height)
479(make-obsolete 'screen-width 'frame-width)
480(make-obsolete 'set-screen-width 'set-frame-width)
481(make-obsolete 'set-screen-height 'set-frame-height)
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482
483\f
64c669bc 484;;;; Key bindings
daa37602 485(defvar ctl-x-5-map (make-sparse-keymap)
dc6d9681 486 "Keymap for frame commands.")
31e1d920 487(defalias 'ctl-x-5-prefix ctl-x-5-map)
daa37602 488(define-key ctl-x-map "5" 'ctl-x-5-prefix)
64c669bc 489
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490(define-key ctl-x-5-map "2" 'new-frame)
491(define-key ctl-x-5-map "0" 'delete-frame)
49116ac0 492
dc6d9681 493(provide 'frame)
c88ab9ce 494
dc6d9681 495;;; frame.el ends here