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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'.")
64c669bc 51
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)))
101 ;; Handle `reverse' as a parameter.
102 (if (cdr (or (assq 'reverse initial-frame-alist)
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103 (assq 'reverse default-frame-alist)
104 (cons nil
105 (x-get-resource "reverseVideo" "Reversevideo"))))
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106 (let ((params (frame-parameters frame-initial-frame)))
107 (modify-frame-parameters
108 frame-initial-frame
109 (list (cons 'foreground-color (cdr (assq 'background-color params)))
110 (cons 'background-color (cdr (assq 'foreground-color params)))
111 (cons 'mouse-color (cdr (assq 'background-color params)))
112 (cons 'cursor-color (cdr (assq 'background-color params)))
113 (cons 'border-color (cdr (assq 'background-color params)))))))))
7eadab74 114
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115 ;; At this point, we know that we have a frame open, so we
116 ;; can delete the terminal frame.
117 (delete-frame terminal-frame)
118 (setq terminal-frame nil))
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119
120 ;; No, we're not running a window system. Arrange to cause errors.
dc6d9681 121 (setq frame-creation-function
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122 (function
123 (lambda (parameters)
124 (error
8290babd 125 "Can't create multiple frames without a window system"))))))
64c669bc 126
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127;;; startup.el calls this function after loading the user's init
128;;; file. Now default-frame-alist and initial-frame-alist contain
129;;; information to which we must react; do what needs to be done.
dc6d9681 130(defun frame-notice-user-settings ()
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131
132 ;; Creating and deleting frames may shift the selected frame around,
133 ;; and thus the current buffer. Protect against that. We don't
134 ;; want to use save-excursion here, because that may also try to set
135 ;; the buffer of the selected window, which fails when the selected
136 ;; window is the minibuffer.
137 (let ((old-buffer (current-buffer)))
138
139 ;; If the initial frame is still around, apply initial-frame-alist
140 ;; and default-frame-alist to it.
141 (if (frame-live-p frame-initial-frame)
142
143 ;; The initial frame we create above always has a minibuffer.
144 ;; If the user wants to remove it, or make it a minibuffer-only
145 ;; frame, then we'll have to delete the current frame and make a
146 ;; new one; you can't remove or add a root window to/from an
147 ;; existing frame.
148 ;;
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149 ;; NOTE: default-frame-alist was nil when we created the
150 ;; existing frame. We need to explicitly include
151 ;; default-frame-alist in the parameters of the screen we
152 ;; create here, so that its new value, gleaned from the user's
153 ;; .emacs file, will be applied to the existing screen.
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154 (if (not (eq (cdr (or (assq 'minibuffer initial-frame-alist)
155 (assq 'minibuffer default-frame-alist)
156 '(minibuffer . t)))
157 t))
158 ;; Create the new frame.
159 (let ((new
160 (new-frame
161 (append initial-frame-alist
162 default-frame-alist
163 (frame-parameters frame-initial-frame)))))
164
165 ;; The initial frame, which we are about to delete, may be
166 ;; the only frame with a minibuffer. If it is, create a
167 ;; new one.
168 (or (delq frame-initial-frame (minibuffer-frame-list))
169 (new-frame (append minibuffer-frame-alist
170 '((minibuffer . only)))))
171
172 ;; If the initial frame is serving as a surrogate
173 ;; minibuffer frame for any frames, we need to wean them
174 ;; onto a new frame. The default-minibuffer-frame
175 ;; variable must be handled similarly.
176 (let ((users-of-initial
177 (filtered-frame-list
178 (function (lambda (frame)
179 (and (not (eq frame frame-initial-frame))
180 (eq (window-frame
181 (minibuffer-window frame))
182 frame-initial-frame)))))))
183 (if (or users-of-initial
184 (eq default-minibuffer-frame frame-initial-frame))
185
186 ;; Choose an appropriate frame. Prefer frames which
187 ;; are only minibuffers.
188 (let* ((new-surrogate
189 (car
190 (or (filtered-frame-list
191 (function
192 (lambda (frame)
193 (eq (cdr (assq 'minibuffer
194 (frame-parameters frame)))
195 'only))))
196 (minibuffer-frame-list))))
197 (new-minibuffer (minibuffer-window new-surrogate)))
198
199 (if (eq default-minibuffer-frame frame-initial-frame)
200 (setq default-minibuffer-frame new-surrogate))
201
202 ;; Wean the frames using frame-initial-frame as
203 ;; their minibuffer frame.
204 (mapcar
205 (function
206 (lambda (frame)
207 (modify-frame-parameters
208 frame (list (cons 'minibuffer new-minibuffer)))))
209 users-of-initial))))
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210
211 ;; Redirect events enqueued at this frame to the new frame.
212 ;; Is this a good idea?
7eadab74 213 (redirect-frame-focus frame-initial-frame new)
ec558adc 214
7eadab74 215 ;; Finally, get rid of the old frame.
dc6d9681 216 (delete-frame frame-initial-frame))
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217
218 ;; Otherwise, we don't need all that rigamarole; just apply
219 ;; the new parameters.
dc6d9681 220 (modify-frame-parameters frame-initial-frame
ec558adc 221 (append initial-frame-alist
7eadab74 222 default-frame-alist))))
64c669bc 223
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224 ;; Restore the original buffer.
225 (set-buffer old-buffer)
226
227 ;; Make sure the initial frame can be GC'd if it is ever deleted.
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228 ;; Make sure frame-notice-user-settings does nothing if called twice.
229 (setq frame-initial-frame nil)))
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230
231\f
7eadab74 232;;;; Creation of additional frames, and other frame miscellanea
dc6d9681 233
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234;;; Return some frame other than the current frame, creating one if
235;;; neccessary. Note that the minibuffer frame, if separate, is not
236;;; considered (see next-frame).
7253d8e0 237(defun get-other-frame ()
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238 (let ((s (if (equal (next-frame (selected-frame)) (selected-frame))
239 (new-frame)
240 (next-frame (selected-frame)))))
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241 s))
242
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243(defun next-multiframe-window ()
244 "Select the next window, regardless of which frame it is on."
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245 (interactive)
246 (select-window (next-window (selected-window)
247 (> (minibuffer-depth) 0)
248 t)))
249
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250(defun previous-multiframe-window ()
251 "Select the previous window, regardless of which frame it is on."
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252 (interactive)
253 (select-window (previous-window (selected-window)
254 (> (minibuffer-depth) 0)
255 t)))
256
92e443b1 257;; Alias, kept temporarily.
31e1d920 258(defalias 'new-frame 'make-frame)
92e443b1 259(defun make-frame (&optional parameters)
dc6d9681 260 "Create a new frame, displaying the current buffer.
bc93c097 261
43a2e52c 262Optional argument PARAMETERS is an alist of parameters for the new
dc6d9681 263frame. Specifically, PARAMETERS is a list of pairs, each having one
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264of the following forms:
265
eaa974e1 266\(name . STRING) - The frame should be named STRING.
43a2e52c 267
eaa974e1 268\(height . NUMBER) - The frame should be NUMBER text lines high. If
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269 this parameter is present, the width parameter must also be
270 given.
271
eaa974e1 272\(width . NUMBER) - The frame should be NUMBER characters in width.
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273 If this parameter is present, the height parameter must also
274 be given.
275
eaa974e1 276\(minibuffer . t) - the frame should have a minibuffer
0ca90494 277\(minibuffer . nil) - the frame should have no minibuffer
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278\(minibuffer . only) - the frame should contain only a minibuffer
279\(minibuffer . WINDOW) - the frame should use WINDOW as its minibuffer window.
43a2e52c 280
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281The documentation for the function `x-create-frame' describes
282additional frame parameters that Emacs recognizes for X window frames."
64c669bc 283 (interactive)
dc6d9681 284 (funcall frame-creation-function parameters))
64c669bc 285
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286(defun filtered-frame-list (predicate)
287 "Return a list of all live frames which satisfy PREDICATE."
288 (let ((frames (frame-list))
289 good-frames)
290 (while (consp frames)
291 (if (funcall predicate (car frames))
292 (setq good-frames (cons (car frames) good-frames)))
293 (setq frames (cdr frames)))
294 good-frames))
295
296(defun minibuffer-frame-list ()
297 "Return a list of all frames with their own minibuffers."
298 (filtered-frame-list
299 (function (lambda (frame)
300 (eq frame (window-frame (minibuffer-window frame)))))))
301
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303;;;; Frame configurations
304
305(defun current-frame-configuration ()
306 "Return a list describing the positions and states of all frames.
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307Its car is `frame-configuration'.
308Each element of the cdr is a list of the form (FRAME ALIST WINDOW-CONFIG),
309where
310 FRAME is a frame object,
311 ALIST is an association list specifying some of FRAME's parameters, and
312 WINDOW-CONFIG is a window configuration object for FRAME."
313 (cons 'frame-configuration
314 (mapcar (function
315 (lambda (frame)
316 (list frame
317 (frame-parameters frame)
318 (current-window-configuration frame))))
319 (frame-list))))
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320
321(defun set-frame-configuration (configuration)
322 "Restore the frames to the state described by CONFIGURATION.
323Each frame listed in CONFIGURATION has its position, size, window
06b1a5ef 324configuration, and other parameters set as specified in CONFIGURATION."
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325 (or (frame-configuration-p configuration)
326 (signal 'wrong-type-argument
327 (list 'frame-configuration-p configuration)))
328 (let ((config-alist (cdr configuration))
329 frames-to-delete)
06b1a5ef 330 (mapcar (function
dc6d9681 331 (lambda (frame)
376a7584 332 (let ((parameters (assq frame config-alist)))
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333 (if parameters
334 (progn
dc6d9681 335 (modify-frame-parameters frame (nth 1 parameters))
06b1a5ef 336 (set-window-configuration (nth 2 parameters)))
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337 (setq frames-to-delete (cons frame frames-to-delete))))))
338 (frame-list))
339 (mapcar 'delete-frame frames-to-delete)))
64c669bc 340
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341(defun frame-configuration-p (object)
342 "Return non-nil if OBJECT seems to be a frame configuration.
343Any list whose car is `frame-configuration' is assumed to be a frame
344configuration."
345 (and (consp object)
346 (eq (car object) 'frame-configuration)))
347
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349;;;; Convenience functions for accessing and interactively changing
350;;;; frame parameters.
64c669bc 351
151bdc83 352(defun frame-height (&optional frame)
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353 "Return number of lines available for display on FRAME.
354If FRAME is omitted, describe the currently selected frame."
151bdc83 355 (cdr (assq 'height (frame-parameters frame))))
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356
357(defun frame-width (&optional frame)
358 "Return number of columns available for display on FRAME.
359If FRAME is omitted, describe the currently selected frame."
151bdc83 360 (cdr (assq 'width (frame-parameters frame))))
dc6d9681 361
64c669bc 362(defun set-default-font (font-name)
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363 "Set the font of the selected frame to FONT.
364When called interactively, prompt for the name of the font to use."
64c669bc 365 (interactive "sFont name: ")
dc6d9681 366 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
7eadab74 367 (list (cons 'font font-name))))
64c669bc 368
8290babd 369(defun set-background-color (color-name)
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370 "Set the background color of the selected frame to COLOR.
371When called interactively, prompt for the name of the color to use."
64c669bc 372 (interactive "sColor: ")
dc6d9681 373 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
7eadab74 374 (list (cons 'background-color color-name))))
64c669bc 375
8290babd 376(defun set-foreground-color (color-name)
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377 "Set the foreground color of the selected frame to COLOR.
378When called interactively, prompt for the name of the color to use."
64c669bc 379 (interactive "sColor: ")
dc6d9681 380 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
7eadab74 381 (list (cons 'foreground-color color-name))))
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382
383(defun set-cursor-color (color-name)
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384 "Set the text cursor color of the selected frame to COLOR.
385When called interactively, prompt for the name of the color to use."
64c669bc 386 (interactive "sColor: ")
dc6d9681 387 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
7eadab74 388 (list (cons 'cursor-color color-name))))
64c669bc 389
eaa974e1 390(defun set-mouse-color (color-name)
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391 "Set the color of the mouse pointer of the selected frame to COLOR.
392When called interactively, prompt for the name of the color to use."
64c669bc 393 (interactive "sColor: ")
dc6d9681 394 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
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395 (list (cons 'mouse-color color-name))))
396
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397(defun set-border-color (color-name)
398 "Set the color of the border of the selected frame to COLOR.
399When called interactively, prompt for the name of the color to use."
400 (interactive "sColor: ")
401 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
402 (list (cons 'border-color color-name))))
403
404(defun auto-raise-mode (arg)
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405 "Toggle whether or not the selected frame should auto-raise.
406With arg, turn auto-raise mode on if and only if arg is positive."
407 (interactive "P")
408 (if (null arg)
409 (setq arg
410 (if (cdr (assq 'auto-raise (frame-parameters (selected-frame))))
411 -1 1)))
dc6d9681 412 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
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413 (list (cons 'auto-raise (> arg 0)))))
414
eaa974e1 415(defun auto-lower-mode (arg)
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416 "Toggle whether or not the selected frame should auto-lower.
417With arg, turn auto-lower mode on if and only if arg is positive."
418 (interactive "P")
419 (if (null arg)
420 (setq arg
421 (if (cdr (assq 'auto-lower (frame-parameters (selected-frame))))
422 -1 1)))
dc6d9681 423 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
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424 (list (cons 'auto-lower (> arg 0)))))
425
7e85c6b5 426(defun toggle-scroll-bar (arg)
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427 "Toggle whether or not the selected frame has vertical scroll bars.
428With arg, turn vertical scroll bars on if and only if arg is positive."
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429 (interactive "P")
430 (if (null arg)
431 (setq arg
0ca90494 432 (if (cdr (assq 'vertical-scroll-bars
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433 (frame-parameters (selected-frame))))
434 -1 1)))
dc6d9681 435 (modify-frame-parameters (selected-frame)
0ca90494 436 (list (cons 'vertical-scroll-bars (> arg 0)))))
7eadab74 437
8290babd 438(defun toggle-horizontal-scroll-bar (arg)
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439 "Toggle whether or not the selected frame has horizontal scroll bars.
440With arg, turn horizontal scroll bars on if and only if arg is positive.
441Horizontal scroll bars aren't implemented yet."
7eadab74 442 (interactive "P")
8290babd 443 (error "Horizontal scroll bars aren't implemented yet"))
64c669bc 444
64c669bc 445\f
dc6d9681 446;;;; Aliases for backward compatibility with Emacs 18.
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447(defalias 'screen-height 'frame-height)
448(defalias 'screen-width 'frame-width)
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449
450(defun set-screen-width (cols &optional pretend)
451 "Obsolete function to change the size of the screen to COLS columns.\n\
452Optional second arg non-nil means that redisplay should use COLS columns\n\
453but that the idea of the actual width of the frame should not be changed.\n\
454This function is provided only for compatibility with Emacs 18; new code\n\
fe668515 455should use `set-frame-width instead'."
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456 (set-frame-width (selected-frame) cols pretend))
457
458(defun set-screen-height (lines &optional pretend)
459 "Obsolete function to change the height of the screen to LINES lines.\n\
460Optional second arg non-nil means that redisplay should use LINES lines\n\
461but that the idea of the actual height of the screen should not be changed.\n\
462This function is provided only for compatibility with Emacs 18; new code\n\
fe668515 463should use `set-frame-width' instead."
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464 (set-frame-height (selected-frame) lines pretend))
465
466(make-obsolete 'screen-height 'frame-height)
467(make-obsolete 'screen-width 'frame-width)
468(make-obsolete 'set-screen-width 'set-frame-width)
469(make-obsolete 'set-screen-height 'set-frame-height)
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470
471\f
64c669bc 472;;;; Key bindings
daa37602 473(defvar ctl-x-5-map (make-sparse-keymap)
dc6d9681 474 "Keymap for frame commands.")
31e1d920 475(defalias 'ctl-x-5-prefix ctl-x-5-map)
daa37602 476(define-key ctl-x-map "5" 'ctl-x-5-prefix)
64c669bc 477
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478(define-key ctl-x-5-map "2" 'new-frame)
479(define-key ctl-x-5-map "0" 'delete-frame)
49116ac0 480
dc6d9681 481(provide 'frame)
c88ab9ce 482
dc6d9681 483;;; frame.el ends here