@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000,
-@c 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
@node Frames, International, Windows, Top
@chapter Frames and Graphical Displays
@xref{MS-DOS Mouse}.
@end ifnottex
-
@menu
-* Mouse Commands:: Moving, cutting, and pasting, with the mouse.
-* Secondary Selection:: Cutting without altering point and mark.
-* Clipboard:: Using the clipboard for selections.
+* Cut and Paste:: Mouse commands for cut and paste.
* Mouse References:: Using the mouse to select an item from a list.
* Menu Mouse Clicks:: Mouse clicks that bring up menus.
* Mode Line Mouse:: Mouse clicks on the mode line.
* Tooltips:: Displaying information at the current mouse position.
* Mouse Avoidance:: Moving the mouse pointer out of the way.
* Non-Window Terminals:: Multiple frames on terminals that show only one.
-* XTerm Mouse:: Using the mouse in an XTerm terminal emulator.
+* Text-Only Mouse:: Using the mouse in text-only terminals.
+@end menu
+
+@node Cut and Paste
+@section Killing and Yanking on Graphical Displays
+
+ This section describes facilities for selecting a region, killing,
+and yanking using the mouse.
+
+@menu
+* Mouse Commands:: Moving, cutting, and pasting, with the mouse.
+* Cut/Paste Other App:: Transfering text between Emacs and other apps.
+* Word and Line Mouse:: Mouse commands for selecting whole words or lines.
+* Secondary Selection:: Cutting without altering point and mark.
+* Clipboard:: Using the clipboard for selections.
@end menu
@node Mouse Commands
-@section Mouse Commands for Editing
+@subsection Mouse Commands for Editing
@cindex mouse buttons (what they do)
The mouse commands for selecting and copying a region are mostly
If you use @kbd{Mouse-3} a second time consecutively, at the same place,
that kills the region already selected.
-
-@item Double-Mouse-1
-This key sets the region around the word which you click on. If you
-click on a character with ``symbol'' syntax (such as underscore, in C
-mode), it sets the region around the symbol surrounding that character.
-
-If you click on a character with open-parenthesis or close-parenthesis
-syntax, it sets the region around the parenthetical grouping
-which that character starts or ends. If you click on a character with
-string-delimiter syntax (such as a singlequote or doublequote in C), it
-sets the region around the string constant (using heuristics to figure
-out whether that character is the beginning or the end of it).
-
-@item Double-Drag-Mouse-1
-This key selects a region made up of the words you drag across.
-
-@item Triple-Mouse-1
-This key sets the region around the line you click on.
-
-@item Triple-Drag-Mouse-1
-This key selects a region made up of the lines you drag across.
@end table
The simplest way to kill text with the mouse is to press @kbd{Mouse-1}
frame's windows you click on. The default value is @code{nil}. This
variable also affects yanking the secondary selection.
+@cindex Delete Selection mode
+@cindex mode, Delete Selection
+@findex delete-selection-mode
+ Many graphical applications follow the convention that insertion while text
+is selected deletes the selected text. You can make Emacs behave this
+way by enabling Delete Selection mode---with @kbd{M-x
+delete-selection-mode} or using Custom. Another effect of this mode
+is that @key{DEL}, @kbd{C-d} and some other keys, when a selection
+exists, will kill the whole selection. It also enables Transient Mark
+mode (@pxref{Transient Mark}).
+
+@node Cut/Paste Other App
+@subsection Cut and Paste with Other Window Applications
+
@cindex cutting
@cindex pasting
@cindex X cutting and pasting
system for selections, use @kbd{C-x @key{RET} x} or @kbd{C-x @key{RET}
X}. @xref{Communication Coding}.
+@node Word and Line Mouse
+@subsection Mouse Commands for Words and Lines
+
+ These variants of @kbd{Mouse-1} select entire words or lines at a time.
+
+@table @kbd
+@item Double-Mouse-1
+This key sets the region around the word which you click on. If you
+click on a character with ``symbol'' syntax (such as underscore, in C
+mode), it sets the region around the symbol surrounding that character.
+
+If you click on a character with open-parenthesis or close-parenthesis
+syntax, it sets the region around the parenthetical grouping
+which that character starts or ends. If you click on a character with
+string-delimiter syntax (such as a singlequote or doublequote in C), it
+sets the region around the string constant (using heuristics to figure
+out whether that character is the beginning or the end of it).
+
+@item Double-Drag-Mouse-1
+This key selects a region made up of the words you drag across.
+
+@item Triple-Mouse-1
+This key sets the region around the line you click on.
+
+@item Triple-Drag-Mouse-1
+This key selects a region made up of the lines you drag across.
+@end table
+
@node Secondary Selection
-@section Secondary Selection
+@subsection Secondary Selection
@cindex secondary selection
The @dfn{secondary selection} is another way of selecting text using
Double or triple clicking of @kbd{M-Mouse-1} operates on words and
lines, much like @kbd{Mouse-1}.
-If @code{mouse-yank-at-point} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{M-Mouse-2}
-yanks at point. Then it does not matter precisely where you click; all
-that matters is which window you click on. @xref{Mouse Commands}.
+If @code{mouse-yank-at-point} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{M-Mouse-2} yanks
+at point. Then it does not matter precisely where you click, or even
+which of the frame's windows you click on. @xref{Mouse Commands}.
@node Clipboard
-@section Using the Clipboard
+@subsection Using the Clipboard
@cindex clipboard
@vindex x-select-enable-clipboard
@findex menu-bar-enable-clipboard
@cindex default-frame-alist
@cindex initial-frame-alist
+@cindex face customization, in @file{~/.emacs}
+@cindex color customization, in @file{~/.emacs}
You can control the appearance of new frames you create by setting the
frame parameters in @code{default-frame-alist}. You can use the
variable @code{initial-frame-alist} to specify parameters that affect
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(foreground-color . "blue"))
@end example
+@noindent
+By putting such customizations in your @file{~/.emacs} init file, you
+can control the appearance of all the frames Emacs creates, including
+the initial one.
+
@node Frame Commands
@section Frame Commands
@kindex C-z @r{(X windows)}
@findex iconify-or-deiconify-frame
Iconify the selected Emacs frame (@code{iconify-or-deiconify-frame}).
+When typed on an Emacs frame's icon, deiconify instead.
+
The normal meaning of @kbd{C-z}, to suspend Emacs, is not useful under
a graphical display that allows multiple applications to operate
simultaneously in their own windows, so Emacs gives @kbd{C-z} a
different binding in that case.
-If you type this command on an Emacs frame's icon, it deiconifies the frame.
-
@item C-x 5 0
@kindex C-x 5 0
@findex delete-frame
how the system (or the window manager) generally handles
focus-switching between windows. There are two possibilities: either
simply moving the mouse onto a window selects it (gives it focus), or
-you have to click on it in a suitable way to do so. Unfortunately
-there is no way Emacs can find out automatically which way the system
-handles this, so you have to explicitly say, by setting the variable
-@code{focus-follows-mouse}. If just moving the mouse onto a window
-selects it, that variable should be @code{t}; if a click is necessary,
-the variable should be @code{nil}.
+you have to click on it in a suitable way to do so. On X, this focus
+policy also affects whether the focus is given to a frame that Emacs
+raises. Unfortunately there is no way Emacs can find out
+automatically which way the system handles this, so you have to
+explicitly say, by setting the variable @code{focus-follows-mouse}.
+If just moving the mouse onto a window selects it, that variable
+should be @code{t}; if a click is necessary, the variable should be
+@code{nil}.
+
+The window manager that is part of MS-Windows always gives focus to a
+frame that raises, so this variable has no effect in the native
+MS-Windows build of Emacs.
@node Speedbar
@section Speedbar Frames
@vindex mouse-wheel-follow-mouse
@vindex mouse-wheel-scroll-amount
@vindex mouse-wheel-progressive-speed
- The variables @code{mouse-wheel-follow-mouse} and
+ The two variables @code{mouse-wheel-follow-mouse} and
@code{mouse-wheel-scroll-amount} determine where and by how much
buffers are scrolled. The variable
@code{mouse-wheel-progressive-speed} determines whether the scroll
@section Menu Bars
@cindex Menu Bar mode
@cindex mode, Menu Bar
+@findex menu-bar-mode
+@vindex menu-bar-mode
You can turn display of menu bars on or off with @kbd{M-x
menu-bar-mode} or by customizing the variable @code{menu-bar-mode}.
XPM icons if Emacs was built with XPM support. Otherwise, the tool
bar uses monochrome icons (PBM or XBM format).
+@findex tool-bar-mode
+@vindex tool-bar-mode
You can turn display of tool bars on or off with @kbd{M-x
tool-bar-mode} or by customizing the option @code{tool-bar-mode}.
variable @code{x-gtk-show-hidden-files} controls whether to show
hidden files by default.
-@vindex x-use-old-gtk-file-dialog
- For Gtk+ version 2.4 and 2.6, you can make Emacs use the old file dialog
-by setting the variable @code{x-use-old-gtk-file-dialog} to a non-@code{nil}
-value. If Emacs is built with a Gtk+ version that has only one file dialog,
-the setting of this variable has no effect.
+@vindex x-gtk-use-old-file-dialog
+ For Gtk+ versions 2.4 through 2.10, you can select the old file
+dialog (@code{gtk-file-selector}) by setting the variable
+@code{x-gtk-use-old-file-dialog} to a non-@code{nil} value. If it is
+@code{nil}, Emacs uses @code{gtk-file-chooser}. If Emacs is built
+with a Gtk+ version that has only one file dialog, this variable has
+no effect.
+
+@vindex x-gtk-file-dialog-help-text
+ Emacs adds help text to the Gtk+ file chooser dialog. The variable
+@code{x-gtk-file-dialog-help-text} specifies the text to add; if it is
+@code{nil}, that disables the added text.
@node Tooltips
@section Tooltips
to select a frame according to its name. The name you specify appears
in the mode line when the frame is selected.
-@node XTerm Mouse
+@node Text-Only Mouse
@section Using a Mouse in Terminal Emulators
-@cindex xterm, mouse support
+@cindex mouse support
@cindex terminal emulators, mouse support
- Some terminal emulators under X support mouse clicks in the terminal
-window. In a terminal emulator which is compatible with @code{xterm},
+Some terminal emulators support mouse clicks in the terminal window.
+
+@cindex xterm
+In a terminal emulator which is compatible with @code{xterm},
you can use @kbd{M-x xterm-mouse-mode} to give Emacs control over
simple use of the mouse---basically, only non-modified single clicks
are supported. The normal @code{xterm} mouse functionality for such
clicks is still available by holding down the @kbd{SHIFT} key when you
-press the mouse button.
+press the mouse button. Xterm Mouse mode is a global minor mode
+(@pxref{Minor Modes}). Repeating the command turns the mode off
+again.
- Xterm Mouse mode is a global minor mode (@pxref{Minor Modes}).
-Repeating the command turns the mode off again.
+In the console on GNU/Linux, you can use @kbd{M-x t-mouse-mode}. You
+need to have the gpm package installed and running on your system in
+order for this to work.
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