@cindex terminal frame
When Emacs runs on a text-only terminal, it starts with one
-@dfn{terminal frame}. If you create additional ones, Emacs displays
-one and only one at any given time---on the terminal screen, of course.
+@dfn{terminal frame}. If you create additional frames on the same
+terminal, Emacs displays one and only one at any given time---on that
+terminal screen, of course. You can create additional frames, either
+text-only or GUI, on other terminals from the same Emacs session.
+(This comes in handy when you connect to the same session from several
+remote locations.) @c FIXME: Add an xref to multi-tty doc.
@cindex window frame
When Emacs communicates directly with a supported window system, such
The frame is displayed in an X window.
@item t
A terminal frame on a character display.
-@item mac
-The frame is displayed on a Macintosh.
@item w32
The frame is displayed on MS-Windows 9X/NT.
@item pc
default from the standard X resources or whatever is used instead on
your system.
+After the frame is created, this function applies to it the
+parameters, if any, listed in the value of
+@code{frame-inherited-parameters} (see below) and not present in the
+argument, taking the values from the frame that was selected when
+@code{make-frame} was called.
+
The set of possible parameters depends in principle on what kind of
window system Emacs uses to display its frames. @xref{Window Frame
Parameters}, for documentation of individual parameters you can specify.
frame just created.
@end defvar
+@defvar frame-inherited-parameters
+This variable specifies the list of frame parameters that a newly
+created frame inherits from the currently selected frame. For each
+parameter (a symbol) that is an element in the list and is not present
+in the argument to @code{make-frame}, the function sets the value of
+that parameter in the created frame to its value in the selected
+frame.
+@end defvar
+
@node Multiple Displays
@section Multiple Displays
@cindex multiple X displays
parameters @code{foreground-color}, @code{background-color},
@code{background-mode} and @code{display-type} are also meaningful.
+ You can use frame parameters to define frame-local bindings for
+variables. @xref{Frame-Local Variables}.
+
@menu
* Parameter Access:: How to change a frame's parameters.
* Initial Parameters:: Specifying frame parameters when you make a frame.
parameter. If you don't mention a parameter in @var{alist}, its value
doesn't change. If @var{frame} is @code{nil}, it defaults to the selected
frame.
+
+You can use this function to define frame-local bindings for
+variables, see @ref{Frame-Local Variables}.
+@end defun
+
+@defun set-frame-parameter frame parm value
+This function sets the the frame parameter @var{parm} to the specified
+@var{value}. If @var{frame} is @code{nil}, it defaults to the
+selected frame.
@end defun
@defun modify-all-frames-parameters alist
only; if the clipboard holds other types of data, Emacs treats the
clipboard as empty.
-@cindex scrap support (for Mac OS)
-On Mac OS, selection-like data transfer between applications is
-performed through a mechanism called @dfn{scraps}. The clipboard is a
-particular scrap named @code{com.apple.scrap.clipboard}. Types of scrap
-data are called @dfn{scrap flavor types}, which are identified by
-four-char codes such as @code{TEXT}. Emacs associates a selection with
-a scrap, and a selection type with a scrap flavor type via
-@code{mac-scrap-name} and @code{mac-ostype} properties, respectively.
-
-@example
-(get 'CLIPBOARD 'mac-scrap-name)
- @result{} "com.apple.scrap.clipboard"
-(get 'com.apple.traditional-mac-plain-text 'mac-ostype)
- @result{} "TEXT"
-@end example
-
-Conventionally, selection types for scrap flavor types on Mac OS have
-the form of @acronym{UTI, Uniform Type Identifier} such as
-@code{com.apple.traditional-mac-plain-text},
-@code{public.utf16-plain-text}, and @code{public.file-url}.
-
@defopt x-select-enable-clipboard
If this is non-@code{nil}, the Emacs yank functions consult the
clipboard before the primary selection, and the kill functions store in
the clipboard as well as the primary selection. Otherwise they do not
access the clipboard at all. The default is @code{nil} on most systems,
-but @code{t} on MS-Windows and Mac.
+but @code{t} on MS-Windows.
@end defopt
@node Drag and Drop
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