aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorEli Zaretskii2001-10-31 18:28:11 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii2001-10-31 18:28:11 +0000
commit05b6e46ca62a8d82fcdf42bbc9b36bd912d9e0c3 (patch)
tree32c4c42dd9dbceea2dea80c3015204ed3ea0b2fe
parent02f7be414d2e76d3569e6be29ce92f16d309bd72 (diff)
downloademacs-05b6e46ca62a8d82fcdf42bbc9b36bd912d9e0c3.tar.gz
emacs-05b6e46ca62a8d82fcdf42bbc9b36bd912d9e0c3.zip
Remove the nodes which were moved to xresources.texi.
-rw-r--r--man/cmdargs.texi888
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 888 deletions
diff --git a/man/cmdargs.texi b/man/cmdargs.texi
index f4759e7d578..846dd130975 100644
--- a/man/cmdargs.texi
+++ b/man/cmdargs.texi
@@ -538,891 +538,3 @@ actually used.
538@item WINDOW_GFX 538@item WINDOW_GFX
539Used when initializing the Sun windows system. 539Used when initializing the Sun windows system.
540@end table 540@end table
541
542@node X Resources, Antinews, Command Arguments, Top
543@appendix X Resources
544
545 Some aspects of Emacs behavior can be customized using X resources,
546as with other programs that use X. A few things, relating to toolkit
547menus and tooltip windows, can only be customized this way, since they
548are handled by libraries that are already set up to get their
549customizations thus.
550
551@node Display X
552@appendixsec Specifying the Display Name
553@cindex display name (X Window System)
554@cindex @env{DISPLAY} environment variable
555
556 The environment variable @env{DISPLAY} tells all X clients, including
557Emacs, where to display their windows. Its value is set by default
558in ordinary circumstances, when you start an X server and run jobs
559locally. Occasionally you may need to specify the display yourself; for
560example, if you do a remote login and want to run a client program
561remotely, displaying on your local screen.
562
563 With Emacs, the main reason people change the default display is to
564let them log into another system, run Emacs on that system, but have the
565window displayed at their local terminal. You might need to log in
566to another system because the files you want to edit are there, or
567because the Emacs executable file you want to run is there.
568
569 The syntax of the @env{DISPLAY} environment variable is
570@samp{@var{host}:@var{display}.@var{screen}}, where @var{host} is the
571host name of the X Window System server machine, @var{display} is an
572arbitrarily-assigned number that distinguishes your server (X terminal)
573from other servers on the same machine, and @var{screen} is a
574rarely-used field that allows an X server to control multiple terminal
575screens. The period and the @var{screen} field are optional. If
576included, @var{screen} is usually zero.
577
578 For example, if your host is named @samp{glasperle} and your server is
579the first (or perhaps the only) server listed in the configuration, your
580@env{DISPLAY} is @samp{glasperle:0.0}.
581
582 You can specify the display name explicitly when you run Emacs, either
583by changing the @env{DISPLAY} variable, or with the option @samp{-d
584@var{display}} or @samp{--display=@var{display}}. Here is an example:
585
586@smallexample
587emacs --display=glasperle:0 &
588@end smallexample
589
590 You can inhibit the direct use of the window system and GUI with the
591@samp{-nw} option. It tells Emacs to display using ordinary ASCII on
592its controlling terminal. This is also an initial option.
593
594 Sometimes, security arrangements prevent a program on a remote system
595from displaying on your local system. In this case, trying to run Emacs
596produces messages like this:
597
598@smallexample
599Xlib: connection to "glasperle:0.0" refused by server
600@end smallexample
601
602@noindent
603You might be able to overcome this problem by using the @code{xhost}
604command on the local system to give permission for access from your
605remote machine.
606
607@node Font X
608@appendixsec Font Specification Options
609@cindex font name (X Window System)
610
611 By default, Emacs displays text in the font named @samp{9x15}, which
612makes each character nine pixels wide and fifteen pixels high. You can
613specify a different font on your command line through the option
614@samp{-fn @var{name}} (or @samp{--font}, which is an alias for
615@samp{-fn}).
616
617@table @samp
618@item -fn @var{name}
619@opindex -fn
620@itemx --font=@var{name}
621@opindex --font
622@cindex specify default font from the command line
623Use font @var{name} as the default font.
624@end table
625
626 Under X, each font has a long name which consists of eleven words or
627numbers, separated by dashes. Some fonts also have shorter
628nicknames---@samp{9x15} is such a nickname. You can use either kind of
629name. You can use wildcard patterns for the font name; then Emacs lets
630X choose one of the fonts that match the pattern. Here is an example,
631which happens to specify the font whose nickname is @samp{6x13}:
632
633@smallexample
634emacs -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-c-60-iso8859-1" &
635@end smallexample
636
637@noindent
638You can also specify the font in your @file{.Xdefaults} file:
639
640@smallexample
641emacs.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-c-60-iso8859-1
642@end smallexample
643
644 A long font name has the following form:
645
646@smallexample
647-@var{maker}-@var{family}-@var{weight}-@var{slant}-@var{widthtype}-@var{style}@dots{}
648@dots{}-@var{pixels}-@var{height}-@var{horiz}-@var{vert}-@var{spacing}-@var{width}-@var{charset}
649@end smallexample
650
651@table @var
652@item maker
653This is the name of the font manufacturer.
654@item family
655This is the name of the font family---for example, @samp{courier}.
656@item weight
657This is normally @samp{bold}, @samp{medium} or @samp{light}. Other
658words may appear here in some font names.
659@item slant
660This is @samp{r} (roman), @samp{i} (italic), @samp{o} (oblique),
661@samp{ri} (reverse italic), or @samp{ot} (other).
662@item widthtype
663This is normally @samp{condensed}, @samp{extended}, @samp{semicondensed}
664or @samp{normal}. Other words may appear here in some font names.
665@item style
666This is an optional additional style name. Usually it is empty---most
667long font names have two hyphens in a row at this point.
668@item pixels
669This is the font height, in pixels.
670@item height
671This is the font height on the screen, measured in tenths of a printer's
672point---approximately 1/720 of an inch. In other words, it is the point
673size of the font, times ten. For a given vertical resolution,
674@var{height} and @var{pixels} are proportional; therefore, it is common
675to specify just one of them and use @samp{*} for the other.
676@item horiz
677This is the horizontal resolution, in pixels per inch, of the screen for
678which the font is intended.
679@item vert
680This is the vertical resolution, in pixels per inch, of the screen for
681which the font is intended. Normally the resolution of the fonts on
682your system is the right value for your screen; therefore, you normally
683specify @samp{*} for this and @var{horiz}.
684@item spacing
685This is @samp{m} (monospace), @samp{p} (proportional) or @samp{c}
686(character cell).
687@item width
688This is the average character width, in pixels, multiplied by ten.
689@item charset
690This is the character set that the font depicts.
691Normally you should use @samp{iso8859-1}.
692@end table
693
694@cindex listing system fonts
695 You will probably want to use a fixed-width default font---that is,
696a font in which all characters have the same width. Any font with
697@samp{m} or @samp{c} in the @var{spacing} field of the long name is a
698fixed-width font. Here's how to use the @code{xlsfonts} program to
699list all the fixed-width fonts available on your system:
700
701@example
702xlsfonts -fn '*x*' | egrep "^[0-9]+x[0-9]+"
703xlsfonts -fn '*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-m*'
704xlsfonts -fn '*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-c*'
705@end example
706
707@noindent
708To see what a particular font looks like, use the @code{xfd} command.
709For example:
710
711@example
712xfd -fn 6x13
713@end example
714
715@noindent
716displays the entire font @samp{6x13}.
717
718 While running Emacs, you can set the font of the current frame
719(@pxref{Frame Parameters}) or for a specific kind of text
720(@pxref{Faces}).
721
722@node Colors X
723@appendixsec Window Color Options
724@cindex color of window
725@cindex text colors, from command line
726
727@findex list-colors-display
728@cindex available colors
729 On a color display, you can specify which color to use for various
730parts of the Emacs display. To find out what colors are available on
731your system, type @kbd{M-x list-colors-display}, or press
732@kbd{C-Mouse-2} and select @samp{Display Colors} from the pop-up menu.
733If you do not specify colors, on windowed displays the default for the
734background is white and the default for all other colors is black. On a
735monochrome display, the foreground is black, the background is white,
736and the border is gray if the display supports that. On terminals, the
737background is usually black and the foreground is white.
738
739 Here is a list of the command-line options for specifying colors:
740
741@table @samp
742@item -fg @var{color}
743@opindex -fg
744@itemx --foreground-color=@var{color}
745@opindex --foreground-color
746@cindex foreground color, command-line argument
747Specify the foreground color. @var{color} should be a standard color
748name, or a numeric specification of the color's red, green, and blue
749components as in @samp{#4682B4} or @samp{RGB:46/82/B4}.
750@item -bg @var{color}
751@opindex -bg
752@itemx --background-color=@var{color}
753@opindex --background-color
754@cindex background color, command-line argument
755Specify the background color.
756@item -bd @var{color}
757@opindex -bd
758@itemx --border-color=@var{color}
759@opindex --border-color
760@cindex border color, command-line argument
761Specify the color of the border of the X window.
762@item -cr @var{color}
763@opindex -cr
764@itemx --cursor-color=@var{color}
765@opindex --cursor-color
766@cindex cursor color, command-line argument
767Specify the color of the Emacs cursor which indicates where point is.
768@item -ms @var{color}
769@opindex -ms
770@itemx --mouse-color=@var{color}
771@opindex --mouse-color
772@cindex mouse pointer color, command-line argument
773Specify the color for the mouse cursor when the mouse is in the Emacs window.
774@item -r
775@opindex -r
776@itemx -rv
777@opindex -rv
778@itemx --reverse-video
779@opindex --reverse-video
780@cindex reverse video, command-line argument
781Reverse video---swap the foreground and background colors.
782@end table
783
784 For example, to use a coral mouse cursor and a slate blue text cursor,
785enter:
786
787@example
788emacs -ms coral -cr 'slate blue' &
789@end example
790
791 You can reverse the foreground and background colors through the
792@samp{-rv} option or with the X resource @samp{reverseVideo}.
793
794 The @samp{-fg}, @samp{-bg}, and @samp{-rv} options function on
795text-only terminals as well as on window systems.
796
797@node Window Size X
798@appendixsec Options for Window Geometry
799@cindex geometry of Emacs window
800@cindex position and size of Emacs frame
801@cindex width and height of Emacs frame
802
803 The @samp{--geometry} option controls the size and position of the
804initial Emacs frame. Here is the format for specifying the window
805geometry:
806
807@table @samp
808@item -g @var{width}x@var{height}@r{[@{}+-@r{@}}@var{xoffset}@r{@{}+-@r{@}}@var{yoffset}@r{]]}
809@opindex -g
810Specify window size @var{width} and @var{height} (measured in character
811columns and lines), and positions @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset}
812(measured in pixels).
813
814@item --geometry=@var{width}x@var{height}@r{[@{}+-@r{@}}@var{xoffset}@r{@{}+-@r{@}}@var{yoffset}@r{]]}
815@opindex --geometry
816This is another way of writing the same thing.
817@end table
818
819@noindent
820@code{@r{@{}+-@r{@}}} means either a plus sign or a minus sign. A plus
821sign before @var{xoffset} means it is the distance from the left side of
822the screen; a minus sign means it counts from the right side. A plus
823sign before @var{yoffset} means it is the distance from the top of the
824screen, and a minus sign there indicates the distance from the bottom.
825The values @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} may themselves be positive or
826negative, but that doesn't change their meaning, only their direction.
827
828 Emacs uses the same units as @code{xterm} does to interpret the geometry.
829The @var{width} and @var{height} are measured in characters, so a large font
830creates a larger frame than a small font. (If you specify a proportional
831font, Emacs uses its maximum bounds width as the width unit.) The
832@var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset} are measured in pixels.
833
834 Since the mode line and the echo area occupy the last 2 lines of the
835frame, the height of the initial text window is 2 less than the height
836specified in your geometry. In non-X-toolkit versions of Emacs, the
837menu bar also takes one line of the specified number. But in the X
838toolkit version, the menu bar is additional and does not count against
839the specified height. The tool bar, if present, is also additional.
840
841 You do not have to specify all of the fields in the geometry
842specification.
843
844 If you omit both @var{xoffset} and @var{yoffset}, the window manager
845decides where to put the Emacs frame, possibly by letting you place
846it with the mouse. For example, @samp{164x55} specifies a window 164
847columns wide, enough for two ordinary width windows side by side, and 55
848lines tall.
849
850 The default width for Emacs is 80 characters and the default height is
85140 lines. You can omit either the width or the height or both. If
852you start the geometry with an integer, Emacs interprets it as the
853width. If you start with an @samp{x} followed by an integer, Emacs
854interprets it as the height. Thus, @samp{81} specifies just the width;
855@samp{x45} specifies just the height.
856
857 If you start with @samp{+} or @samp{-}, that introduces an offset,
858which means both sizes are omitted. Thus, @samp{-3} specifies the
859@var{xoffset} only. (If you give just one offset, it is always
860@var{xoffset}.) @samp{+3-3} specifies both the @var{xoffset} and the
861@var{yoffset}, placing the frame near the bottom left of the screen.
862
863 You can specify a default for any or all of the fields in
864@file{.Xdefaults} file, and then override selected fields with a
865@samp{--geometry} option.
866
867@node Borders X
868@appendixsec Internal and External Borders
869@cindex borders (X Window System)
870
871 An Emacs frame has an internal border and an external border. The
872internal border is an extra strip of the background color around the
873text portion of the frame. Emacs itself draws the internal border.
874The external border is added by the window manager outside the frame;
875depending on the window manager you use, it may contain various boxes
876you can click on to move or iconify the window.
877
878@table @samp
879@item -ib @var{width}
880@opindex -ib
881@itemx --internal-border=@var{width}
882@opindex --internal-border
883@cindex border width, command-line argument
884Specify @var{width} as the width of the internal border, in pixels.
885
886@item -bw @var{width}
887@opindex -bw
888@itemx --border-width=@var{width}
889@opindex --border-width
890Specify @var{width} as the width of the main border, in pixels.
891@end table
892
893 When you specify the size of the frame, that does not count the
894borders. The frame's position is measured from the outside edge of the
895external border.
896
897 Use the @samp{-ib @var{n}} option to specify an internal border
898@var{n} pixels wide. The default is 1. Use @samp{-bw @var{n}} to
899specify the width of the external border (though the window manager may
900not pay attention to what you specify). The default width of the
901external border is 2.
902
903@node Title X
904@appendixsec Frame Titles
905
906 An Emacs frame may or may not have a specified title. The frame
907title, if specified, appears in window decorations and icons as the
908name of the frame. If an Emacs frame has no specified title, the
909default title has the form @samp{@var{invocation-name}@@@var{machine}}
910(if there is only one frame) or the selected window's buffer name (if
911there is more than one frame).
912
913 You can specify a title for the initial Emacs frame with a command
914line option:
915
916@table @samp
917@item -title @var{title}
918@opindex --title
919@itemx --title=@var{title}
920@itemx -T @var{title}
921@opindex -T
922@cindex frame title, command-line argument
923Specify @var{title} as the title for the initial Emacs frame.
924@end table
925
926 The @samp{--name} option (@pxref{Resources X}) also specifies the title
927for the initial Emacs frame.
928
929@node Icons X
930@appendixsec Icons
931@cindex icons (X Window System)
932
933 Most window managers allow the user to ``iconify'' a frame, removing
934it from sight, and leaving a small, distinctive ``icon'' window in its
935place. Clicking on the icon window makes the frame itself appear again.
936If you have many clients running at once, you can avoid cluttering up
937the screen by iconifying most of the clients.
938
939@table @samp
940@item -i
941@opindex -i
942@itemx --icon-type
943@opindex --icon-type
944@cindex Emacs icon, a gnu
945Use a picture of a gnu as the Emacs icon.
946
947@item -iconic
948@opindex --iconic
949@itemx --iconic
950@cindex start iconified, command-line argument
951Start Emacs in iconified state.
952@end table
953
954 The @samp{-i} or @samp{--icon-type} option tells Emacs to use an icon
955window containing a picture of the GNU gnu. If omitted, Emacs lets the
956window manager choose what sort of icon to use---usually just a small
957rectangle containing the frame's title.
958
959 The @samp{-iconic} option tells Emacs to begin running as an icon,
960rather than showing a frame right away. In this situation, the icon
961is the only indication that Emacs has started; the text frame doesn't
962appear until you deiconify it.
963
964@node Resources X
965@appendixsec X Resources
966@cindex resources
967
968@cindex X resources, @file{~/.Xdefaults} file
969 Programs running under the X Window System organize their user options
970under a hierarchy of classes and resources. You can specify default
971values for these options in your X resources file, usually named
972@file{~/.Xdefaults}.
973
974 Each line in the file specifies a value for one option or for a
975collection of related options, for one program or for several programs
976(optionally even for all programs).
977
978@cindex Registry (MS-Windows)
979@cindex @file{.Xdefaults} file, and MS-Windows
980 MS-Windows systems don't support @file{~/.Xdefaults} files, but
981Emacs compiled for Windows looks for X resources in the Windows
982Registry, under the keys @samp{HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs}
983and @samp{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs}.
984
985 Programs define named resources with particular meanings. They also
986define how to group resources into named classes. For instance, in
987Emacs, the @samp{internalBorder} resource controls the width of the
988internal border, and the @samp{borderWidth} resource controls the width
989of the external border. Both of these resources are part of the
990@samp{BorderWidth} class. Case distinctions are significant in these
991names.
992
993 In @file{~/.Xdefaults}, you can specify a value for a single resource
994on one line, like this:
995
996@example
997emacs.borderWidth: 2
998@end example
999
1000@noindent
1001Or you can use a class name to specify the same value for all resources
1002in that class. Here's an example:
1003
1004@example
1005emacs.BorderWidth: 2
1006@end example
1007
1008 If you specify a value for a class, it becomes the default for all
1009resources in that class. You can specify values for individual
1010resources as well; these override the class value, for those particular
1011resources. Thus, this example specifies 2 as the default width for all
1012borders, but overrides this value with 4 for the external border:
1013
1014@example
1015emacs.BorderWidth: 2
1016emacs.borderWidth: 4
1017@end example
1018
1019 The order in which the lines appear in the file does not matter.
1020Also, command-line options always override the X resources file.
1021
1022 The string @samp{emacs} in the examples above is also a resource
1023name. It actually represents the name of the executable file that you
1024invoke to run Emacs. If Emacs is installed under a different name, it
1025looks for resources under that name instead of @samp{emacs}.
1026
1027@table @samp
1028@item -name @var{name}
1029@opindex --name
1030@itemx --name=@var{name}
1031@cindex resource name, command-line argument
1032Use @var{name} as the resource name (and the title) for the initial
1033Emacs frame. This option does not affect subsequent frames, but Lisp
1034programs can specify frame names when they create frames.
1035
1036If you don't specify this option, the default is to use the Emacs
1037executable's name as the resource name.
1038
1039@item -xrm @var{resource-values}
1040@opindex --xrm
1041@itemx --xrm=@var{resource-values}
1042@cindex resource values, command-line argument
1043Specify X resource values for this Emacs job (see below).
1044@end table
1045
1046 For consistency, @samp{-name} also specifies the name to use for
1047other resource values that do not belong to any particular frame.
1048
1049 The resources that name Emacs invocations also belong to a class; its
1050name is @samp{Emacs}. If you write @samp{Emacs} instead of
1051@samp{emacs}, the resource applies to all frames in all Emacs jobs,
1052regardless of frame titles and regardless of the name of the executable
1053file. Here is an example:
1054
1055@example
1056Emacs.BorderWidth: 2
1057Emacs.borderWidth: 4
1058@end example
1059
1060 You can specify a string of additional resource values for Emacs to
1061use with the command line option @samp{-xrm @var{resources}}. The text
1062@var{resources} should have the same format that you would use inside a file
1063of X resources. To include multiple resource specifications in
1064@var{resources}, put a newline between them, just as you would in a file.
1065You can also use @samp{#include "@var{filename}"} to include a file full
1066of resource specifications. Resource values specified with @samp{-xrm}
1067take precedence over all other resource specifications.
1068
1069 The following table lists the resource names that designate options
1070for Emacs, each with the class that it belongs to:
1071
1072@table @asis
1073@item @code{background} (class @code{Background})
1074Background color name.
1075
1076@item @code{bitmapIcon} (class @code{BitmapIcon})
1077Use a bitmap icon (a picture of a gnu) if @samp{on}, let the window
1078manager choose an icon if @samp{off}.
1079
1080@item @code{borderColor} (class @code{BorderColor})
1081Color name for the external border.
1082
1083@item @code{borderWidth} (class @code{BorderWidth})
1084Width in pixels of the external border.
1085
1086@item @code{cursorColor} (class @code{Foreground})
1087Color name for text cursor (point).
1088
1089@item @code{font} (class @code{Font})
1090Font name for text (or fontset name, @pxref{Fontsets}).
1091
1092@item @code{foreground} (class @code{Foreground})
1093Color name for text.
1094
1095@item @code{geometry} (class @code{Geometry})
1096Window size and position. Be careful not to specify this resource as
1097@samp{emacs*geometry}, because that may affect individual menus as well
1098as the Emacs frame itself.
1099
1100If this resource specifies a position, that position applies only to the
1101initial Emacs frame (or, in the case of a resource for a specific frame
1102name, only that frame). However, the size, if specified here, applies to
1103all frames.
1104
1105@item @code{iconName} (class @code{Title})
1106Name to display in the icon.
1107
1108@item @code{internalBorder} (class @code{BorderWidth})
1109Width in pixels of the internal border.
1110
1111@item @code{lineSpacing} (class @code{LineSpacing})
1112@cindex line spacing
1113@cindex leading
1114Additional space (@dfn{leading}) between lines, in pixels.
1115
1116@item @code{menuBar} (class @code{MenuBar})
1117Give frames menu bars if @samp{on}; don't have menu bars if @samp{off}.
1118
1119@item @code{toolBar} (class @code{ToolBar})
1120Number of lines to reserve for the tool bar. A zero value suppresses
1121the tool bar. If the value is non-zero and
1122@code{auto-resize-tool-bars} is non-@code{nil}, the tool bar's size
1123will be changed automatically so that all tool bar items are visible.
1124
1125@item @code{minibuffer} (class @code{Minibuffer})
1126If @samp{none}, don't make a minibuffer in this frame.
1127It will use a separate minibuffer frame instead.
1128
1129@item @code{paneFont} (class @code{Font})
1130@cindex font for menus
1131Font name for menu pane titles, in non-toolkit versions of Emacs.
1132
1133@item @code{pointerColor} (class @code{Foreground})
1134Color of the mouse cursor.
1135
1136@ignore
1137@item @code{privateColormap} (class @code{PrivateColormap})
1138If @samp{on}, use a private color map, in the case where the ``default
1139visual'' of class PseudoColor and Emacs is using it.
1140@end ignore
1141
1142@item @code{reverseVideo} (class @code{ReverseVideo})
1143Switch foreground and background default colors if @samp{on}, use colors as
1144specified if @samp{off}.
1145
1146@item @code{screenGamma} (class @code{ScreenGamma})
1147@cindex gamma correction
1148Gamma correction for colors, equivalent to the frame parameter
1149@code{screen-gamma}.
1150
1151@item @code{selectionFont} (class @code{Font})
1152Font name for pop-up menu items, in non-toolkit versions of Emacs. (For
1153toolkit versions, see @ref{Lucid Resources}, also see @ref{LessTif
1154Resources}.)
1155
1156@item @code{synchronous} (class @code{Synchronous})
1157@cindex debugging X problems
1158@cindex synchronous X mode
1159Run Emacs in synchronous mode if @samp{on}. Synchronous mode is
1160useful for debugging X problems.
1161
1162@item @code{title} (class @code{Title})
1163Name to display in the title bar of the initial Emacs frame.
1164
1165@item @code{verticalScrollBars} (class @code{ScrollBars})
1166Give frames scroll bars if @samp{on}; don't have scroll bars if
1167@samp{off}.
1168@end table
1169
1170 Here are resources for controlling the appearance of particular faces
1171(@pxref{Faces}):
1172
1173@table @code
1174@item @var{face}.attributeFont
1175Font for face @var{face}.
1176@item @var{face}.attributeForeground
1177Foreground color for face @var{face}.
1178@item @var{face}.attributeBackground
1179Background color for face @var{face}.
1180@item @var{face}.attributeUnderline
1181Underline flag for face @var{face}. Use @samp{on} or @samp{true} for
1182yes.
1183@item @var{face}.attributeFamily
1184Font family for face @var{face}.
1185@item @var{face}.attributeWidth
1186Relative proportional width of the font to use for face @var{face}.
1187It should be one of @code{ultra-condensed}, @code{extra-condensed},
1188@code{condensed}, @code{semi-condensed}, @code{normal},
1189@code{semi-expanded}, @code{expanded}, @code{extra-expanded}, or
1190@code{ultra-expanded}.
1191@item @var{face}.attributeHeight
1192Height of the font to use for face @var{face}: either an integer
1193specifying the height in units of 1/10@dmn{pt}, or a floating point
1194number that specifies a scale factor to scale the underlying face's
1195default font, or a function to be called with the default height which
1196will return a new height.
1197@item @var{face}.attributeWeight
1198A weight to use for the face @var{face}. It must be one of
1199@code{ultra-bold}, @code{extra-bold}, @code{bold},
1200@code{semi-bold}, @code{normal}, @code{semi-light}, @code{light},
1201@code{extra-light}, @code{ultra-light}.
1202@item @var{face}.attributeSlant
1203The slant to use for the font of face @var{face}. It must be one of
1204@code{italic}, @code{oblique}, @code{normal},
1205@code{reverse-italic}, or @code{reverse-oblique}.
1206@item @var{face}.attributeStrikeThrough
1207Whether the face @var{face} should be drawn with a line striking
1208through the characters.
1209@item @var{face}.attributeOverline
1210Whether the characters in the face @var{face} should be overlined.
1211@item @var{face}.attributeBox
1212Whether to draw a box around the characters in face @var{face}.
1213@item @var{face}.attributeInverse
1214Whether to display the characters in face @var{face} in inverse
1215video.
1216@item @var{face}.attributeStipple
1217The name of a pixmap data file to use for the stipple pattern, or
1218@code{false} to not use stipple for the face @var{face}.
1219@item @var{face}.attributeBackgroundPixmap
1220The background pixmap for the face @var{face}. Should be a name of a
1221pixmap file or @code{false}.
1222@item @var{face}.attributeBold
1223Whether to draw the characters in the face @var{face} as bold.
1224@item @var{face}.attributeItalic
1225Whether to draw the characters in the face @var{face} as italic.
1226@end table
1227
1228@node Lucid Resources
1229@appendixsec Lucid Menu X Resources
1230@cindex Menu X Resources (Lucid widgets)
1231@cindex Lucid Widget X Resources
1232
1233 If the Emacs installed at your site was built to use the X toolkit
1234with the Lucid menu widgets, then the menu bar is a separate widget and
1235has its own resources. The resource names contain @samp{pane.menubar}
1236(following, as always, the name of the Emacs invocation, or @samp{Emacs},
1237which stands for all Emacs invocations). Specify them like this:
1238
1239@example
1240Emacs.pane.menubar.@var{resource}: @var{value}
1241@end example
1242
1243@noindent
1244For example, to specify the font @samp{8x16} for the menu-bar items,
1245write this:
1246
1247@example
1248Emacs.pane.menubar.font: 8x16
1249@end example
1250
1251@noindent
1252Resources for @emph{non-menubar} toolkit pop-up menus have
1253@samp{menu*}, in like fashion. For example, to specify the font
1254@samp{8x16} for the pop-up menu items, write this:
1255
1256@example
1257Emacs.menu*.font: 8x16
1258@end example
1259
1260@noindent
1261For dialog boxes, use @samp{dialog} instead of @samp{menu}:
1262
1263@example
1264Emacs.dialog*.font: 8x16
1265@end example
1266
1267@noindent
1268Experience shows that on some systems you may need to add
1269@samp{shell.}@: before the @samp{pane.menubar} or @samp{menu*}. On
1270some other systems, you must not add @samp{shell.}.
1271
1272 Here is a list of the specific resources for menu bars and pop-up menus:
1273
1274@table @code
1275@item font
1276Font for menu item text.
1277@item foreground
1278Color of the foreground.
1279@item background
1280Color of the background.
1281@item buttonForeground
1282In the menu bar, the color of the foreground for a selected item.
1283@item horizontalSpacing
1284Horizontal spacing in pixels between items. Default is 3.
1285@item verticalSpacing
1286Vertical spacing in pixels between items. Default is 1.
1287@item arrowSpacing
1288Horizontal spacing between the arrow (which indicates a submenu) and
1289the associated text. Default is 10.
1290@item shadowThickness
1291Thickness of shadow line around the widget.
1292@item margin
1293The margin of the menu bar, in characters. The default of 4 makes the
1294menu bar appear like the LessTif/Motif one.
1295@end table
1296
1297@node LessTif Resources
1298@appendixsec LessTif Menu X Resources
1299@cindex Menu X Resources (LessTif widgets)
1300@cindex LessTif Widget X Resources
1301
1302 If the Emacs installed at your site was built to use the X toolkit
1303with the LessTif or Motif widgets, then the menu bar, the dialog
1304boxes, the pop-up menus, and the file-selection box are separate
1305widgets and have their own resources.
1306
1307 The resource names for the menu bar contain @samp{pane.menubar}
1308(following, as always, the name of the Emacs invocation, or
1309@samp{Emacs}, which stands for all Emacs invocations). Specify them
1310like this:
1311
1312@smallexample
1313Emacs.pane.menubar.@var{subwidget}.@var{resource}: @var{value}
1314@end smallexample
1315
1316 Each individual string in the menu bar is a subwidget; the subwidget's
1317name is the same as the menu item string. For example, the word
1318@samp{File} in the menu bar is part of a subwidget named
1319@samp{emacs.pane.menubar.File}. Most likely, you want to specify the
1320same resources for the whole menu bar. To do this, use @samp{*} instead
1321of a specific subwidget name. For example, to specify the font
1322@samp{8x16} for the menu-bar items, write this:
1323
1324@smallexample
1325Emacs.pane.menubar.*.fontList: 8x16
1326@end smallexample
1327
1328@noindent
1329This also specifies the resource value for submenus.
1330
1331 Each item in a submenu in the menu bar also has its own name for X
1332resources; for example, the @samp{File} submenu has an item named
1333@samp{Save (current buffer)}. A resource specification for a submenu
1334item looks like this:
1335
1336@smallexample
1337Emacs.pane.menubar.popup_*.@var{menu}.@var{item}.@var{resource}: @var{value}
1338@end smallexample
1339
1340@noindent
1341For example, here's how to specify the font for the @samp{Save (current
1342buffer)} item:
1343
1344@smallexample
1345Emacs.pane.menubar.popup_*.File.Save (current buffer).fontList: 8x16
1346@end smallexample
1347
1348@noindent
1349For an item in a second-level submenu, such as @samp{Complete Word}
1350under @samp{Spell Checking} under @samp{Tools}, the resource fits this
1351template:
1352
1353@smallexample
1354Emacs.pane.menubar.popup_*.popup_*.@var{menu}.@var{resource}: @var{value}
1355@end smallexample
1356
1357@noindent
1358For example,
1359
1360@smallexample
1361Emacs.pane.menubar.popup_*.popup_*.Spell Checking.Complete Word: @var{value}
1362@end smallexample
1363
1364@noindent
1365(This should be one long line.)
1366
1367 It's impossible to specify a resource for all the menu-bar items
1368without also specifying it for the submenus as well. So if you want the
1369submenu items to look different from the menu bar itself, you must ask
1370for that in two steps. First, specify the resource for all of them;
1371then, override the value for submenus alone. Here is an example:
1372
1373@smallexample
1374Emacs.pane.menubar.*.fontList: 8x16
1375Emacs.pane.menubar.popup_*.fontList: 8x16
1376@end smallexample
1377
1378@noindent
1379For LessTif pop-up menus, use @samp{menu*} instead of
1380@samp{pane.menubar}. For example, to specify the font @samp{8x16} for
1381the pop-up menu items, write this:
1382
1383@smallexample
1384Emacs.menu*.fontList: 8x16
1385@end smallexample
1386
1387@noindent
1388For LessTif dialog boxes, use @samp{dialog} instead of @samp{menu}:
1389
1390@example
1391Emacs.dialog*.fontList: 8x16
1392Emacs.dialog*.foreground: hotpink
1393@end example
1394
1395To specify resources for the LessTif file-selection box, use
1396@samp{fsb*}, like this:
1397
1398@example
1399Emacs.fsb*.fontList: 8x16
1400@end example
1401
1402@iftex
1403@medbreak
1404@end iftex
1405 Here is a list of the specific resources for LessTif menu bars and
1406pop-up menus:
1407
1408@table @code
1409@item armColor
1410The color to show in an armed button.
1411@item fontList
1412The font to use.
1413@item marginBottom
1414@itemx marginHeight
1415@itemx marginLeft
1416@itemx marginRight
1417@itemx marginTop
1418@itemx marginWidth
1419Amount of space to leave around the item, within the border.
1420@item borderWidth
1421The width of the border around the menu item, on all sides.
1422@item shadowThickness
1423The width of the border shadow.
1424@item bottomShadowColor
1425The color for the border shadow, on the bottom and the right.
1426@item topShadowColor
1427The color for the border shadow, on the top and the left.
1428@end table