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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 1996-11-07 00:16:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 1996-11-07 00:16:51 +0000 |
| commit | 761a9cbfc80069aa47dca4db27c011b9ce6bc7d7 (patch) | |
| tree | 2add8d1296a341d13c50d4d0d6a2e30ec4d78631 | |
| parent | 0789adb29988c4278dddb50211c936d128868202 (diff) | |
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Clarify initial-frame-alist and default-frame-alist.
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/frames.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/frames.texi b/lispref/frames.texi index eeb8e4e3f04..f75b8a3b5eb 100644 --- a/lispref/frames.texi +++ b/lispref/frames.texi | |||
| @@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ by setting @code{initial-frame-alist} in your @file{.emacs} file. | |||
| 194 | 194 | ||
| 195 | @defvar initial-frame-alist | 195 | @defvar initial-frame-alist |
| 196 | This variable's value is an alist of parameter values used when creating | 196 | This variable's value is an alist of parameter values used when creating |
| 197 | the initial X window frame. Each element has the form: | 197 | the initial X window frame. You can set this variable to specify the |
| 198 | appearance of the initial frame without altering subsequent frames. | ||
| 199 | Each element has the form: | ||
| 198 | 200 | ||
| 199 | @example | 201 | @example |
| 200 | (@var{parameter} . @var{value}) | 202 | (@var{parameter} . @var{value}) |
| @@ -231,8 +233,9 @@ to the parameters for the main initial frame. | |||
| 231 | @end defvar | 233 | @end defvar |
| 232 | 234 | ||
| 233 | @defvar default-frame-alist | 235 | @defvar default-frame-alist |
| 234 | This is an alist specifying default values of frame parameters for | 236 | This is an alist specifying default values of frame parameters for all |
| 235 | subsequent Emacs frames (not the initial ones). | 237 | Emacs frames---the first frame, and subsequent frames. In many cases, |
| 238 | you can get the same results by means of X resources. | ||
| 236 | @end defvar | 239 | @end defvar |
| 237 | 240 | ||
| 238 | See also @code{special-display-frame-alist}, in @ref{Choosing Window}. | 241 | See also @code{special-display-frame-alist}, in @ref{Choosing Window}. |