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author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> | 2004-07-04 18:23:20 +0000 |
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committer | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> | 2004-07-04 18:23:20 +0000 |
commit | 59db7d6e7f5480f9af8fb7d2c0eab6d699028f36 (patch) | |
tree | f1e6ec001780e26a152e4f6460ee3f5176ab35b0 /lispref/frames.texi | |
parent | 8430818acab5f7abd40ec9504e907c67a4bb082b (diff) | |
download | emacs-59db7d6e7f5480f9af8fb7d2c0eab6d699028f36.tar.gz |
(Input Focus): Add documentation for `select-frame-set-input-focus'.
Replace refs to non-existent `switch-frame' with `select-frame'.
Minor corrections and tidying up of text-only terminal stuff.
From Alan Mackenzie.
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref/frames.texi')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/frames.texi b/lispref/frames.texi index fe3bca7c119..24540f471f8 100644 --- a/lispref/frames.texi +++ b/lispref/frames.texi @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @c -*-texinfo-*- @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002 +@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. @setfilename ../info/frames @@ -996,19 +996,28 @@ This function returns the selected frame. Some window systems and window managers direct keyboard input to the window object that the mouse is in; others require explicit clicks or commands to @dfn{shift the focus} to various window objects. Either -way, Emacs automatically keeps track of which frame has the focus. +way, Emacs automatically keeps track of which frame has the focus. To +switch to a different frame from a lisp function, call +@code{select-frame-set-input-focus}. Lisp programs can also switch frames ``temporarily'' by calling the function @code{select-frame}. This does not alter the window system's concept of focus; rather, it escapes from the window manager's control until that control is somehow reasserted. -When using a text-only terminal, only the selected terminal frame is -actually displayed on the terminal. @code{switch-frame} is the only way -to switch frames, and the change lasts until overridden by a subsequent -call to @code{switch-frame}. Each terminal screen except for the -initial one has a number, and the number of the selected frame appears -in the mode line before the buffer name (@pxref{Mode Line Variables}). +When using a text-only terminal, only one frame can be displayed at a +time on the terminal, so @code{select-frame} actually displays the +newly selected frame. This frame remains displayed until a subsequent +call to @code{select-frame} or @code{select-frame-set-input-focus}. +Each terminal frame has a number which appears in the mode line before +the buffer name (@pxref{Mode Line Variables}). + +@defun select-frame-set-input-focus frame +This function makes @var{frame} the selected frame, raises it (should +it happen to be obscured by other frames) and tries to give it the X +server's focus. On a text-only terminal, the new frame gets displayed +on the entire terminal screen. +@end defun @c ??? This is not yet implemented properly. @defun select-frame frame |