+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q2.1.24, Prev: Q2.1.23, Up: Installation
+
+Q2.1.24: XEmacs won't start without network. (NEW)
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+ If XEmacs starts when you're on the network, but fails when you're
+not on the network, you may be missing a "localhost" entry in your
+`/etc/hosts' file. The file should contain an entry like:
+
+ 127.0.0.1 localhost
+
+ Add that line, and XEmacs will be happy.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Customization, Next: Subsystems, Prev: Installation, Up: Top
+
+3 Customization and Options
+***************************
+
+ This is part 3 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
+section is devoted to Customization and screen settings.
+
+* Menu:
+
+Customization---Emacs Lisp and `.emacs':
+* Q3.0.1:: What version of Emacs am I running?
+* Q3.0.2:: How do I evaluate Elisp expressions?
+* Q3.0.3:: `(setq tab-width 6)' behaves oddly.
+* Q3.0.4:: How can I add directories to the `load-path'?
+* Q3.0.5:: How to check if a lisp function is defined?
+* Q3.0.6:: Can I force the output of `(face-list)' to a buffer?
+* Q3.0.7:: Font selections don't get saved after `Save Options'.
+* Q3.0.8:: How do I make a single minibuffer frame?
+* Q3.0.9:: What is `Customize'?
+
+X Window System & Resources:
+* Q3.1.1:: Where is a list of X resources?
+* Q3.1.2:: How can I detect a color display?
+* Q3.1.3:: [This question intentionally left blank]
+* Q3.1.4:: [This question intentionally left blank]
+* Q3.1.5:: How can I get the icon to just say `XEmacs'?
+* Q3.1.6:: How can I have the window title area display the full path?
+* Q3.1.7:: `xemacs -name junk' doesn't work?
+* Q3.1.8:: `-iconic' doesn't work.
+
+Textual Fonts & Colors:
+* Q3.2.1:: How can I set color options from `.emacs'?
+* Q3.2.2:: How do I set the text, menu and modeline fonts?
+* Q3.2.3:: How can I set the colors when highlighting a region?
+* Q3.2.4:: How can I limit color map usage?
+* Q3.2.5:: My tty supports color, but XEmacs doesn't use them.
+* Q3.2.6:: Can I have pixmap backgrounds in XEmacs?
+
+The Modeline:
+* Q3.3.1:: How can I make the modeline go away?
+* Q3.3.2:: How do you have XEmacs display the line number in the modeline?
+* Q3.3.3:: How do I get XEmacs to put the time of day on the modeline?
+* Q3.3.4:: How do I turn off current chapter from AUC TeX modeline?
+* Q3.3.5:: How can one change the modeline color based on the mode used?
+
+3.4 Multiple Device Support:
+* Q3.4.1:: How do I open a frame on another screen of my multi-headed display?
+* Q3.4.2:: Can I really connect to a running XEmacs after calling up over a modem? How?
+
+3.5 The Keyboard:
+* Q3.5.1:: How can I bind complex functions (or macros) to keys?
+* Q3.5.2:: How can I stop down-arrow from adding empty lines to the bottom of my buffers?
+* Q3.5.3:: How do I bind C-. and C-; to scroll one line up and down?
+* Q3.5.4:: Globally binding Delete?
+* Q3.5.5:: Scrolling one line at a time.
+* Q3.5.6:: How to map Help key alone on Sun type4 keyboard?
+* Q3.5.7:: How can you type in special characters in XEmacs?
+* Q3.5.8:: Why does `(global-set-key [delete-forward] 'delete-char)' complain?
+* Q3.5.9:: How do I make the Delete key delete forward?
+* Q3.5.10:: Can I turn on "sticky" modifier keys?
+* Q3.5.11:: How do I map the arrow keys?
+
+The Cursor:
+* Q3.6.1:: Is there a way to make the bar cursor thicker?
+* Q3.6.2:: Is there a way to get back the old block cursor where the cursor covers the character in front of the point?
+* Q3.6.3:: Can I make the cursor blink?
+
+The Mouse and Highlighting:
+* Q3.7.1:: How can I turn off Mouse pasting?
+* Q3.7.2:: How do I set control/meta/etc modifiers on mouse buttons?
+* Q3.7.3:: Clicking the left button does not do anything in buffer list.
+* Q3.7.4:: How can I get a list of buffers when I hit mouse button 3?
+* Q3.7.5:: Why does cut-and-paste not work between XEmacs and a cmdtool?
+* Q3.7.6:: How I can set XEmacs up so that it pastes where the text cursor is?
+* Q3.7.7:: How do I select a rectangular region?
+* Q3.7.8:: Why does M-w take so long?
+
+The Menubar and Toolbar:
+* Q3.8.1:: How do I get rid of the menu (or menubar)?
+* Q3.8.2:: Can I customize the basic menubar?
+* Q3.8.3:: How do I control how many buffers are listed in the menu `Buffers' list?
+* Q3.8.4:: Resources like `Emacs*menubar*font' are not working?
+* Q3.8.5:: How can I bind a key to a function to toggle the toolbar?
+
+Scrollbars:
+* Q3.9.1:: How can I disable the scrollbar?
+* Q3.9.2:: How can one use resources to change scrollbar colors?
+* Q3.9.3:: Moving the scrollbar can move the point; can I disable this?
+* Q3.9.4:: How can I get automatic horizontal scrolling?
+
+Text Selections:
+* Q3.10.1:: How can I turn off or change highlighted selections?
+* Q3.10.2:: How do I get that typing on an active region removes it?
+* Q3.10.3:: Can I turn off the highlight during isearch?
+* Q3.10.4:: How do I turn off highlighting after C-x C-p (mark-page)?
+* Q3.10.5:: The region disappears when I hit the end of buffer while scrolling.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.1, Next: Q3.0.2, Prev: Customization, Up: Customization
+
+3.0: Customization - Emacs Lisp and .emacs
+==========================================
+
+Q3.0.1: What version of Emacs am I running?
+-------------------------------------------
+
+ How can `.emacs' determine which of the family of Emacsen I am using?
+
+ To determine if you are currently running GNU Emacs 18, GNU Emacs 19,
+XEmacs 19, XEmacs 20, or Epoch, and use appropriate code, check out the
+example given in `etc/sample.emacs'. There are other nifty things in
+there as well!
+
+ For all new code, all you really need to do is:
+
+ (defvar running-xemacs (string-match "XEmacs\\|Lucid" emacs-version))
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.2, Next: Q3.0.3, Prev: Q3.0.1, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.2: How can I evaluate Emacs-Lisp expressions?
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+ I know I can evaluate Elisp expressions from `*scratch*' buffer with
+`C-j' after the expression. How do I do it from another buffer?
+
+ Press `M-:' (the default binding of `eval-expression'), and enter
+the expression to the minibuffer. In XEmacs prior to 19.15
+`eval-expression' used to be a disabled command by default. If this is
+the case, upgrade your XEmacs.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.3, Next: Q3.0.4, Prev: Q3.0.2, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.3: `(setq tab-width 6)' behaves oddly.
+-------------------------------------------
+
+ If you put `(setq tab-width 6)' in your `.emacs' file it does not
+work! Is there a reason for this? If you do it at the EVAL prompt it
+works fine!! How strange.
+
+ Use `setq-default' instead, since `tab-width' is all-buffer-local.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.4, Next: Q3.0.5, Prev: Q3.0.3, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.4: How can I add directories to the `load-path'?
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+ Here are two ways to do that, one that puts your directories at the
+front of the load-path, the other at the end:
+
+ ;;; Add things at the beginning of the load-path, do not add
+ ;;; duplicate directories:
+ (pushnew "bar" load-path :test 'equal)
+
+ (pushnew "foo" load-path :test 'equal)
+
+ ;;; Add things at the end, unconditionally
+ (setq load-path (nconc load-path '("foo" "bar")))
+
+ keith (k.p.) hanlan <keithh@nortel.ca> writes:
+
+ To add directories using Unix shell metacharacters use
+ `expand-file-name' like this:
+
+ (push (expand-file-name "~keithh/.emacsdir") load-path)
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.5, Next: Q3.0.6, Prev: Q3.0.4, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.5: How to check if a lisp function is defined?
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+ Use the following elisp:
+
+ (fboundp 'foo)
+
+ It's almost always a mistake to test `emacs-version' or any similar
+variables.
+
+ Instead, use feature-tests, such as `featurep', `boundp', `fboundp',
+or even simple behavioral tests, eg.:
+
+ (defvar foo-old-losing-code-p
+ (condition-case nil (progn (losing-code t) nil)
+ (wrong-number-of-arguments t)))
+
+ There is an incredible amount of broken code out there which could
+work much better more often in more places if it did the above instead
+of trying to divine its environment from the value of one variable.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.6, Next: Q3.0.7, Prev: Q3.0.5, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.6: Can I force the output of `(face-list)' to a buffer?
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ It would be good having it in a buffer, as the output of
+`(face-list)' is too wide to fit to a minibuffer.
+
+ Evaluate the expression in the `*scratch*' buffer with point after
+the rightmost paren and typing `C-j'.
+
+ If the minibuffer smallness is the only problem you encounter, you
+can simply press `C-h l' to get the former minibuffer contents in a
+buffer.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.7, Next: Q3.0.8, Prev: Q3.0.6, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.7: Font selections in don't get saved after `Save Options'.
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ For XEmacs 19.14 and previous:
+
+ John Mann <mannj@ll.mit.edu> writes:
+
+ You have to go to Options->Frame Appearance and unselect
+ `Frame-Local Font Menu'. If this option is selected, font changes
+ are only applied to the _current_ frame and do _not_ get saved
+ when you save options.
+
+ For XEmacs 19.15 and later:
+
+ Implement the above as well as set the following in your `.emacs'
+
+ (setq options-save-faces t)
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.8, Next: Q3.0.9, Prev: Q3.0.7, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.8: How do I get a single minibuffer frame?
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+ Vin Shelton <acs@acm.org> writes:
+
+ (setq initial-frame-plist '(minibuffer nil))
+ (setq default-frame-plist '(minibuffer nil))
+ (setq default-minibuffer-frame
+ (make-frame
+ '(minibuffer only
+ width 86
+ height 1
+ menubar-visible-p nil
+ default-toolbar-visible-p nil
+ name "minibuffer"
+ top -2
+ left -2
+ has-modeline-p nil)))
+ (frame-notice-user-settings)
+
+ *Please note:* The single minibuffer frame may not be to everyone's
+taste, and there any number of other XEmacs options settings that may
+make it difficult or inconvenient to use.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.9, Next: Q3.1.1, Prev: Q3.0.8, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.9: What is `Customize'?
+----------------------------
+
+ Starting with XEmacs 20.2 there is new system 'Customize' for
+customizing XEmacs options.
+
+ You can access `Customize' from the `Options' menu or invoking one
+of customize commands by typing eg. `M-x customize', `M-x
+customize-face', `M-x customize-variable' or `M-x customize-apropos'.
+
+ Starting with XEmacs 20.3 there is also new `browser' mode for
+Customize. Try it out with `M-x customize-browse'
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.1, Next: Q3.1.2, Prev: Q3.0.9, Up: Customization
+
+3.1: X Window System & Resources
+================================
+
+Q3.1.1: Where is a list of X resources?
+---------------------------------------
+
+ Search through the `NEWS' file for `X Resources'. A fairly
+comprehensive list is given after it.
+
+ In addition, an `app-defaults' file is supplied, `etc/Emacs.ad'
+listing the defaults. The file `etc/sample.Xdefaults' gives a set of
+defaults that you might consider. It is essentially the same as
+`etc/Emacs.ad' but some entries are slightly altered. Be careful about
+installing the contents of this file into your `.Xdefaults' or
+`.Xresources' file if you use GNU Emacs under X11 as well.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.2, Next: Q3.1.3, Prev: Q3.1.1, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.1.2: How can I detect a color display?
+-----------------------------------------
+
+ You can test the return value of the function `(device-class)', as
+in:
+
+ (when (eq (device-class) 'color)
+ (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-comment-face "Grey")
+ (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-string-face "Red")
+ ....
+ )
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.3, Next: Q3.1.4, Prev: Q3.1.2, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.1.3: [This question intentionally left blank]
+------------------------------------------------
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.4, Next: Q3.1.5, Prev: Q3.1.3, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.1.4: [This question intentionally left blank]
+------------------------------------------------
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.5, Next: Q3.1.6, Prev: Q3.1.4, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.1.5: How can I get the icon to just say `XEmacs'?
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+ I'd like the icon to just say `XEmacs', and not include the name of
+the current file in it.
+
+ Add the following line to your `.emacs':
+
+ (setq frame-icon-title-format "XEmacs")
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.6, Next: Q3.1.7, Prev: Q3.1.5, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.1.6: How can I have the window title area display the full path?
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ I'd like to have the window title area display the full
+directory/name of the current buffer file and not just the name.
+
+ Add the following line to your `.emacs':
+
+ (setq frame-title-format "%S: %f")
+
+ A more sophisticated title might be:
+
+ (setq frame-title-format
+ '("%S: " (buffer-file-name "%f"
+ (dired-directory dired-directory "%b"))))
+
+ That is, use the file name, or the dired-directory, or the buffer
+name.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.7, Next: Q3.1.8, Prev: Q3.1.6, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.1.7: `xemacs -name junk' doesn't work?
+-----------------------------------------
+
+ When I run `xterm -name junk', I get an xterm whose class name
+according to xprop, is `junk'. This is the way it's supposed to work,
+I think. When I run `xemacs -name junk' the class name is not set to
+`junk'. It's still `emacs'. What does `xemacs -name' really do? The
+reason I ask is that my window manager (fvwm) will make a window sticky
+and I use XEmacs to read my mail. I want that XEmacs window to be
+sticky, without having to use the window manager's function to set the
+window sticky. What gives?
+
+ `xemacs -name' sets the application name for the program (that is,
+the thing which normally comes from `argv[0]'). Using `-name' is the
+same as making a copy of the executable with that new name. The
+`WM_CLASS' property on each frame is set to the frame-name, and the
+application-class. So, if you did `xemacs -name FOO' and then created
+a frame named BAR, you'd get an X window with WM_CLASS = `( "BAR",
+"Emacs")'. However, the resource hierarchy for this widget would be:
+
+ Name: FOO .shell .container .BAR
+ Class: Emacs .TopLevelEmacsShell.EmacsManager.EmacsFrame
+
+ instead of the default
+
+ Name: xemacs.shell .container .emacs
+ Class: Emacs .TopLevelEmacsShell.EmacsManager.EmacsFrame
+
+ It is arguable that the first element of WM_CLASS should be set to
+the application-name instead of the frame-name, but I think that's less
+flexible, since it does not give you the ability to have multiple frames
+with different WM_CLASS properties. Another possibility would be for
+the default frame name to come from the application name instead of
+simply being `emacs'. However, at this point, making that change would
+be troublesome: it would mean that many users would have to make yet
+another change to their resource files (since the default frame name
+would suddenly change from `emacs' to `xemacs', or whatever the
+executable happened to be named), so we'd rather avoid it.
+
+ To make a frame with a particular name use:
+
+ (make-frame '((name . "the-name")))
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.8, Next: Q3.2.1, Prev: Q3.1.7, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.1.8: `-iconic' doesn't work.
+-------------------------------
+
+ When I start up XEmacs using `-iconic' it doesn't work right. Using
+`-unmapped' on the command line, and setting the `initiallyUnmapped' X
+Resource don't seem to help much either...
+
+ Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> writes:
+
+ Ugh, this stuff is such an incredible mess that I've about given up
+ getting it to work. The principal problem is numerous
+ window-manager bugs...
+
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