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-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:: `(set-screen-width)' worked in 19.6, but not in 19.13?
-* Q3.1.4:: Specifying `Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry' in `.emacs' does not work in 19.15?
-* 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.
-
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-
-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))
-
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-
-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.
-
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-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.
-
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-
-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)
-
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Q3.0.5: How to check if a lisp function is defined?
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-Q3.1.3: `(set-screen-width)' worked in 19.6, but not in 19.13?
---------------------------------------------------------------
-
- In Lucid Emacs 19.6 I did `(set-screen-width CHARACTERS)' and
-`(set-screen-height LINES)' in my `.emacs' instead of specifying
-`Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry' in my `.Xdefaults' but this does not work
-in XEmacs 19.13.
-
- These two functions now take frame arguments:
-
- (set-frame-width (selected-frame) CHARACTERS)
- (set-frame-height (selected-frame) LINES)
+Q3.1.3: [This question intentionally left blank]
+------------------------------------------------
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-Q3.1.4: Specifying `Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry' in `.emacs' does not work in 19.15?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- In XEmacs 19.11 I specified `Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry' in my
-`.emacs' but this does not work in XEmacs 19.15.
-
- We have switched from using the term "screen" to using the term
-"frame".
-
- The correct entry for your `.Xdefaults' is now:
-
- Emacs*EmacsFrame.geometry
+Q3.1.4: [This question intentionally left blank]
+------------------------------------------------
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Automatic horizontal scrolling is now standard, starting with 19.14.
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+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.10.1, Next: Q3.10.2, Prev: Q3.9.4, Up: Customization
+
+3.10: Text Selections
+=====================
+
+Q3.10.1: How can I turn off or change highlighted selections?
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ The `zmacs' mode allows for what some might call gratuitous
+highlighting for selected regions (either by setting mark or by using
+the mouse). This is the default behavior. To turn off, add the
+following line to your `.emacs' file:
+
+ (setq zmacs-regions nil)
+
+ Starting with XEmacs-20.2 you can also change this with Customize.
+Select from the `Options' menu `Customize->Emacs->Editing->Basics->Zmacs
+Regions' or type `M-x customize <RET> editing-basics <RET>'.
+
+ To change the face for selection, look at `Options->Customize' on
+the menubar.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.10.2, Next: Q3.10.3, Prev: Q3.10.1, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.10.2: How do I get that typing on an active region removes it?
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ I want to change things so that if I select some text and start
+typing, the typed text replaces the selected text, similar to Motif.
+
+ You want to use something called "pending delete". Pending delete
+is what happens when you select a region (with the mouse or keyboard)
+and you press a key to replace the selected region by the key you typed.
+Usually backspace kills the selected region.
+
+ To get this behavior, add the following lines to your `.emacs':
+
+ (cond
+ ((fboundp 'turn-on-pending-delete)
+ (turn-on-pending-delete))
+ ((fboundp 'pending-delete-on)
+ (pending-delete-on t)))
+
+ Note that this will work with both Backspace and Delete. This code
+is a tad more complicated than it has to be for XEmacs in order to make
+it more portable.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.10.3, Next: Q3.10.4, Prev: Q3.10.2, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.10.3: Can I turn off the highlight during isearch?
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+ I do not like my text highlighted while I am doing isearch as I am
+not able to see what's underneath. How do I turn it off?
+
+ Put the following in your `.emacs':
+
+ (setq isearch-highlight nil)
+
+ Starting with XEmacs-20.2 you can also change this with Customize.
+Type `M-x customize-variable <RET> isearch-highlight <RET>'.
+
+ Note also that isearch-highlight affects query-replace and ispell.
+Instead of disabling isearch-highlight you may find that a better
+solution consists of customizing the `isearch' face.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.10.4, Next: Q3.10.5, Prev: Q3.10.3, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.10.4: How do I turn off highlighting after `C-x C-p' (mark-page)?
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ Put this in your `.emacs':
+
+ (setq zmacs-regions nil)
+
+ *Warning: This command turns off all region highlighting.*
+
+ Also *Note Q3.10.1::.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.10.5, Prev: Q3.10.4, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.10.5: The region disappears when I hit the end of buffer while scrolling.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ This has been fixed by default starting with XEmacs-20.3.
+
+ With older versions you can turn this feature (if it indeed is a
+feature) off like this:
+
+ (defadvice scroll-up (around scroll-up freeze)
+ (interactive "_P")
+ (let ((zmacs-region-stays t))
+ (if (interactive-p)
+ (condition-case nil
+ ad-do-it
+ (end-of-buffer (goto-char (point-max))))
+ ad-do-it)))
+
+ (defadvice scroll-down (around scroll-down freeze)
+ (interactive "_P")
+ (let ((zmacs-region-stays t))
+ (if (interactive-p)
+ (condition-case nil
+ ad-do-it
+ (beginning-of-buffer (goto-char (point-min))))
+ ad-do-it)))
+
+ Thanks to T. V. Raman <raman@adobe.com> for assistance in deriving
+this answer.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Subsystems, Next: Miscellaneous, Prev: Customization, Up: Top
+
+4 Major Subsystems
+******************
+
+ This is part 4 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
+section is devoted to major XEmacs subsystems.
+
+* Menu:
+
+Reading Mail with VM:
+* Q4.0.1:: How do I set up VM to retrieve remote mail using POP?
+* Q4.0.2:: How do I get VM to filter mail for me?
+* Q4.0.3:: How can I get VM to automatically check for new mail?
+* Q4.0.4:: [This question intentionally left blank]
+* Q4.0.5:: How do I get my outgoing mail archived?
+* Q4.0.6:: I have various addresses at which I receive mail. How can I tell VM to ignore them when doing a "reply-all"?
+* Q4.0.7:: Is there a mailing list or FAQ for VM?
+* Q4.0.8:: Remote mail reading with VM.
+* Q4.0.9:: rmail or VM gets an error incorporating new mail.
+* Q4.0.10:: How do I make VM stay in a single frame?
+* Q4.0.11:: How do I make VM or mh-e display graphical smilies?
+* Q4.0.12:: Customization of VM not covered in the manual or here.
+
+Web browsing with W3:
+* Q4.1.1:: What is W3?
+* Q4.1.2:: How do I run W3 from behind a firewall?
+* Q4.1.3:: Is it true that W3 supports style sheets and tables?
+
+Reading Netnews and Mail with Gnus:
+* Q4.2.1:: GNUS, (ding) Gnus, Gnus 5, September Gnus, Red Gnus,argh!
+* Q4.2.2:: [This question intentionally left blank]
+* Q4.2.3:: How do I make Gnus stay within a single frame?
+* Q4.2.4:: How do I customize the From: line?
+
+Other Mail & News:
+* Q4.3.1:: How can I read and/or compose MIME messages?
+* Q4.3.2:: What is TM and where do I get it?
+* Q4.3.3:: Why isn't this `movemail' program working?
+* Q4.3.4:: Movemail is also distributed by Netscape? Can that cause problems?
+* Q4.3.5:: Where do I find pstogif (required by tm)?
+
+Sparcworks, EOS, and WorkShop:
+* Q4.4.1:: What is SPARCworks, EOS, and WorkShop
+* Q4.4.2:: How do I start the Sun Workshop support in XEmacs 21?
+
+Energize:
+* Q4.5.1:: What is/was Energize?
+
+Infodock:
+* Q4.6.1:: What is Infodock?
+
+Other Unbundled Packages:
+* Q4.7.1:: What is AUC TeX? Where do you get it?
+* Q4.7.2:: Are there any Emacs Lisp Spreadsheets?
+* Q4.7.3:: [This question intentionally left blank]
+* Q4.7.4:: Problems installing AUC TeX
+* Q4.7.5:: Is there a reason for an Emacs package not to be included in XEmacs?
+* Q4.7.6:: Is there a MatLab mode?
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.0.1, Next: Q4.0.2, Prev: Subsystems, Up: Subsystems
+
+4.0: Reading Mail with VM
+=========================
+
+Q4.0.1: How do I set up VM to retrieve mail from a remote site using POP?
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ Use `vm-spool-files', like this for example:
+
+ (setq vm-spool-files '("/var/spool/mail/wing"
+ "netcom23.netcom.com:110:pass:wing:MYPASS"))
+
+ Of course substitute your actual password for MYPASS.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.0.2, Next: Q4.0.3, Prev: Q4.0.1, Up: Subsystems
+
+Q4.0.2: How do I get VM to filter mail for me?
+----------------------------------------------
+
+ One possibility is to use procmail to split your mail before it gets
+to VM. I prefer this personally, since there are many strange and
+wonderful things one can do with procmail. Procmail may be found at
+`ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/procmail/'.
+
+ Also see the Mail Filtering FAQ at:
+`ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/mail/filtering-faq'.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.0.3, Next: Q4.0.4, Prev: Q4.0.2, Up: Subsystems
+
+Q4.0.3: How can I get VM to automatically check for new mail?
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ John Turner <turner@lanl.gov> writes:
+
+ Use the following:
+
+ (setq vm-auto-get-new-mail 60)
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.0.4, Next: Q4.0.5, Prev: Q4.0.3, Up: Subsystems
+
+Q4.0.4: [This question intentionally left blank]
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ Obsolete question, left blank to avoid renumbering.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q4.0.5, Next: Q4.0.6, Prev: Q4.0.4, Up: Subsystems
+
+Q4.0.5: How do I get my outgoing mail archived?
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+ (setq mail-archive-file-name "~/outbox")
+
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